Australian police bust international fraud
syndicate:
Lankans among five arrested in Sydney
Five men from Malaysia and Sri Lanka were charged
yesterday with being members of an international fraud syndicate
responsible for attacks on bank card systems across Australia. New
South Wales state fraud squad detectives said the arrests in Sydney
followed months of investigations with the men allegedly
coordinating the group’s activities in Australia, Europe and North
America.
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Cameron in row with police over ‘zero tolerance’ strategy
Police protest his call to hire ex NY police
supremo:
British Prime Minister David Cameron pledged a
“zero tolerance” crackdown after recent riots, fuelling a row with
police over plans for a US “supercop” to help tackle street gang
violence. Police chiefs criticised Cameron’s decision to hire ex-New
York police supremo Bill Bratton in a bid to prevent a repeat of the
violence in which five people died, saying a home-grown policy would
be better. “We haven’t talked the language of zero tolerance enough,
but the message is getting through,” Cameron told The Sunday
Telegraph newspaper.
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WB warns of poor world market outlook
‘And I don’t say those words lightly’ -Zoellick:
World Bank (WB) President Robert Zoellick has
warned of dire prospects for global markets as investors lose
confidence in the economic leadership of Western countries. Zoellick
emphasized on Sunday that the latest financial downturns in the
United States and Europe have shaken up investors in Western
nations, which are already struggling to overcome debt issues and
unemployment, AFP reported.
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Security forces behind Syria killings - opposition
Two people have been killed and 41 others injured
when armed men attacked law enforcement personnel on duty in Syria’s
northwestern city of Latakia. Medical sources in the al-Ramel al-Janoubi
neighborhood of the city confirmed the casualties of the personnel
on Sunday, Syria news agency SANA reported. The armed gang used
machine guns, grenades and explosive devices, terrifying people and
vandalizing the public and private properties, the report added.
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