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A man has been arrested in New York for allegedly trying to blow up the Federal Reserve with what he believed was a 1,000lb bomb but was in fact a fake device provided by federal agents. The FBI said its sting operation culminated in the arrest of Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, 21, in a hotel room near the Fed as he tried in vain to detonate the inert device. The agency said it had controlled the "entire operation to ensure the safety of the public and New Yorkers", adding that the public "was never at risk". But the FBI's admission that it ran the whole operation will inevitably attract accusations of entrapment. According to the FBI, Nafis travelled to the US f…

A deal setting out terms for a Scottish independence referendum has been signed by Prime Minister David Cameron and First Minister Alex Salmond. The agreement, struck in Edinburgh, has paved the way for a vote in autumn 2014, with a single Yes/No question on Scotland leaving the UK. It will also allow 16 and 17-year-olds to take part in the ballot. The SNP secured a mandate to hold the referendum after its landslide Scottish election win last year. The UK government, which has responsibility over constitutional issues, will grant limited powers to the Scottish Parliament to hold a legal referendum, under a mechanism called Section 30. The deal will also commit both g…

Based on extensive analysis, the ABI recommends the following measures: • A minimum 12 month learning period before the driving test can be taken, enabling drivers to undertake supervised practice without an incentive to rush to take the practical test. • A ban on intensive driving courses. • The lowering of the age at which young people can learn to drive to 16 1⁄2 years. • The introduction of graduated driver licensing to include a restriction on the number of young passengers that can be carried by a young driver and a restriction on their driving during night-time hours. • A lowering of the blood alcohol concentration for drivers aged between 17–24. I would like…

I don't know why - but someone from the "Anonymous" group keeps sending me email updates on their planned little anarchy trips. It looks like I am on their contact list. I have no idea why. Anybody else here know about this? See the following, received from Anonymous@operationjubilee.in at 01/10/12 @ 10:50AM "Protests like those in Greece and OWS, the recent surrounding of the Congress building in Madrid and most previous protests have failed, because the protesters allowed the police to provoke and arrest individuals, one or two at a time, whilst everyone else let them get away with it, with an “I’m alright Jack” attitude, until it’s their turn, of course. Reverend M…

An extract of http://www.dailyreco...topping-1368215 article So, do you think this was in the public interest? Aside from this, I think COPFS sometimes take advantage of their abilities by decided not to prosecute because it's not in the public interest or ,in this case, tying the Sheriff's hands by limiting what can be imposed as punishment. Edit: On second thought, "take advantage of their abilities" is not really what I'm trying to say. Prosecutors need to get back bone is what I mean and not use the "in the public interest" reason to shy away.

Home Secretary Theresa May has announced that victims of anti-social behaviour will be allowed to choose the punishments those found guilty receive. She told the Conservative Party's annual conference that they would pick from a "list of options" ranging from "restorative" to "punitive". "They might want it to be carried out nearby or as far away as possible," Mrs May added. She also argued that the Conservatives were the "party of law and order". In her speech to delegates in Birmingham, the home secretary paid tribute to Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes, the policewomen killed recently while on duty in Manchester on 18 September. She said: "Their deaths were a dreadful…

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Hedges are a serious matter.

Excellent news, all going well this piece of scum will be off our shores!! Radical preacher Abu Hamza can be extradited to the United States to face terrorism charges, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. The court decided there would not be a violation of Article 3, which prohibits inhuman and degrading treatment, if Hamza is sent to America. In total, the judges ruled five of six extradition cases - all concerning alleged international terrorists - to the US can go ahead. As well as the preacher, the four other cases are Babar Ahmad, Haroon Rashid Aswat, Syed Tahla Ahsan and Adel Abdul Bary. Judges rejected the men's claims they could face prison condition…

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/man-dies-after-live-roach-eating-contest/article4597941/ Wow, just wow.

According to this BBC article they are a private police force. That's completely wrong, they are private security?

An elderly couple have unwittingly grown the "biggest cannabis plant" police officers had seen after buying what they thought was a shrub from a car boot sale. The couple, who live in Bedford, had planted the drug in their garden. Police officers were astounded when they spotted the plant. They have collected it and a spokesperson said it would be disposed of. The couple will face no action from the police. The officers took to their @bedfordlpt Twitter account to express their surprise at the find, saying: "Seized today. Elderly couple bought shrub at car boot sale, tended carefully - biggest cannabis plant we had seen!!" Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk...-herts-198683…

http://www.bbc.co.uk...ngland-19732944 God bless them and hope they did well,.

It was, we can safely assume, a rude awakening for Alexander P Broughton, when he eventually regained consciousness on the morning of Sunday, 23 September. The 20-year-old student must have been bleary-eyed, sore of head, and highly confused: his normal bed-sheets had been replaced with the crisp linen of the University of Tennessee Medical Centre's emergency ward. At some point, as Broughton pieced together the events of the previous night, some more pressing problems will have emerged. Firstly, he was now the subject of a police investigation. Secondly, he was about to gain viral media notoriety. And thirdly: what was that stabbing pain in his backside? Later that day…