New German Terror Laws Proposed
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Justice Minister Brigitte Zypries proposed Tuesday to toughen Germany's anti-terrorism laws by making it a crime to train for an attack or to obtain weapons or other substances in order to carry out an attack
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Prime Minister Tony Blair's government on Wednesday proposed sweeping new powers to tackle terrorism, including electronic tagging, curfews and house arrest for terror suspects without trial.
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"For me, it is a unique case in federal German legal history for a minister to say, 'this verdict doesn't interest me, I will violate it,'"  Germany's defense minister said he might order the shooting down of hijacked airlines to avert a Sept. 11-style attack, drawing widespread criticism Monday after the country's highest court threw out a law permitting such action.In a weekend magazine interview, Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung argued that, despite the ruling, shooting down a plane would be possible 'in cases of common danger or danger to free and democratic basic order.''If there are no other means, I would give the order to shoot down (a plane) in order to protect our citizens,' he said. Read more
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US lawmakers have introduced legislation that would implement recommendations of a bipartisan federal commission aimed at preventing another terrorist attack on the United States.
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German authorities called for increased  vigilance on Friday against possible terror attacks, saying the  kind of threat detected before the September 11, 2001, attacks  on the United States had resurfaced.
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Arrests in Denmark and Germany this week could spur widening investigative police powers.
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LONDON -- Prime Minister Tony Blair plans to push through a new antiterrorism law before he steps down next month that would give police wartime powers to stop and question people, The Sunday Times of London reported today.
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LONDON: The British government announced yesterday a range of new measures to fight global terrorism and organised crime, as Queen Elizabeth set out its new lawmaking agenda.
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Radical Islamist group al Qaeda plans to  carry out attacks in Germany, a senior German intelligence  official was quoted as saying on Friday.
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In response to a series of deadly terror attacks in Russia in recent weeks, President Vladimir Putin has announced a number of proposed changes to Russia&#39;s political system.
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A new German law that allows the government to have hijacked airliners shot down as a last resort may be unconstitutional, the country's president said.
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German authorities called on Friday for increased vigilance against possible terror attacks and said the kind of threat detected before the September 11, 2001 suicide hijackings in the United States had resurfaced.
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New civil orders could be used to restrict the activities of people suspected of planning terrorist acts, David Blunkett, the Home Secretary, said yesterday.
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Russia proposed on Thursday a draft UN Security Council resolution calling for establishing a new list of individuals and groups involved in terrorist activities and considering sanctions on them.
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A law allowing security officials in Germany to create the largest and most comprehensive pool of personal data ever amassed in the country goes into effect Thursday as the European Union's largest member state moves to protect itself against possible terrorist attacks.
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Germany could hold a referendum to approve the European Union&#39;s new constitution if changes can be made to its own basic law in time for such a vote, a government spokesman said Monday.
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German officials are drawing up lists of hundreds of Islamic militants to be deported from the country under a new law making expulsions easier, the German weekly magazine Der Spiegel said on Saturday.