Britain Ups Anti-Terror Security Spending
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The Sept. 11 attacks on America forced Prime Minister Tony Blair's government to ponder a troubling question: Could terrorists pull off something similar, or even worse, in London or another big British city? The answer, they concluded, was yes.
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MOSCOW Sept. 14, 2004 - Russia announced Tuesday it was pouring $5.4 billion in additional funding into its security agencies, the first concrete new step in the anti-terrorism battle that President Vladimir Putin has called the country&#39;s No.
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Security checks on skilled migrants such as NHS workers will be stepped up in wake of the London and Glasgow car bomb plots, PM says.
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Economists say growth in federal defense and anti-terrorism spending has fueled economic recovery and boosted tax collections.
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SYDNEY : Australia will spend 591 million dollars (460 million US) boosting security at its overseas missions in the aftermath of the Jakarta embassy bombing in September, the government said.
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Australia is to spend A$48m (US$35m) increasing security against possible terrorist threats at regional airports around the country.
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Australia's foreign ministry said Wednesday it will boost security spending at its embassies by &#36;452 million after a terror attack on the U.S. consulate in Saudi Arabia left nine dead earlier this week.
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Britain raised its national threat level to &quot;critical&quot; amid fears of a new Al-Qaeda-style attack, after police said they were treating three failed car bomb attacks in two days as connected.
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Russia announced Tuesday it was pouring &#36;5.4 billion in additional funding into its security agencies, indicating it was trying to mobilize resources quickly for a battle on terrorism that President Vladimir Putin has called the country's No. 1 priority.
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Britain raised its assessment of the threat from terrorism to its highest level today after two men slammed a Jeep S.U.V. that caught fire into the departure doors at Glasgow Airport.
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The threat posed by Islamist extremists to the UK could last for up to 15 years, the new security minister says.
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Britain has about 2,000 terror suspects, hundreds more than was previously thought, a top British official said Tuesday as he urged lawmakers to extend how long police can hold terror suspects before they are charged.
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The UK's national terrorism threat level has been raised to "critical" after attacks in Glasgow and London.
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The airports operator BAA has said that increased security measures after an alleged terror plot last month had cost it 13.0 million pounds.
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Police and intelligence agencies have prevented international terrorists from striking Britain by disrupting their planned attacks, but the danger isn't over and the need to stay vigilant remains, top security officials said Sunday.
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The number of potential targets placed under surveillance by counter-terror police increases by 37%.
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LONDON: Britain's Muslim community is providing "considerable support" to counter-terrorism agencies, the head of the London police, John Stevens, said yesterday.