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DVLA data powers likely to be abused by foreign officials • The RegisterPersonal data belonging to nearly 40 million UK motorists is likely to be abused by foreign officials under new automatic access powers, according to a restricted report. Drivers' details such as name, address, motoring convictions and some medical information will be available to more than two ...
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Exclusive: IRS hires hundreds for new wealth unit | ReutersA new Internal Revenue Service unit set up to catch rich tax cheats hiding their wealth in complex business entities is rapidly taking shape with the hiring of hundreds of employees. The IRS high wealth unit, part of a broader effort to combat international tax evasion, is focusing on "the ...
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The smoking gun: Tony Blair accused of betrayal over law chief's memo saying war was illegal | Mail OnlineTony Blair was accused of a 'gross betrayal' of the Queen and Parliament last night after it emerged that the Government's chief law officer warned him eight months before the Iraq invasion that regime change would be illegal. In a previously undisclosed memo, described as 'the most vital piece ...
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British cops arrest people just to add them to the DNA database, claims inquiry - Boing BoingBritish cops arrest people just to add them to the DNA database, claims inquiry Britain's cops have the largest DNA database in the world, and it's full of innocent people who were arrested but not charged, or charged but not convicted (the EU's Court of Human Rights have ordered this ...
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Europe match-fixing probe targets 200 games - Yahoo! NewsIn what one UEFA official called Europe's worst ever match-fixing scandal, investigators said Friday criminals may have netted over 10 million euros manipulating 200 games in nine countries. A 200-strong band operating across Europe is suspected of swaying matches in Germany, Belgium, ...
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BREAKING: Leaked UK government plan to create "Pirate Finder General" with power to appoint militias, create laws - Boing BoingA source close to the British Labour Government has just given me reliable information about the most radical copyright proposal I've ever seen. Secretary of State Peter Mandelson is planning to introduce changes to the Digital Economy Bill now under debate in Parliament. These changes will ...
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IEEE Spectrum: British Gas Allowed to Proceed With IT Project Jupiter $365 Million LawsuitA year ago May, I wrote about British Gas suing Accenture for £182 million ($365 million) over an IT project called Project Jupiter which British Gas claimed reduced its customer-billing process to "shambles." There are two nice stories from 2008 on the dispute here and here in the London Times. ...
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Switzerland, France ink tax deal - Yahoo! NewsSwitzerland said Thursday it signed a double taxation deal with France that would allow for data exchange aimed at clamping down on tax cheats. The agreement "contains a provision on the exchange of information in accordance with the OECD standard," said the Swiss finance ministry in a ...
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Scientists analyze blood to test for toxic airplane air exposure - CNN.comThe air we breathe on board a plane is a 50-50 mix of filtered, recirculated air and so-called "bleed air" -- which bleeds off the engines, and then is pressurized and cooled before being sent into the cabin through vents. If an engine oil seal leaks, aviation engineers and scientists say, the ...
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100-million-payday-poses-problem-for-pay-czar.html: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! FinanceIn a few weeks, the Treasury Department's czar of executive pay will have to answer this $100 million question: Should Andrew J. Hall get his bonus? Mr. Hall, the 58-year-old head of Phibro, a small commodities trading firm in Westport, Conn., is due for a nine-figure payday, his cut of profits ...
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