Una donna francese, detenuta nel carcere di Fleury Merogis, e' stata fatta partorire con le manette ai polsi. Questa la denuncia dell'Osservatorio internazionale delle prigioni. La donna non ha voluto che la sua sorvegliante entrasse con lei in sala parto e quindi le sono state messe le manette.
"Esiste un abisso tra la velocità promessa dai provider e quella effettivamente raggiunta dai navigatori, l'assistenza è insoddisfacente e la posizione dominante del fornitore più forte, Telecom Italia, schiaccia i concorrenti: a rimetterci è sempre il navigatore, in termini di qualità del servizio e di possibilità di scelta".AltroConsumo ha segnalato i risultati dell'inchiesta all'Autorità garante della concorrenza e del mercato e al commissario europeo Monti.
Microsoft has provided a modified version of Windows XP with reduced functionality for use in the Thai government's low-cost PC programme, and may make this software available to other governments, the company has revealed.Insomma, la pressione esercitata da Linux, da OpenOffice e in generale dal mondo open source a quanto pare comincia a farsi sentire, al punto da costringere Micro$oft a praticare prezzi semplicemente inconcepibili, almeno fino a ieri.
The "entry-level" version of Windows was created to allow Microsoft to participate in the Thailand ICT Ministry's programme without adjusting its policy of charging a single price for Windows and Office around the world, Microsoft said on Monday. The software was provided at a cost of 1,500 baht, or about £20 (circa € 30, NdR), compared with the usual price of several hundred pounds.
"The Microsoft software provided for the ICT programme in June 2003 is a Thai-language specific, customised, entry-level version based on Windows XP Home and Office XP Standard," said a Microsoft spokeswoman.
Last year, analyst firm Gartner said the Thai deal was the beginning of the end for the one-price policy, predicting Microsoft would be compelled to halve its prices in poor countries by the middle of 2004. Now Microsoft says it is looking to collaborate with more governments on low-cost PC initiatives, using customised software with reduced functionality, as in Thailand.
Islamic militants have conducteddry runs of a devastating new style of bombing on aircraft flying to Europe, intelligence sources believe.Questo getterebbe anche una nuova luce sull'elevato numero di cancellazioni di voli fra Europa e USA, sia sotto le feste di fine anno che in tempi più recenti.
The tactics, which aim to evade aviation security systems by placing only components of explosive devices on passenger jets, allowing militants to assemble them in the air, have been tried out on planes flying between the Middle East, North Africa and Western Europe, security sources say.
Concerns that militants might assemble a bomb or another weapon on board were a key factor in the series of recent cancellations of transatlantic flights. Last weekend British Airways stopped flights from London to Washington and Miami for fear of an attack and Air France also cancelled scheduled flights.
Officials in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere are believed to have warned that at least 12dry runs may have been completed and to have said that the terrorists are aiming to try out their plans on flights around the Mediterranean and the Middle East before attempting to bomb a transatlantic route, where security precautions are now very tight. Militants know that individual components are far easier to smuggle through airport security than an assembled bomb.Fonte: The Observer.
In May 2002 nearly 100 grammes of pentrite, a plastic explosive used by the alleged shoe bomber Richard Reid, was found hidden in the armrest of a Moroccan jet when it landed in Metz, France. At the time, investigators said they thought it had been put there as a warning. Now French officials suspect the explosives were placed on the jet as a trial of the new tactics. Though some investigators fear they may be the victim of deliberate 'disinformation', officials say that they cannot riskignoring the warnings.
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An FBI bulletin last November was more specific. It warned that 'terrorists are considering the use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) assembled on board to hijack an aircraft or, alternatively, destroy it over heavily populated areas in the event of passenger or crew resistance.
'Components of IEDs can be smuggled on to an aircraft, concealed in either clothing or personal carry-on items such as shampoo and medicine bottles, and assembled on board.
'In many cases of suspicious passenger activity, incidents have taken place in the aircraft's forward lavatory.'
I dati che abbiamo analizzato sono piuttosto scioccanti - ha spiegato Hui - l'epidemia in corso e' due volte piu' grave di quella del 1997, quando si registro' un tasso di mortalita' del 30%Fonte: Corriere della Sera.
