Issue 90: 2017 02 02:Week in Brief International

02 February 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe AUSTRIA:  The government announced a ban on the burka and the niqab, and other measures to strengthen security and to integrate migrants.  The governing coalition (Social Democrat Party and People’s Party) is hoping that such measures will take the wind out of the far-right Freedom party’s… Continue reading Issue 90: 2017 02 02:Week in Brief International

Issue 74: 2016 10 06:Week in brief (international)

06 October 2016 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe AUSTRIA:  A re-run of the recent elections has been postponed for two months until December. GERMANY:  The interior minister Thomas de Mazière said that the Dublin convention should be reinstated.  This insists that immigrants should be returned to the first EU country they enter. Prosecutors have… Continue reading Issue 74: 2016 10 06:Week in brief (international)

Issue 50: 2016 04 21:Pakistan’s Own Goals(Neil Tidmarsh)

21 April 2016 Pakistan’s Own Goals Security and intelligence in Karachi and Islamabad. by Neil Tidmarsh This week, the judge in a terrorism trial in Karachi called upon an explosives expert from the police to explain a technical detail to the court.  Officer Abid Ali enthusiastically obliged, even bringing a hand-grenade with him as a… Continue reading Issue 50: 2016 04 21:Pakistan’s Own Goals(Neil Tidmarsh)

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