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Britain puts 1,200 more troops on 48-hour standby
Jul 19th, 2012
Britain on Thursday put another 1,200 troops on standby for the London Olympics to plug gaps left when a private company said it could not provide enough security guards. (Source: AFP) -
LONDON (AP) - Two men accused of butchering a British soldier had featured in previous investigations by security services, a British official said Thursday, as investigators searched several locations and tried to determine whether the men were part of a wider plot to instill terror on the streets of London. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
By Peg Mackey and Alex Lawler LONDON (Reuters) - A European investigation into alleged price rigging by major oil companies has drawn attention to leading price agency Platts and the way it sets oil price benchmarks. Authorities on Tuesday carried out a surprise inspection at Platts' London bureau as well as the offices of Royal Dutch Shell , ... [Full Article]
CAIRO (AP) - Egyptian troops and police mistakenly fired on a Bedouin funeral in the Sinai Peninsula on Tuesday, security officials said, in the opening salvo of a sweep searching for security personnel kidnapped by suspected militants. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]