Cairo police have arrested four more men suspected of having HIV, signalling a wider crackdown that endangers public health and violates basic human rights in Egypt, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today in a joint statement.

NATO is to hold a major field test in Italy in September 2008 to demonstrate how the Alliance’s ability to share time critical intelligence can better protect NATO forces and populations from terrorist attacks through better identification and tracking of enemy combatants.

Joint system testing is currently underway on the Cooperative Airspace Initiative (CAI), which is being developed under the auspices of the NATO-Russia Council.

Flanagan Report on Policing in the UK available here on Cicero Lounge see files area.   The report is at: http://cid-e853ab142560c964.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Documents/flanagan-final-report.pdf   Notes on the report to be found at http://cid-e853ab142560c964.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Documents/2008-02_157325_G_N.doc

The Ministry of Defence has awarded Thales (UK) an initial contract value in the region of £4M to undertake the Systems of Systems Integrator (SOSI) role on the Future Rapid Effect System programme.

The Coroner hearing the inquests into the deaths of the Diana, Princess of Wales and Dodi al Fayed has today announced that Sir Richard Dearlove, the former Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) will give evidence on 20 February 2008.

The UK’s front line forces are to be equipped with a new target locator system, under a £30 million contract with Thales UK, Defence Secretary Des Browne announced today, 15 February 2008.

The Pentagon’s announcement that it has charged six “high-value” detainees at Guantánamo Bay raises yet more questions about the USA’s conduct in the “war on terror”, said Amnesty International. Article:http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=17648