Eurotunnel has accused Eurostar of ignoring safety rules when evacuating passengers from trains last weekend. The Channel Tunnel operator said evacuations were prolonged because people took bags with them "in complete violation" of safety procedures. It also rejected claims it contributed to the chaos when 2,000 people were trapped in five broken down trains. Eurostar said an independent review currently being carried out would "establish the truth once and for all". In a statement, the company said passengers' safety "was not compromised at any time", but voiced concern that officials at Eurotunnel had "misunderstood" the nature of the review.
The Channel Tunnel operator said evacuations were prolonged because people took bags with them "in complete violation" of safety procedures.
It also rejected claims it contributed to the chaos when 2,000 people were trapped in five broken down trains.
Eurostar said an independent review currently being carried out would "establish the truth once and for all".
In a statement, the company said passengers' safety "was not compromised at any time", but voiced concern that officials at Eurotunnel had "misunderstood" the nature of the review.
European authorities increased air security on Saturday, a day after a man tried to blow up a US airliner travelling from Amsterdam to Detroit. Reuters - Airports and airlines across Europe moved rapidly to tighten security on U.S.-bound flights on Saturday after a man tried to set off explosives on a plane flying from Amsterdam to Detroit. Authorities in Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands either increased passenger checks or reinforced security measures already stepped up ahead of the busy Christmas and New Year travel period, officials said.
Reuters - Airports and airlines across Europe moved rapidly to tighten security on U.S.-bound flights on Saturday after a man tried to set off explosives on a plane flying from Amsterdam to Detroit.
Authorities in Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands either increased passenger checks or reinforced security measures already stepped up ahead of the busy Christmas and New Year travel period, officials said.
Scotland Yard has been ordered to reveal whether it has any evidence to support America's claim that Britain was saved from a 9/11-style disaster by the CIA's secret foreign interrogation centres. The Times has won a case under the Freedom of Information Act forcing British police to say whether the US stopped a plot to fly planes into Canary Wharf and Heathrow. The claim was made by President Bush when he first acknowledged the existence of a clandestine CIA prison network created to fight his War on Terror. The Office of the Information Commissioner, Christopher Graham, has upheld a complaint that the Metropolitan Police was wrong to stonewall inquiries by The Times. Scotland Yard has been given 35 days to comply or appeal. If it admits that there is no such intelligence, it would undermine any political defence for America's strong-arm tactics in fighting terrorism. If such information does exist, it would boost supporters of the policy of "extraordinary rendition", giving a justification for their methods. The Information Commissioner's Office dismissed all of Scotland Yard's arguments for refusing even to say whether it holds any information about the CIA foiling London's "9/11".
Scotland Yard has been ordered to reveal whether it has any evidence to support America's claim that Britain was saved from a 9/11-style disaster by the CIA's secret foreign interrogation centres.
The Times has won a case under the Freedom of Information Act forcing British police to say whether the US stopped a plot to fly planes into Canary Wharf and Heathrow. The claim was made by President Bush when he first acknowledged the existence of a clandestine CIA prison network created to fight his War on Terror.
The Office of the Information Commissioner, Christopher Graham, has upheld a complaint that the Metropolitan Police was wrong to stonewall inquiries by The Times. Scotland Yard has been given 35 days to comply or appeal. If it admits that there is no such intelligence, it would undermine any political defence for America's strong-arm tactics in fighting terrorism. If such information does exist, it would boost supporters of the policy of "extraordinary rendition", giving a justification for their methods.
The Information Commissioner's Office dismissed all of Scotland Yard's arguments for refusing even to say whether it holds any information about the CIA foiling London's "9/11".
They've cried wolf too often too politically, too cynically. They have forfeited the right to be believed or trusted. keep to the Fen Causeway
Zagreb: Croatians go to the polls on Sunday amid a deepening economic crisis and concerns over high-level corruption to elect a president to steer the Balkans country into the European Union. A dozen candidates are seeking to replace the popular centrist Stipe Mesic, who during his maximum two five-year terms in office guided the country to a parliamentary democracy following the authoritarian rule of independence leader Franjo Tudjman.
Do yourself a favor and the next time you are in Paris, take a stroll down rue Montorgueil, and in particular drop by Eric Kayser's. It's not that you won't ever want to go home again; rather, France will become your home. (Granted, ćevapčići is delicious, but you ain't never gonna eat in Serbia like you do in France.) La Chine dorme. Laisse la dormir. Quand la Chine s'éveillera, le monde tremblera.
Nowhere is safe from such behaviour from politicians ? Politicians aren't like us and I wouldn't take their prejudices as indicative of the national psyche. Wherever you are, the elite leadership classes will be more pious, more self-aggrandizing and more authoritarian than the general public.
Just like every country in the owrld, France is a wonderful country with a wonderful people, all of which is utterly despoiled by their political classes. keep to the Fen Causeway
You can't compare Hanson which is a marginal person ( made by those in power to spice up a little bit) and Sarcozy who is PM. All tho I have no doubt Howard would agree with Sarcozy or even with that one proposing this law he wouldn't dare to expose himself. I am just worrying when majority Italians do not care about Berlusconi's policies as long as they are doing OK or for that matter French being OK with Sarkozies choice of publicly acceptable religioions as long as they are not picked. People are always wonderfull...at least most of them...at least 50 % of Serbs did not support Milosevic and his war policies...but when they decided to go and vote that 1 % above 50 % and put him in power they opened Pandora's box.And then they were exposed through media and all propaganda to a hellish pushing to hatered. It's very easy once it is anlished...That's why I wouldn't want to experiance it again. I am not there in France and I am not specific suporter of Islam in any way shape or form but I can feel hatered building toward Islam people in France, Switzerland...They are in Europe to stay...they may not be Europeans the way France politicans want them to be...
