Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, a former president of the Islamic Society at University College London, advertised speakers including political figures, human rights lawyers and former Guantánamo detainees.
The ramifications of that continue.
Barack Obama has admitted that "human and systemic failures" contributed to a "potentially catastrophic breakdown in security" that allowed the attempted attack on a Detroit-bound aeroplane on Christmas Day. says the Telegraph
Whilst the Guardian reports that
Yemen has warned of hundreds more militants on its soil planning to attack the west and appealed for help to forestall more terror attempts
The other story of the day was the execution of British born in China
As China's ambassador to London was summoned to the Foreign Office for a dressing down, officials in Beijing said the UK had no right to meddle in the case of the convicted drug smuggler Akmal Shaikh and warned that "unreasonable criticism" could harm relations between the two countries.says the Guardian
Whilst the Telegraph says ,the Chinese embassy referred to the controversial role Britain played in supplying opium to China following the execution of British citizen Akmal Shaikh, according to a leading historian.
The Independent leads with the story that
The Iranian government vented its anger at Britain last night, declaring that London deserved a "punch in the mouth" for its role as the "chief culprit" behind the mass protests sweeping the Islamic Republic.
Meanwhile the Mail reports that
Five people were killed and around 25 injured after protesters tried to rescue Esmail Fathi-Zadeh and Mohammad Esfandiarpoor in Sirjan last Tuesday.
What started as a seemingly innocent protest against the public execution quickly turned into a violent bloodbath, culminating in a shoot-out between the protesters and the officials attempting to carry out the hanging.
The Telegraph leads with the story that England is poised to pull out of next year’s Commonwealth Games over fears that athletes will be victims of a terrorist attack,
According to the paper
GPs are to start predicting whether a patient has the early symptoms of cancer using a computer program that calculates risk, under plans to prevent the 10,000 unnecessary deaths a year caused by late diagnosis.is the Guardian's lead story
The new approach by the NHS means that doctors will tell patients their percentage chance of having cancer, based on factors like their age, weight and symptoms such as bleeding or sudden weight loss.says the paper
Police and security advisers fear that the English team will be targeted by Pakistani terrorists and feel that athletes’ safety cannot be guaranteed at present.
It's that time of the year when cabinet minutes are declassified and this year it is 1979 and according to the Independent there are some surprising analogies with today
"Economic outlook generally: prospects are sombre. Output is rising very slowly. The outlook for productivity, profits, output and employment is equally discouraging. With a large deficit in prospect there is little room for manoeuvre in the short term if we are to keep tight control over the money supply."
Back to today and the Times reports that
Gordon Brown will launch a fresh attack on the “privileged few” today while insisting that he will protect those on middle incomes.adding that
In a determinedly optimistic statement Mr Brown will also declare that the recession is over, say that unemployment will start falling within a year and promise that a “decade of shared prosperity” lies ahead.
In his new year message, to be broadcast as a podcast tomorrow night, the prime minister seeks to contrast his own upbeat vision – shared by most British people, he says – with the "age of austerity" scenario he wants to attribute to David Cameron, although he does not mention the Conservatives directly.says the Guardian
A tragic story on the front of the Mail which reports how
An embittered father 'executed' his small daughter, shot his estranged girlfriend and then killed himself in a Christmas holiday bloodbath.
Four-year-old Maisie Copland was taken to the home of Andrew Copland by his former lover Julie Harrison, 40, for an access visit yesterday morning.
As does the Sun under the headline,slaughter at a custody visit it says how
Police forced their way into what just four weeks ago had been the family home and found a scene of horror downstairs.
The Express warns of a hike in fuel prices as petrol could soar by up to 10p a litre thanks to a string of tax rises, drivers were warned today.
Unleaded could even rocket to a record high of £1.25 a litre if crude oil costs rise over the coming year.
The price surge is set to start on New Year’s Day when VAT returns to 17.5 per cent, triggering a 2.4p-a-litre rise in petrol costs. More increases in fuel duty will kick in later in 2010.
The winter weather returns after a short break
The big freeze will keep Britain in its grip over the new year, forecasters said yesterday, as they predicted temperatures as low as -18C and snowfalls up to a foot deep in some areas. says the Times
Tiger Woods's affairs may have cost shareholders in some of his major corporate sponsors up to $12 billion says the Telegraph
The figure was reached by two economics professors who examined how nine of Woods's sponsors fared on the stock market in the weeks after his mysterious late night car crash outside his Florida mansion on Nov 27.
Finally how many of us think about starting a diary this time of year? The Independent reports how
January signals not only the arrival of a new year – for many, it will also open another chapter of obsessive diary-writing. What drives these solitary scribblers?
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