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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha

Swift data helped Norway arrest terrorists

Brussels, 09/07/2010 (Agence Europe) - A high-ranking US official said on Thursday 8 July that the US Terrorism Finance Tracking Program (TFTP), which uses banking data provided by Swift, had helped in the arrest on that same day of three people with links to Al-Qaeda, who were probably involved in the foiled bomb plots in New York and Manchester in 2009. The three - a Norwegian of Uighur origin aged 39, a 37-year-old Iraqi who arrived in Norway in 1999, and a 31-year-old Uzbek - were...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: The European Parliament, economic governance, the new diplomatic corps, Barack Obama and Turkey
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL: Meeting of “taskforce” on economic governance on Monday
(EU) EU/CUBA: EU welcomes announced release of 52 political prisoners - 1996 common position may be reviewed in September
(EU) EP/DEFENCE: European Parliament supports EU backing for international convention on cluster munitions
(EU) EP/KYRGYZSTAN: MEPs call for impartial investigation into inter-ethnic violence and for EU support of OSCE police mission
(EU) EP/NORTH KOREA: Pyong Yang called to order over human rights
(EU) EP/ZIMBABWE: Harare called upon to uphold Kimberley process
(EU) EP/VENEZUELA: Call for independence of judiciary authority
(EU) EU/NATO/TURKEY:
(EU) EU/BELGIAN PRESIDENCY:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL: Herman Van Rompuy says ministers should play a greater role in economic governance
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE COUNCIL: Ministers to discuss milk, Germany's monopoly over alcohol and the Belgian presidency's programme on Monday
(EU) EP/FISHERIES: Parliament calls for regulation of imports from third countries to ensure survival of European fisheries sector
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: Parliament wants protection for workers on non-standard contracts
(EU) EP/ENTREPRENEURSHIP: Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs to become full Community programme
(EU) EP/INTERNAL MARKET:
(EU) EP/HEALTH: Parliament calls for greater effort to combat HIV/AIDS, with prevention focusing on human rights
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: North-west regions of Europe want common inter-regional and cross-border rail system
(EU) EU/JHA: Swift data helped Norway arrest terrorists
(EU) EU/JHA: EU to launch e-justice portal
(EU) EP/JHA: Belgian minister sets out priorities
(EU) EU/JHA: Nine arrested in farmers' fraud case
(EU) EU/CINEMA: European film-making needs effective, diversified aid
(EU) EU/CIVIL SERVICE:
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Sustainable exploitation of resources and raw materials to be discussed by EU ministers in Ghent
(EU) EU/CLIMATE CHANGE: No more than 1.927 billion EU carbon quotas in 2013
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: Commission authorises use of Eurocontrol instrument to allow small emitters to measure fuel consumption
(EU) EU/TRADE: Delay of WTO Boeing report disappoints Commission
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Swedish ban on advertising for gambling organised on internet by private operators in other member states is consistent with EU law, but penalties must not be discriminatory
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in Official Journal of EU
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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