Passport Record System Open To Abuse, Review Finds

State Department officials disclosed Thursday that two more contract employees have been fired for accessing passport records without authorization, in addition to the three who were terminated after the March...

RFID For RFID's Sake, It's Full Steam Ahead At The State Department :: MAXINE

"Well, the right to privacy veil is about to be tested and potentially ripped wide open as the U.S. State Department puts the hammer down on the production and release of the new RFID embedded e-Passports." Direct...

Alicia Keys to find backing singer via Myspace

Talented singer Alicia Keys will be looking for a new backing singer - by auditioning singers on the popular social networking site, Myspace. I guess it means that people who can't travel to audition can still have a...

Houston Woman Pleads Guilty to Forced Labor Charges

"Houston Woman Pleads Guilty to Forced Labor ChargesHOUSTON - Rozina Mohd Ali pleaded guilty and was sentenced today in federaldistrict court in Houston, Texas, for her role in holding an Indonesian woman inforced labor as a domestic servant, the Justice Department has...

146 Canadian Sex Tourists charged in Child Sex

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCanadian Child Molestors certainly  feeling quite smug about plying their horrendous acts against children overseas in asian countries know if caught, their Canadian...

Govt advised not to tolerate harassment of Indonesians by S`pore

"The Indonesian government should always pro actively protect the dignity of the Indonesian nation and its citizens in the eyes of the international community and not tolerate acts of harassment such as Singaporean authorities committed against two Indonesians at Changi...

Clinton, Obama, McCain Passport Files Snooped by State Department Employees

The state Department is admitting to Improperly Accessing Candidates Passport Data. Two employees fired due to, "Snooping" Obamas Records"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The passport files of presidential candidates Sen....

State Dept. contractors peek at Obama file

Wow this is very intense! Makes you wonder how easy it is fo state workers to access files on us all!"The State Department said Thursday that it fired two people and disciplined a third for inappropriately looking at the passport file of Democratic presidential candidate...

State Dept. contractors snoop at Obama's passport records

What strikes me as peculiar about this story is that the State Department employees contractors who have access to confidential records. The SD's spokesman didn't even know the name of the company that they work for!...

Visa to Vietnam - tips and advice

Most nationalities entering Vietnam (some ASEAN, Nordic excepted) require a visa.  A fairly convoluted visa on arrival process has recently been introduced, but this requires a prior application to Hanoi and is...

UK Doctors and teachers will be among first issued with ID cards

Labour says, for now, noone will be required to carry ID cards in the UK. But at the same time they have taken initial steps to get the program moving."Millions of teachers, doctors, nurses and carers could soon be issued with identity cards, Jacqui Smith disclosed yesterday...

Nanda's Passport Suspension May Derail George Fernandes Poll Plans

"New Delhi (ABC Live): The Indian government on Monday taken a stand on middleman ship When Ministry of External Affairs has suspended the pass port of India biggest highly linked Defense arms agents Suresh Nanda."

Heathrow Terminal 5: Retail to the Rescue?

Heathrow's Terminal 5, opening next month, is finally revealing itself. The newest addition to the the world's busiest airport is going for a higher-end vibe in order to get back into the black, eschewing McDonalds...

Bangladesh-Corruption: Passport

"Corruption is a part of each and every Bangladeshi life. ""The presence of corruption has made us obtuse in recognizing corruption. We routinely take part in various forms of corruption. ""What do you do as a common-citizen trying to obtain a passport, which is your right...

MoD to be quizzed over lost data

"The information watchdog is to grill the Ministry of Defence over its data protection policies after it lost the personal details of 600,000 people. Defence Secretary Des Brown will also speak in the Commons next week about the latest loss of personal data, which went...

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