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The Defence Systems and Equipment Internation (DSEi) exhibition begins at the ExCel centre in the Docklands today.
Protests hit London as Libyan arms dealers arrive

By Liz Stephens. Anti-war protests are taking place in London today as a controversial arms fair gets underway. The Defence Systems and Equipment International (DSEi) exhibition began at the ExCel centre in the Docklands today. Protests took place at ExCel, in the City and also in Westminster. The biannual event – which is flagged as… Read more »

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McKinnon faces extradition
US campaigners join McKinnon fight

By Jon Ashford The United States’ leading civil liberties organisation has joined forces with its British counterpart Liberty to demand action on the extradition treaty and the case of computer hacker Gary McKinnon. Yesterday Liberty protested outside the US Embassy in London, brandishing copies of a letter sent by the American Civil Liberties Union (ALCU)… Read more »