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Britain has announced that it would raise by 2013 a FBI-style agency to tackle organised crime,border control,cyber crime,and online paedophiles.

Dalai Lama says China not enemy

SYDNEY: The Dalai Lama,who has pushed without success for more autonomy for Tibet for decades,said on Thursday that China is not his enemy but that some hard-line Communists are. When asked if China was the enemy,the Tibetan spiritual leader demurred. Not China. Some hard-liner Communists. They really brought a lot of suffering, he said. Beijing reviles the Dalai Lama and frequently denounces him,alleging that he wants independence for Tibet.

Britain to have FBI-style agency

London: Britain has announced that it would raise by 2013 a FBI-style agency to tackle organised crime,border control,cyber crime,and online paedophiles. UKs Home Secretary Theresa May said Wednesday the US-style National Crime Agency would combat more than 6,000 organised crime gangs operating in the country,British media reports said. However,the only major threat the NCA wont control is counter-terrorism,the reports said.

Middletons bank account was hacked

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London: Prince Williams wife Kate Middletons bank account was hacked six years ago by a private detective working for a British tabloid newspaper,a media report said. The Duchess of Cambridges account was accessed in 2005,when she was the girlfriend of Prince William,by Jonathan Rees,a private investigator who worked for the News of the World,The Daily Telegraph reported.

Ex- Polish president Walesa hospitalised

WARSAW: Officials say Lech Walesa,67,the anti-communist dissident who founded Solidarity in Poland,has been hospitalised in Gdansk. Walesas office confirmed the news about the former president on Thursday.