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The prime minister's spokesman said: "There isn't going to be a second referendum."
Best for Britain is targeting Labour MPs, but also needs at least 10 Conservative "rebels" if it is to win a vote in Parliament on an amendment calling for a new referendum - which is opposed by both the Conservative and Labour front benches.
Who are anti-Brexit group Best for Britain?
Have voters changed their minds about Brexit?
If successful, the group says a "people's vote" on whether to accept the final deal - which would include the option of remaining in the EU - could be held before Brexit in March 2019.
Lord Malloch-Brown, a former UN deputy secretary general, said the "chronic uncertainty" surrounding Brexit talks was harming business and it was "time to settle this once and for all".
He said the campaign would accept the outcome of any referendum but it was "time for the truth and nothing but the truth" on Brexit, rather than "false facts" on the side of buses and "project fear".
Best for Britain says it will be campaigning in 70 "key" constituencies over the summer to urge MPs to back its plan and says it will be "talking to people on the doorstep about how Brexit is affecting them".
Pro-Brexit campaign group Leave.EU have attacked Lord Malloch-Brown as a "puppet for George Soros" and chief "Remoaner," while another group, Leave Means Leave, has launched a fundraising drive among supporters to "secure the swift, clean Brexit you all voted for".
Lord Malloch-Brown denied Best for Britain was a "puppet" of a foreign donor because it took 20% of its funding from Mr Soros - and he insisted he was not embarrassed to take the Hungarian-American tycoon's money.
"Like him, I am very proud of a career spent in international human rights, promoting democracy and trying to secure healthy democratic cultures in countries everywhere.
"I never expected to be doing it back home, but I'm pleased to be doing so."
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Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump each need 270 electoral votes to win the presidency. Most states are leaning or solidly in favour of one candidate, but in some states the race is too close to call.
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In a unique experiment, we are asking our readers to join politicians, academics and FT commentators to brainstorm ideas and solutions for the future of Britain outside the EU. The project will focus on four big questions that face the UK in future Brexit negotiations. We will share many of your ideas, and publish the best. Authors of the winning pieces will be invited to discuss them at a live public event in January in London.
On June 23 2016, British voters made an earth-shattering and historical decision. Brexit is a topic that will be 'incessantly' discussed over the next 5 years, which will impact business, policy, economics, global markets and individuals all around the world.
From trade to immigration to regulation and policy, there are a plethora of matters around Brexit that tend to spout more uncertainty than ever before. So it begs the question, what will happen and what are the consequences? Get some answers and watch this video today from a five-star panel on a 'Brexit Briefing' held at our republishing conference last month.
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Government of Pakistan is planning to get each and every Pakistani re-verified, which could potentially mean that 180 million Pakistanis will be re-verified and re-issued their CNICs.
According to media reports, Ch. Nisar, Interior Minister of the country, has directed the National Database Regulatory Authority (NADRA) to prepare a roadmap within next two days for re-verification of all Computerized National Identity Cards (CNICs) across the country.
Primary aim is to eliminate any illegal CNIC card holders and only those with real identities would be allowed to bear Pakistani CNICs and passports.
It is yet unclear that how NADRA is going to complete the task.
Move came after an incident when a Pakistani passport and CNIC found at the site where Muhammad Wali, suspected to be Afghan Taliban commander Mullah Akthar Mansour, was reportedly killed by a US drone strike.
Ch. Nisar was particularly concerned that how an Afghan was issued a Pakistani CNIC and a Pakistani passport.
Ch. Nisar emphasized that it must be ensured that general public remain at ease and re-verification of CNICs must be done in a most cordial and friendly way.
While this is not the first time that we have seen a foreign national bearing Pakistani CNIC and passport, but it is only now that such high-profile case has badly exposed — the NADRA to outside world and — the process through which Pakistani CNICs are issued in Pakistan.
Not to be mentioned, Pakistan successfully re-verified each and every mobile phone user through biometric verification and now each and every SIM operating in Pakistan is bonded with a CNIC; which implies that re-verification of 180 million Pakistanis is a possible task.
It is however going to be a gigantic project that has to be supervised through foolproof SOPs to ensure the flawlessness of the system.
Expect more details on this development during next few days.
The U.are.U Pro fingerprint scanner can log you on not only to your PC, but also to multiple Internet accounts.
The scanner from DigitalPersona Inc. does basic fingerprint authentication and also encrypts your user names and passwords on the hard drive in the Microsoft Windows 9x Registry. Your fingerprint then gets you in anywhere.
The U.areU. fingerprint authentication reader makes Internet log-ins easier and faster, but it doesn't do log-outs.
I tested U.are.U Pro with three e-mail accounts and several work-related Internet accounts. It logged me on within one to five seconds, depending on Internet traffic volume.
The U.are.U Pro software, which took about two minutes to install, manages the optical chip that does the scanning. It takes about a second to scan. Other optical chips I've tried can take up to twice as long, both for the fingerprint scan and for account access. Devices with silicon sensor chips tend to work a little faster than optical ones [GCN, Sept. 11, Page 29].
Once the U.are.U Pro software was installed, I held down the Ctrl key while placing a thumb on the fingerprint reader to initiate the One Touch setup window. Next, I went to the company's Web site, entered my user names and passwords in the One Touch setup window, and dragged the information to the designated spot on the Web page. That was all I had to do to prepare my system to work with the biometric access device.
Unfortunately, U.are.U Pro and most other biometric devices don't log you out the same way you log in. And it would be far better for computer security if biometric devices would automatically lock up or end sessions when they detect an unregistered fingerprint during use.
I recruited someone else to place an unregistered fingerprint on the U.are.U Pro scanner while I was logged on. An irate message promptly appeared: 'This is Carlos's session!' But it didn't halt the application or log me out automatically'that would be a far more secure approach.
For users with high-security requirements, it would also be nice if the program could trigger an automatic e-mail alert to the administrator, or at least make a log entry somewhere, if the device registers activity by someone other than the logged-on user.
For comfort and better accuracy, I began holding the 2.2-ounce scanner in my hand when I logged on instead of leaving the 2.5- by 2- by 1-inch device on the desk. But it lacked the stability of sturdier fingerprint recognition machines that the GCN Lab has examined.
The Universal Serial Bus connection made up for the instability, however. Most fingerprint devices connect through a serial or a PS/2 mouse port, which is more cumbersome to set up than a USB connection.
If you trust a machine to replace your password with a fingerprint, you might as well give it the authority to log you on to more than just a PC. For $150, you can expect this as well as reliability from U.are.U Pro.
Revolution Muslim, a U.S.-based radical Islamic jihadist organization, has become the Kevin Bacon of Islamic fundamentalism. Whenever jihadist groups threaten free speech in America or Europe, you can bet an associate of Revolution Muslim is somehow involved.
During an 18-month period, eight of the 27 reported cases of homegrown terrorism saw U.S. terror suspects frequenting, blogging on, or directly linked to Revolution Muslim or a related group. The group's website was originally at RevolutionMuslim.com. When their service provider shut them down on November 5, 2010, they reconstituted at IslamPolicy.com. To date, the threats that have emanated from the Revolution Muslim websites have never been adequately legally addressed by the U.S.
We have to warn Matt and Trey that what they are doing is stupid and they will probably wind up like Theo Van Gogh for airing this show. This is not a threat, but a warning of the reality of what will likely happen to them.
He also called for his supporters to "pay [Parker and Stone] a visit" and posted the addresses of Comedy Central's New York office, Parker and Stone's California production office, and a link to an article detailing Parker and Stone's home in Colorado.
In the following days, Chesser posted numerous additional comments and uploaded several videos and recordings, including one by Anwar al-Awlaki, an American-born Islamist cleric currently hiding in Yemen, which further justified the murder of Parker and Stone. Panicking, Comedy Central censored part two of the episode by bleeping out language, including its criticism of censorship, a speech against intimidation, and every use of the name "Mohammed."
Nevertheless, this rather obvious threat was not prosecuted by state or local law enforcement officials. NYC Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said authorities didn't think it "rises to a crime right now."
Months later, on July 21, 2010, Chesser was arrested on independent charges for trying to board a plane to Somalia to join al-Shabaab, a brutal terrorist organization with ties to al-Qaeda. It was only months after that, on the eve of a plea agreement, that he was finally charged for making internet threats against Parker and Stone in violation of 18 U.S.C. 875(c). On October 20, 2010, Chesser pleaded guilty to a three-count criminal indictment.
On April 20, 2010, partly in response to Comedy Central's self-censorship, Seattle Weekly cartoonist Molly Norris proposed an "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day (EDMD)." Her point? Freedom implies the right to criticize and caricature, and this freedom was now in jeopardy because a minority of Muslims believe the majority of non-Muslims can be easily intimidated.
Her idea caught on and pretty soon there was a Facebook page devoted to EDMD which over a hundred thousand people joined. That is when Anwar al-Awlaki issued a fatwa calling for Norris to be murdered. This fatwa prompted Zachary Chesser to gather personal information on at least eleven Facebook friends of EDMD and to post it on Revolution Muslim's website in a comment thread that also contained videos and discussion justifying punishing anyone who insults Mohammed.
You may have noticed that Molly Norris' comic is not in the paper this week. That's because there is no more Molly. The gifted artist is alive and well, thankfully. But on the insistence of top security specialists at the FBI, she is, as they put it, "going ghost": moving, changing her name, and essentially wiping away her identity….
On May 14, 2010, Roshonara Choudhry, a British prize-winning student at King's College, London, stabbed former British MP Stephen Timms in London because he supported the Iraq war.
In interviews immediately following her arrest, Choudhry told police she resolved to strike Timms after viewing over 100 hours of video sermons given by radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, which she had found posted on Revolution Muslim and other websites. She began listening to the sermons in November 2009, and completed them just days before she carried out her attack.
After her attack, members of Revolution Muslim published praise of Ms. Choudhry as a "heroine" and expressed the hope "for her action to inspire Muslims to raise the knife of jihad against those who voted for the countless rapes, murders, pillages and torture of Muslim civilians as a direct consequence of their vote." The organization also posted a list of 383 British lawmakers who voted for the Iraqi war, accompanied by instructions on how to track these lawmakers' movements, as well as a link for buying a kitchen knife.
The British government demanded the website be taken down and on November 5, 2010, Revolution Muslim's website closed. Shortly thereafter the website resurfaced as IslamPolicy.com.
To defend free speech rights from intimidation by the likes of Revolution Muslim, the Legal Project has proposed the Defend Expression from Islamists (DEFI) Act. This legislation would make it a federal crime to threaten or use force against individuals exercising free speech rights.
A federal statute is both necessary and proper. Islamic radicalism is a national concern. Frequently, when Islamists threaten Americans they do so over the internet and from another state or country. At the same time, existing state laws are inadequate. The heightened standard of proof deters local prosecutors from investing scarce resources, explicit grounds for a civil suit do not always exist, and damages can be difficult to quantify.
Perhaps the most significant aspect of DEFI — which is lacking in criminal statues like 18 U.S.C. 875(c) — is that it empowers victims of Islamist threats to sue for damages. This provision transforms them from passive victims into private attorneys general to defend their rights in a setting with a lower burden of proof and preset damages.
One law, by itself, won't entirely halt groups like Revolution Muslim from threatening free speech. But it is about time we did something tangible to punish them for their threats. When Comedy Central was intimidated into censoring itself on American television, the federal government did nothing. When Molly Norris was forced to go ghost, the federal government did not pick up the tab. And when the Revolution Muslim jihadists inspired a British Muslim to attempt to assassinate a member of the British Parliament, and then threatened the lives of other British legislators, the federal government's sole response was allegedly pressuring Google to shutter the site.
Revolution Muslim simply changed its website name and migrated to another server, without any legal consequences for the true threats it made. This kind of appeasement should end, now.
The author is a former counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee for national security issues and is currently staff counsel for The Legal Project of the Middle East Forum.
Evansville native Calbert Cheaney's 2,613 career points will remain an Indiana Hoosiers' and Big Ten Conference record for 25 years this coming March.
BLOOMINGTON — The light bulb first went on for Calbert Cheaney prior to his sophomore year at Evansville Harrison High School in 1986.
Then-Warriors’ coach Jerrill Vandeventer called Cheaney into his office and told him he had an opportunity to become a Division I basketball player. That assessment of someone who hadn’t played a minute on varsity turned out to be the floor of his potential.
It opened his eyes and gave him a purpose.
Cheaney went on to Indiana University and became the Big Ten Conference’s all-time leading scorer — a record that will stand for 25 years this coming March — from 1989-93. He was a sixth overall selection in the NBA Draft and played 13 seasons, beginning with the Washington Wizards and ending with the Golden State Warriors in ’06.
The Evansville native reunited Monday night with some of his former IU teammates from the ‘91-92 Final Four squad. Also in attendance and honored at halftime of the Hoosiers’ Big Ten home opener against Iowa were: Alan Henderson, Eric Anderson, Matt Nover, Todd Leary, Todd Lindeman, Brian Evans and longtime Bloomington Herald-Times sports editor Bob Hammel.
Evans, who redshirted that season, credited Cheaney and Anderson for his development as a player. He was named the Big Ten Player of the Year in ’96.
Under ex-coach Bobby Knight in ’92, IU finished 27-7 overall and second behind Ohio State in the Big Ten at 14-4. The Hoosiers earned the No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament and defeated Eastern Illinois (15 seed), Louisiana State (7), Florida State (3) and avenged a season-opening loss in blowing out UCLA (1) to advance to the Final Four.
Five players then fouled out as IU lost 81-78 against top-seeded Duke in the national semifinal. The Blue Devils then held strong in their title defense versus Michigan and the infamous Fab Five.
Cheaney was the consensus national player of the year as a senior in ’92-93, when the Hoosiers (31-4) nearly became the third IU team to finish 18-0 in the Big Ten. They arguably would have if Henderson did not hurt his knee in late-February.
While Cheaney was an upperclassman, all five starters averaged double figures in points. That was part of what made Cheaney’s scoring prowess so remarkable.
Cheaney resides in St. Louis, Missouri, with his wife, Yvette. They have two children: Julian is a senior and Sydney is a junior at Mary Country Day School.
Malaysia's international reserves, which have slid this year as the central bank has supported the country's embattled currency, increased in the last two weeks of August, surprising economists.
Currency reserves increased to US$94.7 billion as of Aug 28, Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) said on Friday, from US$94.5 billion on Aug 14 - the lowest level since 2009.
Bank Negara said in a statement that reserves are sufficient to finance 7.4 months of retained imports, and are 1.0 times the short-term external debt.
Some economists and analysts have been worried about the pace at which Malaysian reserves - US$132 billion at the end of August 2014 - have fallen this year.
There was a slight increase in mid-June, but a sharp drop in July and August, as the ringgit plummeted.
"Today's number will probably help in alleviating some concerns, but we still have to wait and see," said Rahul Bajoria, economist at Barclays in Singapore.
"There are risks around the (mid-September) Federal Reserve policy meeting, which may see a more volatile period ahead," he said. "But broadly speaking, we are relatively comfortable with Malaysia's external position."
Suhaimi Ilias, economist at Maybank, said he was surprised by the increase, which "suggests there is a bit of stabilisation" after sustained pressure in July and the first half of August.
He suggested that funds could have been repatriated by government-linked companies and state-linked investments to offset outflows from foreign investment portfolios.
Currency traders suggested the increase might reflect that Bank Negara did not need to spend as much as before to support the ringgit as liquidity was thin.
The ringgit has seen losses of around 18 percent this year, making it emerging Asia's worst performing currency. This week, it strengthened to a one-week high of 4.1380 after reaching 4.2950 per dollar on Aug 26, its weakest since July 1998.
On 0900 GMT today, the ringgit was about 4.2560 to the dollar, weaker than at the open though some losses were pared after Malaysia announced stronger-than-expected July exports.
Malaysia, a gas exporter, has seen a deteriorating trade balance from soft commodity prices, which contributed to the ringgit's decline.
It also faces a political crisis, with Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's leadership in question after alleged graft, which he denies.
Tens of thousands of Malaysians rallied in Kuala Lumpur last weekend, calling for his resignation.
Najib said on Thursday that Malaysia's economy was in a stronger position now than during the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis.
During that crisis, Malaysia pegged the ringgit at 3.8 to the dollar, and retained that until 2005.
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Carpenters frame new condominiums rising on the Marigold development in Central Saanich.
Greater Victoria homebuilders — working at a fever pitch over the past two years — slowed down in September as the number of new homes started that month fell below 300.