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Mohamed Haneef: the view from Mumbai

Had Kafeel Ahmed survived, not only would his and his brother Sabeel’s role in the failed UK bombing attempts have been unearthed, it could also have thrown a huge light on any involvement he had with his cousin Haneef, writes Ganesh Sovani from Mumbai.

Airports not planes the new terror target

A House of Commons Report that was finished before the attack on Glasgow Airport has spelled out the real terrorism risk that Australian authorities seem frightened to discuss: security screening lines.

India responds

When your Muslim population of around 150 million makes you the third largest Muslim nation in the world it is no wonder that the government of India is treating the case of the detained Gold Coast doctor Mohammed Haneef with more than a little caution.

Innocent until proven a sleeper-terror-doctor

What if Dr Haneef’s reason for buying a one way ticket to India is simply because he wanted to, as he says, visit his wife Firdous, who is ill, and the couple’s new born baby in Bangalore? asks Greg Barns.

Warning to Aussie software pirates: Be afraid, be very afraid

In February, an Australian resident, Hew Griffiths, was extradited to face a US criminal court on charges of conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringements, and criminal copyright infringement. We should be shocked, and worried, by what has happened to Griffiths, writes IP expert Kimberlee Weatherall.