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Study gives tentative nod to electronic tools for tracking immigrants By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press
OTTAWA—Electronic monitoring could be a useful alternative to locking up some immigrants and refugee claimants, says an internal study by Canada’s border agency. The research report, obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act, looks at the use of wired ankle bracelets, voice-recognition systems and other tracking tools in seven countries. It suggests electronic monitoring can save money and reduce the administrative burden of managing detainees in holding cells. Continued on page 11
CIA spying on friendly governments in Western Europe put on hold while risks and rewards are examined
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India’s Mars mission is boon for its space business
By Ken Dilanian, The Associated Press
WASHINGTON—The CIA has curbed spying on friendly governments in Western Europe in response to the furor over a German caught selling secrets to the United States and the Edward Snowden revelations of classified information held by the National Security Agency, according to current and former U.S. officials. The pause in decades of espionage, which remains partially in effect, was designed to give CIA officers time to examine whether they were being careful enough and to evaluate whether spying on allies is worth running the risk of discovery, said a U.S. official who has been briefed on the situation. Under the stand-down order, case officers in Europe largely have been forbidden from undertaking “unilateral operations” such as meeting with sources they have recruited within allied governContinued on page 14
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And inspiration for homegrown scientists By Katy Daigle, The Associated Press
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EW DELHI—India celebrated putting a spacecraft into orbit around Mars on Sept 24, hoping the rare feat will show the world it is open for business in space exploration and inspire a new generation of homegrown scientists to help drive growth. Those motivations help explain why India, a poor country of 1.2 billion, even invests in a space program when so many of its people lack access to proper toilets, electricity and health care. For one, boosting its space business has always been a key selling point of the country’s program. More than half of the world’s missions to Mars so far have failed. In proving it can pull off a complex
The PSLV-C25 launch vehicle, carrying the Mars Orbiter probe as its payload, lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on November 5, 2013 Photo: IANS
space mission, India becomes one of the world’s few reliable ferrymen to the stars. That can attract investors, commercial launch orders and customers to hire Indian rockets and satellites for their scientific research.
But the program also is a source of pride and motivation for the country’s burgeoning ranks of young professionals. India’s robust scientific and technical education system has already Continued on page 14