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Article: British government proposes new powers to tag and impose curfews on terrorist suspects
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- January 26, 2005
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ED JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
01-26-2005
Dateline: LONDON
The British government on Wednesday proposed sweeping new powers to control terrorist suspects, including electronic tagging, curfews and house arrest of people who have not been convicted of crimes.
Home Secretary Charles Clarke said the new "control orders" would apply to both foreigners and British nationals, and promised to introduce legislation as soon as possible.
Eleven foreign terrorist suspects who have been held for three years without charge would not be released until the new powers were in place, he added.
"There remains a public emergency threatening the life of the nation," Clarke told the House of ...