INTERPOL to Set Global Standard in Travel Document Security with New E-Passport Initiative

September 20th, 2009 ICAO MRTD 2009, MONTREAL, Canada - WorldReach Software, a leading consular solutions provider, partnering with Logica as the prime contractor and De La Rue, are pleased to announce the official deployment of secure, ICAO standards compliant Emergency Travel Documents (ETDs) for the United Kingdom's Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). The first UK FCO ETD issuance occurred August 27, 2009 in New York, USA, marking the first authorized worldwide use of an ETD issued via BRIDGE (BRitish Identity Document Generating Equipment).

September 16th, 2009 MELBOURNE, Australia - Australia Post is the first non-British Government agency anywhere in the world to be granted the ability to accept British passport applications. The arrangement has been widely welcomed by customers, with more than 14,000 applications received in the first three months.

August 11th, 2009 LONDON - Virgin Trains is extending its range of cheaper Virgin Trains-only fares and slashing the cost of rail travel between: - Coventry and Birmingham International/Birmingham Stations/Wolverhampton - Birmingham International and Birmingham Stations/Wolverhampton - Birmingham Stations and Wolverhampton. The price reduction is part of a package to offer cheaper rail travel on key shorter-distance journeys.

August 11th, 2009 LONDON - - Cheaper Train Fares are now Available Between Stockport and Macclesfield/Stoke-on-Trent/Crewe and Between Macclesfield and Stoke-on-Trent Virgin Trains is extending the availability of its cheaper Virgin Trains-only fares to include journeys between Stockport and Macclesfield/Stoke-on-Trent/Crewe and between Macclesfield and Stoke-on-Trent. The price bonanza is part of a package to offer cheaper rail travel on key shorter-distance journeys.

July 12th, 2009 LAKE WORTH, Florida - - Nautilus Security agrees to be enjoined with trial currently set for April 2010 Graphic Security Systems Corporation (GSSC) Plaintiff in the USA filed suit against Nautilus Security of the UK (Defendant) on December 16, 2008, over security technology sold in the Brand Protection and Document Security market. GSSC alleges that Nautilus is marketing services and products that infringe GSSC's intellectual property.

June 21st, 2009 LONDON - New Visa Process for Australian and New Zealand Passport Holders With the holiday season upon us, Cheapflights.com.au, the Australian site of the international travel online price comparison company, suggests that before visiting the USA it pays to check that you know the new visa rules before flying. Cheapflights also has some useful tips to help smooth your transit through domestic US airports once you are there.

June 11th, 2009 BARCELONA - Safelayer Secure Communications S.A., the market leader in security and trust for information and communication technologies, is taking part with the Spanish National Police in the BIG (Brussels Interoperability Group) technical committee being attended by EU Member States. The company is the leader in the development of PKI technology (Public Key Infrastructure) for digital identification, electronic signatures and data encryption Along with the Spanish National Police, the firm is providing technology for the second generation of the European ePassport Safelayer's participation in the committee involves providing support to the Spanish National Police and playing an active role in the development of the next generation of ePassports.

April 26th, 2009 BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - The international organization Round Table on Responsible Soy Association (RTRS) will present advances related to the international responsible soy standard in Campinas, Brazil, May 26 and 27 The Round Table on Responsible Soy Association (RTRS) will present advances related to the global standard for responsible soy production, processing and marketing at its IV International Conference in the city of Campinas, Brazil, May 26 and 27. The meeting will be attended by distinguished international panelists who will analyze responsible soy production and processing as well as those methodologies favoring the best agricultural practices.

April 6th, 2009 DALLAS - Entrust to present ePassport capabilities at Nigerian ICAO event Just six months after an impressive showing at the ePassports EAC Conformity & Interoperability Tests in Prague, Czech Republic, Entrust, Inc. (Nasdaq: ENTU) aims to further strengthen its global leadership position.

March 22nd, 2009 WAALWIJK, The Netherlands - Technology company IAI industrial systems in Veldhoven, the Netherlands, a subsidiary of the stock listed company DOCDATA N.V. in Waalwijk, the Netherlands, will supply three BookMaster One systems for the personalisation of passports to a non-European country.

December 23rd, 2008 NEW DELHI - The Delhi High court has directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to release the passport of Aditya Khanna, an accused in the oil-for-food scam in Iraq. Justice Gita Mittal, while ordering release of the passport last week, said: 'The CBI has no authority to seize the passport in view of the principles laid down by the apex court.' The court directed the agency to release Khanna's passport within three weeks.

February 10th, 2009 LYON - The international police organisation Interpol said it had issued an unprecedented global alert for 85 terrorists suspected of planning attacks against Saudi Arabia from abroad. The 83 Saudis and two Yemenis are wanted by Saudi Arabia on terrorism-related charges, including links to Al Qaeda in Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Afghanistan, Interpol said Tuesday in a statement issued in Lyon, where its headquarters are located.

May 11th, 2009 LONDON - A BBC Show has come across a "passport" dating back to 1641 in Sunderland, UK, which was signed by Charles I. According to a report by BBC News, the program, known as 'Flog It', has put a price of up to 20,000 pounds on a "passport" which is almost 400 years old.

February 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - In a move that will ease processing of travel and visa documents for inbound tourists from Singapore and boost tourism and trade ties between both the countries, the Indian High Commission in Singapore has hired Quoprro Global, a subsidiary of Cox and Kings India Limited, to start visa and passport services. According to the mandate given by the Indian High Commission, Quoprro Global will accept all visa applications for India from Singapore nationals and other foreign nationals, who are residents of Singapore, as well as passport applications for Indian nationals residing in Singapore.

May 29th, 2009 Brazen parrot steals passport, heads into bushWELLINGTON, New Zealand — Polly wants a passport — and isn't above stealing one. A brazen parrot, which spotted a Scottish man's passport in a colored bag in the luggage compartment under a tour bus, nabbed the document and made off into dense bush with it, the Southland Times newspaper reported Friday.

May 30th, 2009 Brazen NZ parrot steals passport, heads into bushWELLINGTON, New Zealand — Polly wants a passport — and isn't above stealing one. A brazen parrot, which spotted a Scottish man's passport in a colored bag in the luggage compartment under a tour bus, nabbed the document and made off into dense bush with it, the Southland Times newspaper reported Friday.

September 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Six offices across India in October to provide passport services will be opened by the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). In the first phase of this 100 billion rupee project, computerized passport facilitation centres will be opened in Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Ambala, Bangalore, Mangalore and Hubli, according to the TCS.

January 27th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Jelena Dokic's notorious father Damir said Channel 7 is trying to bring him to Australia. Damir says the television network offered to pay all his bills and clear away obstacles to his travel.

May 17th, 2009 PANAJI - Fresh inconsistencies have surfaced in the police version regarding the death of Russian teenager Elena Sukhonova whose body was found along a railway track near here almost a fortnight ago. Contrary to earlier statements made by the police to the media that the 19-year-old's passport was found in her purse near her body, IANS has learnt that the passport was in fact recovered from her room at the resort Travellers Inn, Baga.

January 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt Wednesday got the Supreme Court's permission to go to New York as the United Nation's 'goodwill ambassador' to attend a conference on malnutrition next month. A bench of Chief Justice K.G.