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Chad's leader calls for the urgent creation of a regional force to tackle Boko Haram Islamist militants, who have staged numerous attacks across northern Nigeria.

If you're a law professor, you probably already have seen this call for papers for a symposium: CrimProfBlog: AALS call for papers on Technology and Crime: The Future of the Fourth Amendment in Public:

The AALS Section on Criminal Justice will hold a panel during the AALS 2013 Annual Meeting in New Orleans entitled: Technology and Crime: The Future of the Fourth Amendment in Public.

We are soliciting papers to consider for presentation in conjunction with this panel. Current confirmed speakers on this distinguished panel include Christopher Slobogin, Vanderbilt University Law School, Tracy Meares, Yale Law School, and Orin Kerr, George Washington University School of Law. The panel will be moderated by Andrew G. Ferguson, UDC David A. Clarke School of Law.

Panel: Technology and Crime: The Future of the Fourth Amendment in Public

New mass surveillance technologies are changing Fourth Amendment protections in public. Enhanced video cameras, GPS location devices, license plate readers, mobile body scanners, backscatter x-ray vans, facial recognition technology, drones, and satellite imaging, in combination, can all be directed at targeted geographic areas. Combined with, or replacing, traditional “stop and frisk” or police surveillance tactics, these technologies have the potential to alter Fourth Amendment protections. At the same time, intelligence-led policing strategies involving crime mapping and analysis have allowed law enforcement to identify areas of crime for targeted police intervention. This panel looks at the constitutional implications of these developments on the expectation of privacy.

BEIJING (AP) -- A well-known blind activist's escape from house arrest in China has set off a cat-and-mouse conflict on the Internet between censors and netizens....

Nick Clegg claims there is a "different mood" among voters towards his party as he makes a final push for votes ahead of Thursday's English local elections.

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- Mali's junta said Tuesday the group still controls the state broadcaster, the airport and a military base after a countercoup attempt....

A woman who once based a work around Star Wars character Jabba the Hutt is one of the four artists shortlisted for this year's £25,000 Turner Prize.

Growth in the UK manufacturing sector slowed in April, according to the latest purchasing managers' index.

The hope of finding an eight-year-old boy who went missing after falling into the River Wear in County Durham is "fading", police say.

The leader of an Amish sect in Ohio, who was indicted on federal charges for allegedly shaving the beards and cutting the hair of community members, must pay for his own legal defense after making millions off an oil-and-gas deal, court documents show.

The public are warned to keep away from swollen rivers across England after heavy rain led to flood alerts.

Activists report that at least 30 people, including nine members of one family and 12 soldiers, have been killed in separate attacks in Syria.

Today the BBC has launched an online test which looks at how people deal with pressure

Homeland Security is launching its own investigation into the scandal involving 24 members of President Obama's security detail for his trip to Colombia last month.

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos says there are "clear indications" Farc rebels are holding French journalist Romeo Langlois.

The Scotland Bill, which will give more powers to the Scottish Parliament, is expected to receive Royal Assent later.

David Cameron tells ministers they must admit there is a problem with long immigration queues at Heathrow, as plans for extra staffing are announced.

An 18-year-old man is arrested after alleged racist comments were made about Rangers star Kyle Bartley.

The National Portrait Gallery is to open its Lucian Freud exhibition until midnight for three days to cope with demand.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- May Day moved beyond its roots as an international workers' holiday to a day of international protest Tuesday, with rallies throughout Asia demanding wage increases and marches planned across Europe over government-imposed austerity measures....

A new executive order will help harmonize U.S. regulations with foreign ones, reducing costly redundancies while preserving public safety.