[JURIST] A spokesman for NATO [official website] said Thursday that multinational stabilization forces in Bosnia-Herzegovina had arrested Aleksandar Karadzic, son of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic [BBC profile] who is sought for genocide charges in the July 1995 massacre of 8,000 Muslims in eastern Bosnia. Aleksandar is suspected of knowing where his father and other war criminals are hiding and also providing support to them, but Karadzic's family has repeatedly denied knowing where he is. UN prosecutors have said NATO needs to step up its efforts to find Karadzic [JURIST report], denouncing their unsuccessful attempts and the organization's lack of the "political will to bring him to justice." Upon his capture, Radovan Karadzic will stand trial before the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website] at The Hague. Read the NATO press release on Aleksandar Karadzic's arrest. AFP has more.

[JURIST] Speaking at the annual conference [agenda] of the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN) [official website] in London Thursday, US Congressman Michael Oxley (R-OH) [official website] said that the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation [official website] was "rushed" and includes "excessive" corporate reforms. The legislation sponsored in 2002 by Oxley and Senator Paul Sarbanes (D-MD) [official website] came in the wake of the Enron and WorldCom financial scandals and required companies to audit their internal financial controls for potential fraud. Companies of all sizes have voiced frustration with the requirements due to increased costs and the lacking exemptions for smaller companies. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) [official website] has said that it is contemplating a different set of rules for smaller companies, but Oxley expressed doubts that reforms were forthcoming by either the SEC or Congress. The Financial Times has more.

[JURIST] UN Special Representative for Sudan Jan Pronk [profile] said Thursday that bandits in the Darfur region of Sudan have been stealing food and terrorizing and killing workers bringing supplies into the region. Pronk also said a group of bandits attacked offices of the UN and an international nongovernmental organization last Saturday night but failed to take anything. The Sudan Liberation Movement [website] has been holding ten aide workers despite three promises they made to free them. Pronk said the Sudanese government and the African Union [official website on situation in Darfur] do not have the current power to stop the bandits, but he stressed that additional AU troops expected in the area in September will need to monitor the situation. Last month, the UN Security Council received information [JURIST report] from the International Criminal Court [official website] preliminary investigation of the region detailing killing, looting and destruction of villages. AFP has more.

[JURIST] Romanian Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu [official profile] said Thursday that he and his Cabinet [current members with links to profiles] will resign after the country's Constitutional Court [official website] ruled Wednesday that rejected reforms to the justice system designed to facilitate Romania's entry to the European Union (EU) [official website]. The EU had mandated the reforms to create an "independent, impartial and efficient" justice system in order for Romania to join the EU as planned in 2007 [JURIST report]. Tariceanu said that new elections are necessary in order for the coalition pursuing Romania's EU admission to gain the two-thirds majority necessary for Parliament to overrule the court's decision and pass the reforms. In the meantime Tariceanu appealed to the Romanian parliament to restart the justice reform process [press release]. Currently, the Constitutional Court is dominated by the former ruling Social Democratic Party [official website] and rejected reforms including implementing retirement ages for judges and increased competition in their appointments. The EU said it would examine the Romanian court's ruling. AP has more.

[JURIST] Leading Thursday's corporations and securities law news, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer [Wikipedia profile] will retry ex-Bank of America broker Theodore Sihpol. Sihpol was acquitted on 29 counts of fraud-related charges last month [JURIST report], but the jury deadlocked on 4 counts and the judge declared a partial mistrial, leaving Spitzer the choice to retry those 4 counts. Bloomberg has more.

In other corporations and securities law news...

• Deloitte [corporate website], once Parmalat's primary accounting firm, has said that it may settle with the bankrupt Italian dairy. Parmalat filed a $10 billion lawsuit against Deloitte [JURIST report], among others, to recoup money it says it lost through fraudulent accounting. Deloitte's CEO, William Parrett [corporate profile], said in an interview that his company did not commit fraud against Parmalat but would settle if it would save Deloitte money in the long run. Reuters has more.
  
  
• Boeing [corporate website] confirmed that is under investigation by the US State Department [official website] for selling planes equipped with motion-sensor devices to China. The devices are on a list of technology with possible military applications that US manufacturers are not allowed to export to China. The Seattle Times has reported that Boeing faces up to $47 million in fines for the transactions. Reuters has more.

[JURIST] Leading Thursday's states brief, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled [text] today that interrogations of juvenile prisoners must be electronically recorded. In reversing a 2003 Court of Appeals decision [PDF text] the court stated that recording the interrogations by videotape or audio record will prevent disputes about police misconduct and provide an accurate record of the interrogation. The court rejected the argument of the boy's attorneys that all confessions from children under the age of 16 should be thrown out if the child did not get a chance to speak with his parents. Alaska and Minnesota already mandate electronic recording. AP has more.

In other state legal news ...

• The Florida Supreme Court has found that the Florida Public Service Commission [official website] acted properly and followed the state legislature's will to provide a means to open the local phone service market to competition when the Commission approved a 2003 plan allowing for the largest phone rate increase in state history. State Attorney General Charlie Crist [press release], the AARP, and the legislature's phone consumer advocate argued that the plan would not guarantee consumer benefits, which were also contemplated by the legislature. In its opinion [PDF text] the court disagreed writing, "The commission cites extensive evidence supporting its findings that beneficial competition will result from the commission's grant of the petitions." The rate increase has been on holding pending this decision. AP has more.
  
  
• The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled [text] that under state law, sexually violent offenders who have been released from prison can be committed to mental hospitals even if their recent act was not a dangerous sexual offense. According to the opinion, instead of the state having to prove the offender committed a dangerous sexual offense for commitment to a mental hospital, mental health experts, juries and judges must weigh the offender's entire history to decide whether he is dangerous under state law. The state law [text] provides that offenders who are determined to be sexually violent can be committed to a mental hospital after their prison term ends. AP has more.
  
  
• A lawsuit has been filed in a Sacramento Superior Court [official website] seeking an injunction against California's Mega Millions multi-state lottery game [gaming website]. The petition is challenging the unilateral actions of the California Lottery Commission in joining the multi-state lottery game without obtaining the legislative approval required under Proposition 37. Proposition 37 [Hasting's Law Library text] was passed by voters in 1984 and deals with the state's lottery. California's Mega Millions lottery game is two weeks old. The Sacramento Business Journal has local coverage.

[JURIST] An intellectual property infringement lawsuit by SCO Group [corporate website] against IBM [corporate website] will not go to trial until February 26, 2007, over two years later than originally scheduled. US District Judge Dale Kimball [official profile] rescheduled the trial Thursday to allow the two sides to work through what is anticipated to be a lengthy discovery period. Judge Kimball also denied a motion by SCO to amend their complaint [PDF] a second time. The lawsuit centers around IBM's movement of proprietary software into Linux, another operating system. Two weeks ago, Kimball ordered that IBM CEO Sam Palmisano [official profile] could be deposed, but only for four hours. CNET has more.

[JURIST] Hassan al-Turabi [Wikipedia profile], a Sudanese Islamist leader freed last week [Aljazeera report] after a 15-month detention in connection with an alleged coup plot, has spoke out against the country's Sudan's new constitution [JURIST report]. He called the committee that drafted the constitution "not representative" of the people and complained that members of the current legislature were either appointed or the result of uncontested elections. AFP has more.

[JURIST] Military judge Col. James Pohl has declined a request by lawyers [JURIST report] for US Army Pfc. Lynndie England [JURIST news archive; Wikipedia profile] to step down from her Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse case. Defense lawyers claimed that Pohl asked inappropriate questions while presiding over the first trial, which ended in a mistrial as the answers contradicted statements from England. Pohl rejected this claim, saying, "It was not the questions that caused the problems. It was the answers." AP has more.

[JURIST] Bearing in mind the experience of Muslims in the United States after 9/11, the London-based Islamic Human Rights Commission [advocacy website] has urged UK Muslims to stay indoors to avoid being targeted for revenge in the wake of Thursday's terrorist bombings in London [JURIST report] which have been tentatively linked to al-Qaida. IHRC chairman Massoud Shadjareh said

The Islamic Human Rights Commission utterly condemns this attack, but now we appeal that there should be no further victims as a result of reprisals.... IHRC is advising Muslims not to travel or go out unless necessary, and is particularly concerned that women should not go out alone in this climate...In the event of being attacked, IHRC urges victims not to retaliate and to report the matter to the police and appropriate authorities.

• BREAKING NEWS ~ US terror threat elevated after London bombings
• BREAKING NEWS ~ Blair says it "reasonably clear" London blasts were terror attacks
• BREAKING NEWS ~ Many injured in London blasts; bombs suspected; PM to speak

[JURIST] Leading Senate Democrats said Thursday that although they appreciate the phone calls from the Bush administration following the retirement of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor [JURIST report], they want to know exactly who President Bush is considering as a replacement before he submits a nomination to the Senate. Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) [official website] stated, "To be meaningful, consultation should include who the President is actually considering so we can give responsive and useful advice." President Bush has stated he will not name a potential successor before July 8 [JURIST report]. AP has more. For ongoing speculation on potential nominees, visit the Supreme Court Nomination Blog.

[JURIST] Leading Thursday's international brief, a Peruvian judge has ordered the arrest of 118 current and retired military officers for their alleged involvement in a 1988 attack against the Andean village of Cayara [Amnesty International report], in which soldiers allegedly tortured and killed civilians in an attempt to gain information concerning a prior Shining Path [MIPT profile] attack. The order, the second order from a civilian judge for the arrest of military officials in the past year in Peru [government website in Spanish], puts Peru's civilian courts at odds with its military judicial system, which traditionally has jurisdiction over human rights abuses by military personnel. Human rights organizations have routinely criticized Peruvian military tribunals for handing out little more than reprimands in response to convictions for human rights abuses. AP has more.

In other international legal news ...

• Twelve Indonesian soldiers convicted of killing civilians in Jakarta's Tanjung Priok port area [official website in Bahasa Indonesian] in 1984 had their convictions overturned Thursday in appellate court. The High Court decision overturned a human rights court conviction last year, finding that there was insufficient evidence to prove that the shootings, which resulted in 23 civilian deaths, were intentional as opposed to accidental. The decision is likely to raise concerns about traditional courts having appellate review of the newly established human rights courts, an issue already fiercely debated during their initial implementation. JURIST's Paper Chase has continuing coverage of Indonesia [JURIST news archive]. BBC News has more.
  
  
• Bahama Tom Nyandunga, the recently appointed special envoy from the African Union [official website] assigned to assess the current situation in Zimbabwe following nearly two months of "Operation Restore Order", has been roundly dismissed by government officials in Harare, and has said that his entire mission is in danger of failing before it even begins. Nyandunga, a member of the AU Commission on Human and People's Rights [official website], was sent to Harare last Thursday, but has been denied diplomatic credentials by the Zimbabwe government [official website] and has reportedly informed superiors that they must decide whether to pressure Zimbabwe or simply withdraw the mission. The tension places Zimbabwe in an awkward situation, as Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe [Wikipedia profile] has routinely depended upon the AU to blunt criticism from western nations regarding internal affairs in Zimbabwe. Experts have suggested that pressure by G8 nations and the potential prize of massive debt relief may cause the AU to alter its traditional defense of Mugabe's actions as internal politics. JURIST's Paper Chase has continuing coverage of Zimbabwe [JURIST news archive]. Zimbabwe's Financial Gazette has local coverage.
  
  
• Women marched in protest Wednesday against politicians in the Kenyan Parliament [government website] whom they accused of tampering with the affirmative action clauses in the draft constitution regulating the number of women delegates in Parliament. The current draft, agreed to at the Bomas constitutional meetings, set the number of required women members of Parliament at 1/3 of all available seats. Members of the Parliamentary Select Committee and the Parliamentary Consensus Group moved to have the clause introduced as controversial, which would put it on a list of items requiring separate approval before being included in the draft constitution. Women members of Parliament and several women's organizations vowed to exert political influence to see the draft constitution defeated if the clause was not left untouched. JURIST's Paper Chase has continuing coverage of Kenya [JURIST news archive]. Kenya's Daily Nation has local coverage.

[JURIST] A Pentagon spokesman said Thursday that there was "no evidence" of widespread abuse of prisoners by medical personnel at Guantanamo, denying earlier media reports [Newsday report]. Accusations of physical abuse had followed criticism about use of detainees' medical records against them [JURIST report]. A Pentagon spokesman did say that changes in procudures for the medical treatment of detainees were being implemented, but left specifics to US Army surgeon general, Lt. Gen. Kevin C. Kiley, who was to present a report to Congress later in the day. In June the Pentagon release a new policy statement on the responsibilities of military healthcare providers to detainees [JURIST report]. AP has more.

[JURIST] Lawyers for Mikhail Khodorkovsky announced Thursday after a meeting with prosecutors in Moscow that no new charges had been filed [RIA Novosti report] against the former Yukos CEO. Earlier, local media had reported that new money laundering charges were going to be announced when lawyers were summoned to the detention facility [JURIST report] where Khodorkovsky is being held.

[JURIST] An Al-Qaeda group in Iraq has claimed to have executed Eyhab al-Sharif, Egypt's top ambassador to Iraq. He was kidnapped on Saturday shortly after arriving in Baghdad as the first envoy from a major Arab state to the new Iraqi government, and would be the first high-level foreign diplomat to be killed by insurgents. A statement from the group [CNN report] posted online reads in translation "...We, the al Qaeda in the land of the two rivers, announce that the verdict of God against the ambassador of the infidels, the ambassador of Egypt, has been executed, praise be to God." The statement has not been confirmed, but previous claims at the site have been accurate. A video posted by the group showed al-Sharif identifying himself [AP report] but not his death. ArabicNews.com has more.

1:13 PM ET - BBC News is reporting that the Egyptian government has confirmed that its ambassador in Iraq has been killed.

4:03 PM ET - After news of the Egyptian envoy's murder spread, Iraqi president Talabani was quoted as saying that his country was "plagued" by foreign militants involved in the insurgency. Before official confirmation, Iraqi foreign minister Hamed al-Bayati said: "If it is true, then it is a huge crime because he is a diplomat who enjoys immunity under international law." AFP has more. Egypt's ambassador to the UN spoke earlier this afternoon on the killing of his colleague; watch recorded video.

[JURIST] New York Times reporter Judith Miller [Wikipedia profile], who was ordered jailed [JURIST report] for contempt after refusing to reveal a source in conjunction with a federal criminal investigation into an intelligence leak, is at the Alexandria Detention Facility [official website] in Alexandria, Virginia, after being brought to the facility late Wednesday. The jail, touted as a "New Generation" facility, houses all prisoners under the local sheriff's custody, whether they are local, state, or federal prisoners. Among those hold there is convicted terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui [JURIST news archive]. Editor & Publisher has more.

[JURIST] Indonesia's highest court Thursday rejected a challenge from environmental groups and upheld a law enabling 13 mining companies to operate in protected forests. The Constitutional Court ruled that the law did not violate the 1945 constitution [text] and that the government must honor commitments to the companies [Dow Jones Newswires report]. Such mining was banned in 1999 but in 2004 a law allowed companies with existing contracts to continue operations. That law was upheld in Thursday's ruling. AP has more. Meanwhile, Indonesia has affirmed its environmental claim against Newmont Mining Corporation [corporate website; JURIST report], a US company it alleges polluted a local bay. The government filed a $133 million civil suit against Newmont, which denies the charges [press release]. Conflicting test results have delayed the trial, and a settlement is now being considered [AP report].

[JURIST] AP is reporting that the US terror alert level [US Department of Homeland Security backgrounder] will be raised to code orange for mass transit in the wake of London explosions, according to US officials.

12:37 PM ET - The UN Security Council has been called into emergency consultative session on the London bombings, and a formal public meeting may follow later Thursday afternoon. UPI has more.

12:41 PM ET - The BBC is reporting that in a statement from Downing Street, British Prime Minister Tony Blair has promised intense efforts by police and security forces to bring the perpetrators of the London attacks to justice [10 Downing Street transcript].

12:53 PM ET - The BBC is reporting that the UN Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution condemning the London bombings. Read the text of Resolution 1611.

1:33 PM ET - AP reports that British police have raised the official confirmed death count by four, to 37, and are saying that some 700 others have been injured.

2:05 PM ET - A full transcript of US Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff's press conference announcing the elevated terror threat alert for US mass transit is now online.

4:17 PM ET - ABC News is reporting that British officials have told US law enforcement agents that they have recovered two unexploded bombs in London.

Previously in JURIST's Paper Chase:

• BREAKING NEWS ~ Blair says it "reasonably clear" London blasts were terror attacks
• BREAKING NEWS ~ Many injured in London blasts; bombs suspected; PM to speak

[JURIST] US Defense Department officials Wednesday required CNN to erase any footage that might allow Guantanamo [JURIST news archive] prisoners to be identified during a recent visit [CNN report]. Taking up a challenge to reporters from President Bush to come see the facility [JURIST report] amidst allegations of abuse, CNN's visit was also frustrated by a prohibition against speaking to any prisoners and a refusal of its request to see the worst-behaved detainees. UPI has more.

[JURIST] Lawyers for US Army Pfc. Lynndie England [JURIST news archive; Wikipedia profile] will request at a pretrial hearing Thursday that Judge Col. James Pohl be removed from the case. Pohl had presided over England's first trial, in which he threw out her guilty plea [JURIST report] after her statements were contradicted by those made by former boyfriend Pvt. Charles Graner Jr. [JURIST news archive, Wikipedia profile], who had previously been convicted and sentenced to ten years for abuses at the Iraqi prison [JURIST report]. England's attorneys contend that the rejection of the guilty plea was improvident and unfair; they also state that their plans to call Judge Pohl as a witness disqualifies him from serving as judge. AP has more. KLTV in Jacksonville, Texas has local coverage.

[JURIST] A civil trial of American Electric Power [corporate website], the nation's biggest power company, opened Wednesday on charges by the government and eight states that it had violated the Clean Air Act [EPA website]. The suit against AEP alleges violations in connection with modifications made to power plants that didn't include the installation of pollution-reduction devices. Similar suits [JURIST report] have been filed by other states against other power companies. Two key issues are in question: first, whether the work done to the power plants required the installation of the anti-pollution devices; and second, the differences between the Clinton-era rules that governed the industry when the suits were filed, and new relaxed Bush administration rules under review by federal courts [AP report]. AP has more. Read the complaint [PDF].

[JURIST] Myanmar's military government announced Thursday that it had released 400 prisoners but refused to name them. The majority of those released are believed to be political prisoners, many of whom are tied to the National League of Democracy party of Aung San Suu Kyi [official website; Wikipedia profile]. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan called for the lifting of all remaining restraints on NLD activity in a statement. The decision to release the prisoners comes only weeks before the Association of South East Asian Nations [official website] convenes in Laos to discuss whether to allow Myanmar to take the rotating presidency of the organization, a possibility that has disturbed both ASEAN nations and the West. AFP has more.

[JURIST] A federal judge in Chicago dismissed a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking reparations from several companies that benefitted or profited from slavery prior to its abolition. US District Judge Charles R. Norgle [official profile] ruled that a geneological tie was not enough to show injury, that the suit was brought too late, and finally that the issue is one for legislators, not judges. The Chicago Sun-Times has local coverage and opinion excerpts. The suit was dismissed with prejudice [AP report], but an appeal to the Seventh Circuit is being planned.

[JURIST] A California National Guard unit known as the Information Synchronization, Knowledge Management and Intelligence Fusion program [San Jose Mercury News report] is under investigation by military authorities to determine whether it was created to spy on civilians. Activists are concerned that the group's actions are similar to spying done on almost 100,000 civilians during the 60s and 70s. At issue is their monitoring of a Mother's Day anti-war protest at the state Capitol; a spokesman for the Guard said their duties involved only tracking media coverage [AP report]. The Guard has also erased a hard drive [San Jose Mercury News report] in connection with the program, frustrating outside investigators. The ACLU of California has objected to any military spying on civilians and has sent a protest letter to California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger [PDF]. AP has more.

[JURIST] Class representatives amended a complaint against CardSystems Solutions, MasterCard, Visa, and Merrick Bank [corporate websites] Thursday, demanding monetary compensation for negligence. The lawsuit stems from a security breach at CardSystems that resulted in the exposure of some 40 million credit cards to potential fraud [JURIST report]. Three representatives filed the suit on behalf of hundreds of cardholders in California Superior Court in San Francisco. The complaint [PDF], originally filed June 27, had at that time demanded only declaratory relief that would require the credit card companies to notify customers who were exposed to the security breach, and provide those customers with credit monitoring and fraud protection free of charge. The amendment comes after new evidence suggests that Visa, MasterCard, and Merrick Bank knew that CardSystems had failed multiple industry-standard security audits, and nonetheless continued to allow CardSystems to process transactions. CNET has more.

[JURIST] Echoing earlier predictions [JURIST report], Iraqi President Jalal Talabani told a gathering of Shiite clerics Thursday that Iraq's new constitution "will be done on schedule". The constitutional commission [official website, English version] charged with drafting the charter needs to finish by August 15 in order for the pact to be submitted to a referendum in October. Although disputes over Sunni involvement in the process have slowed the committee, both President Bush [JURIST report] and US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld [JURIST report] have opposed any delay or change in the August 15 deadline. AP has more.

[JURIST] Former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky [JURIST news archive, Khodorovsky defense website] will face new charges of money laundering Thursday along with his partner Platon Lebedev. Lawyers for Khodorovsky say they have no idea what specific charges will be announced, but the Prosecutor General's Office has invited them to appear at Moscow's Matrosskaya Tishina detention center for details. Khodorovsky was convicted of tax evasion and fraud in May and sentenced to nine years in prison [JURIST report]. Many observers question the political motivation behind the prosecution of Khodorovsky. MosNews has local coverage.

[JURIST] Defense lawyer Ziad al-Khasawneh, the head of Saddam Hussein's defense team who announced his resignation Wednesday [JURIST report], said Thursday that his motivation for quitting was repeated efforts by US members of the team to temper his criticism of the US occupation of Iraq. Khasawneh alleged that former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark [JURIST report, Wikipedia profile], who now heads the Committee for Defending Saddam Hussein, and other American attorneys continually wished Khasawneh to refrain from criticizing the occupation. The shakeup in the defense team, the first since Khasawneh replaced Mohammed al-Rashdan in November [JURIST report], comes only weeks after reassurances from the Iraqi government that the trial will begin before the end of September [JURIST report]. AP has more.

[JURIST] In a short televised statement, British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said it is "reasonably clear" that the multiple London transport system blasts [JURIST report; BBC continuing live audio; BBC in-depth report] earlier Thursday were "terrorist attacks" designed to coincide with the G8 meeting at Gleneagles. The meeting will continue, although Blair will go to London to assess the situation and meet officials before returning later in the day.

7:25 AM ET - A full transcript of the Prime Minister's statement is now available online from the Home Office. BBC News has recorded video.

8:35 AM ET - UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke has made a statement on the London bombings in the House of Commons and has indicated there were at least four attacks:

First, on a tube train between Aldgate East and Liverpool Street; second, on a bus in Woburn Place; third, on a tube train between Russell Sq and Kings Cross and fourth on a tube train at Edgware Road station. As yet we do not know who or which organisations are responsible for these criminal and appalling acts.

• BREAKING NEWS ~ Many injured in London blasts; bombs suspected; PM to speak

[JURIST] Speaking [transcript] outside 10 Downing Street Thursday morning, UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke has reported "terrible injuries" after several explosions on the London transport system just before 9 AM London time Thursday morning suspected to have been caused by terrorist bombs. The system was shut down after explosions at several stations; at least one double-decker bus is reported to have been destroyed with many casualties. Although some London-based websites are down, summary reports are provided by the BBC and the Guardian, with latest updates on the BBC and the Guardian news blog.

From the Guardian blog at 11:20 AM London local time (6:20 AM ET):

Tony Blair will be making a live, televised statement on the crisis at midday. Sir Ian Blair, Metropolitan Police Commissioner, has told the BBC that there have been six explosions so far today, one on a bus. In what is clearly intended to be a calming message, he asks that Londoners stay where they are, do not call the emergency services unless there is a life-threatening situation, and promises there will be more information.

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