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Calls for an independent investigation into alleged breaches of humanitarian law in Yemen were stepped up on Monday when the Dutch government requested an inquiry at a meeting of the UN human rights council in Geneva.
An international industry consortium, the DNS Changer Working Group, has strived to inform as many users as possible.These efforts were stepped up on May 2nd.
Security checks at Kunming's Changshui International Airport were stepped up on Sunday, Xinhua said, while reports suggested there was also a greater police presence in China's capital, Beijing, on Monday.
In response to the Rizal Day bombings, a series of attacks on December 30, 2000 that included the bombing of a LRT-1 train among other targets, and in the wake of greater awareness of terrorism following the September 11 attacks, security has been stepped up on board the system.
"He's stepped up on numerous occasions".
Security is also being stepped up on the private aircraft, said Joel Russell, the airport manager.
It is crucial that pressure be stepped up on governments that, through punitive laws, continue to make the daily lives of homosexuals a nightmare.
A protest leader, Mounaim Chaouki, said the blockade would be stepped up on Monday, after a break for the Muslim holy day of Friday and over the weekend, expanding to include construction material, according to El Mundo, a Spanish newspaper.
Security was stepped up on major European rail services as fears of "blowback" attacks by jihadis returning from Syria escalated after a gunman known to the intelligence agencies opened fire on a high-speed train bound for Paris.
A BP spokesman said he was not aware whether routine maintenance which uncovered the problem with the platform's water pumps had been stepped up on its offshore production operations following the Gulf of Mexico disaster.
Security was stepped up on public-transport systems in Washington, DC and other G8 capitals as news of the London attacks reached them.It may be some time before it becomes clear if it ever does who was responsible for the attacks.
