Industry, Agencies Unprepared to Prevent or Respond to Chemical Disaster; NYC Crime Rate Still Falling; British Police to Sign Up Special IT Constables; SARS Still Troubles Toronto and Reaches N.C.

Statistics show crime in New York City has continued to decrease. British police to ask IT professionals to join the police force as special constables if plans for a new national computer crime strategy get the go-ahead. A man in North Carolina who visited Toronto has SARS confirmed a potential cluster of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) The man is the eighth person in the United States to have a bona fide case of the respiratory illness, officials said yesterday. The SARS outbreak has hurt the city’s economy and damaged Canada’s reputation as a vacation destination.”]

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