*Ø* Blogmanac | Security tight around arms fair
"Security has been tightened around the London site for Europe's biggest arms fair as it opens on Tuesday. Among the items on display are warships, a Eurofighter Typhoon jet and an Apache attack helicopter.
"Government buyers from countries including Algeria, Angola, Colombia, Pakistan and India are expected to come and browse at the ExCel centre in Docklands.
"But critics of the show say it will attract countries with deplorable human rights records and are threatening to disrupt it.
"More than 2,600 security guards and officers are to police the site, including 25 Ministry of Defence police officers who will be inside the exhibition centre ..."
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"Security has been tightened around the London site for Europe's biggest arms fair as it opens on Tuesday. Among the items on display are warships, a Eurofighter Typhoon jet and an Apache attack helicopter.
"Government buyers from countries including Algeria, Angola, Colombia, Pakistan and India are expected to come and browse at the ExCel centre in Docklands.
"But critics of the show say it will attract countries with deplorable human rights records and are threatening to disrupt it.
"More than 2,600 security guards and officers are to police the site, including 25 Ministry of Defence police officers who will be inside the exhibition centre ..."
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