Nevertheless, supporters of identity cards have overlooked the fact that the hijackers did produce identity papers of one sort or another at the airport.
Arafat accused the Israeli government was trying to assert its control over Jerusalem through settlement plans, forging of property documents, confiscation of Palestinian identity cards and closure of occupied territories.
Anthony Johnson, 49, was convicted by a jury in a Connecticut district court on October 23 on seven counts of using stolen credit cards and two counts of identity theft.
It is extremely worrisome and dangerous to appoint a radical such as Aissami as the official in charge of issuing identity cards and passports but this serves the goals of the Iranian and Venezuelan presidents in their joint efforts to radicalize the region and build terrorist networks.
But legacy debit cards are institutionalized vehicles of identity and they promote half-way measures.
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The chairman of an influential committee also expressed concerns, saying the public must "wake up" to the hidden dangers of identity cards.
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Today, the school building has become a museum, exhibits of pocket watches and identity cards found on the victims stand in glass cases.
The hope must be that innovations such as electronic identity cards, the use of mobile devices and more credit bureaux can make the system work better for banks and the poor.
The actual process of voting is very slow, as all voters are being asked to show their identity cards and their names are checked off against the list of registered voters.
In this country, we have given the responsibility of maintaining records and issuing identity cards to state and local governments, and let each handle it their own way.
Charles Clarke, the home secretary, accused the Conservatives of flip-flopping over identity cards touted these days as a way to crack down on terrorists, among others and seeking to water down laws that would enhance national security.
No doubt there will be some benefits: fraud, in particular the persistent and increasingly annoying problem of identity theft, might be substantially reduced if biometric-identification systems, introduced in the form of passports, visas and identity cards, become widespread.
Nevertheless, identity cards will probably eventually become part of the landscape.
Any such partial amnesty must be buttressed by tough measures to control future applicants, such as fingerprinting and identity cards, to prevent a repetition of the present situation.
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It could also expand the business of HID Global which up to now has focused on the delivery of secure identity, such as smart cards, for access to buildings and offices.
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"People are changing their identity cards, or are carrying a couple of them, " Tanner says.
RIM''s SEM is the backend solution for carriers that can securely manage credentials on SIM (subscriber identity module) cards installed in all types of NFC-capable mobile devices.
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The two men arrested on charges of illegally purchasing cell phone SIM cards, using fake identity papers, will be questioned by police who want to know whether they sold cards used by the Mumbai gunmen, according to Calcutta Deputy Police Commissioner Jawad Shamim.
But as more and more private consumer information is kept online, criminals are increasingly turning to the more serious fraud of identity theft, using consumer data to assume another person's identity and take out new credit cards or loans.
For all that, identity cards are unlikely to turn into a repeat of the poll-tax fiasco.
That is why Identity Cards using biometric technology are not a breach of our basic rights, they are an essential part of responding to the reality of modern migration and protecting us against identity fraud.
He has denied jobs as well as identity cards and passports to people who signed in favor of the re-call referendum, a public referendum aimed at placing the continuation of the Chavez regime on the ballot.
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Within most of the region, people can travel freely using just their identity cards.
This meant the government no longer knew the identity of people leaving or entering the country - something ID cards and "e-borders" are meant to rectify.
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Even in Belgium, which has had compulsory identity cards since 1919, social-security information is kept on a separate bit of plastic.
Early versions of the Connecticut plan would require applicants to prove their identity through documents such as passports or consulate cards.
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