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London, Apr. 15 : Britain''s failure to protect its citizens from secret surveillance on the Internet is to be investigated by the European Commission.

According to The Independent, the move will fuel claims that Britain is sliding towards a Big Brother state and could end with the Government being forced to defend its policy on internet privacy in front of judges in Europe.

Eislingen, Germany - More than 20 weapons were stolen from the shooting club of 18-year-old who was arrested in connection with the murder of four members of his family, police said Monday. Long and short range weapons with large and small calibres were stolen from the marksman's club last October, police said. The corresponding ammunition was also missing.

The youth and his friend, aged 19, are being treated as prime suspects in Friday's shootings, in which the father, mother and two sisters of the teenager were found dead with gunshot wounds in the family apartment.

There were no traces of break-in or ransacking in the flat.

Aschaffenburg, Germany - So ancient is Europe that even a "new" building often seems as battered and worn as an "old" one. East of Frankfurt, restorers have struggled to remove the scars of nearly 160 years from a reproduction Roman villa which used to offer a vision of luxury living in the Italian city of Pompeii before a volcanic eruption on August 24 in 79 AD.

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Omnitech InfoSolutions Ltd, a provider of technology related services in the areas of business availability and business continuity, has signed a multi-year contract with two overseas companies to offer Remote Infrastructure management services and Virtual CIO offerings respectively.

According to official release, the consolidated and accumulative deal size would be at Rs 25 crore.

The company has signed the first contract with a European firm - IT Factory to remotely support IT Factory's management functions and IT maintenance.