Wellington Dominion
London's Olympic Games is not threatened by a major security contractor's failure to find enough staff, ministers and the head of the city's organising committee said on Sunday, seeking to quell a political storm ahead of athletes' arrival. Three...
Daily Nation
The chairman of the London 2012 Organizing Committee Sebastian Coe said Sunday that a recruitment shortfall by private security firm G4S would not jeopardise the safety of the Olympic games. G4S chief executive Nick Buckles on Saturday said he was "...
China Post
The boss of British security group G4S said Saturday he was sorry that his company had bungled the contract to help protect the 2012 Olympic Games, a humbling televised apology that followed days of ugly news about his firm's failures. Nick Buckles...
The Independent
Suggested Topics The Government today refused to rule out the prospect that more troops will have to be drafted in to the London Olympics in the wake of the G4S security fiasco. With less than two weeks until the opening ceremony, ministers insisted...
The Age
One tabloid published a photograph, which it said had been taken at a training session, that showed a young woman slumped at her desk, apparently sleeping, with a youth alongside her apparently listening to music through earphones. The account, in...
The Hindu
The government was on Sunday accused of compromising security at the London Olympics after a private firm contracted to provide security staff said it would not be able to deliver enough people in time for the Games which are less than two weeks away.