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EU Charges Google With Abusing Market Position

Written By Unknown on Rabu, 15 April 2015 | 22.57

The EU has formally charged Google with abusing its search market position in Europe, leaving it open to a fine of more than $6bn (£4bn).

The European Commission has been examining whether Google, which holds about 90% of the search market in Europe, has been illegally rigging its search results to favour its own services.

Tech rivals such as Microsoft, who urged the EU to bring the case, want more competition in areas like online maps, search and shopping.

EU competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager said Google has given "an unfair advantage to its own comparison shopping service".

Rivals object to the firm placing adverts for its Google Shopping service ahead of other links in relevant searches.

The EU has issued a statement of objections which Google has 10 weeks to respond to before action can be taken.

Ms Vestager said that a separate antitrust investigation has been ordered into Google's mobile operating system Android.

She said: "In the case of Google I am concerned that the company has given an unfair advantage to its own comparison shopping service, in breach of EU antitrust rules.

"Google now has the opportunity to convince the Commission to the contrary. However, if the investigation confirmed our concerns, Google would have to face the legal consequences and change the way it does business in Europe."

An internal Google memo informed staff that the company believes it has a "strong case". In a blog post the tech giant used a series of graphs to show that competition continues to thrive.

The company has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. It could face an eventual fine of up to 10% of its worldwide turnover, which reached $66bn (£44.7bn) in 2014.

The filing of charges may increase pressure on Google to settle, to avoid a potentially damaging case and massive fine resulting from the allegations.


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Gravestone Of Hillary Clinton's Dad Toppled

By Sky News US Team

The gravestone of Hillary Clinton's father has been found toppled over at a Pennsylvania cemetery in what police believe is likely to be an act of vandalism.

Hugh Rodham's gravestone is at Washburn Street Cemetery in Scranton.

The stone was reported tipped over on Tuesday, two days after Mrs Clinton announced she was running for president.

Police Chief Carl Graziano told The Times-Tribune that it is unclear how the stone fell but he suspected vandals were responsible.

"I'm not sure how else it would have fallen over," he was quoted as saying.

According to the caretaker, the stone was intact on Friday.

There has been no public comment from Mrs Clinton, who had her first campaign event in Iowa on Tuesday.

Mr Rodham grew up in Scranton, a city about 120 miles north of Philadelphia.

He owned a small textiles business in Chicago, and died in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1993 at age 82.


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Pro-Putin Biker Gang Spark Anger Over Ride

Pro-Putin Biker Gang Spark Anger Over Ride

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A Russian biker gang loyal to President Vladimir Putin is planning to ride through Europe to mark the end of the Second World War, triggering anger in Poland.

Plans by the ultra-nationalistic Night Wolves motorcycle club to retrace the westward route taken by Soviet troops to Berlin have been branded a "provocation" by Warsaw.

The rally comes amid heightened tensions between Russia and the West over the crisis in Ukraine, which have fuelled fears of Moscow's wider territorial ambitions.

The two-week, 3,728 mile ride will pass through Belarus, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria and finish in the German capital on 9 May.

The biker gang's website states "To Berlin" - a reference to the Red Army's famous battle cry.

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    In deeping with his image as a manage of action, Russia's PM Vladimir Putin makes an archaelogical 'find' on a dive in the Black Sea

Russian PM Vladimir Putin scales a climbing wall during his visit to a pro-Kremlin summer camp

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  • The planned ride has angered many in Poland, which is a staunch ally of Ukraine's pro-Western government and where bitter memories endure of the Soviet's wartime occupation.

    The country's Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz said she considered it a "provocation".

    But the bikers insist their trip is not politically motivated.

    Rally organiser Andrei Bobrovsky said: "This is a memorial rally.

    "The main goal is to pay respects to those killed on WWII battlefields in the struggle against Hitler's Nazis - soldiers and innocent civilians.

    "Another goal is to develop and strengthen good neighbourly ties."

    During their journey the bikers will visit war memorials, Auschwitz and Dachau death camps and Berlin's Treptower Park famous for its Soviet war memorial.

    Mr Bobrovsky said many bikers from other European countries wanted to join the rally, which is due to start on 25 April, including Germans.

    But a Polish Facebook page, called "No to the passage of Russian bandits through Poland", calls on the authorities to ban the Russian riders from the EU.

    Jarek Podworski, a biker from Lublin in Poland who helped set up the Facebook page, said that it was "unimaginable" for bikers who have supported pro-Moscow separatists in eastern Ukraine to ride through the EU.

    "We know very well what they are doing in Ukraine," Mr Podworski said.

    "Brandishing Russian flags, they want to trace the footsteps of the Red Army which in reality did not bring freedom to Poland."

    "The Russians are testing the limits of their expansion. If they pass, there is a risk that in three years they will come for good."

    He called on Poles to disrupt the rally by blocking the roads.

    The Polish government said it is monitoring "the problem".

    The Night Wolves, who are sometimes seen as Russia's answer to the Hell's Angels in the US, are close allies of Mr Putin.

    The Russian leader has been pictured on a number of occasions astride a Harley-Davidson trike at events held by the gang.

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    • Pro-Putin Biker Gang Spark Anger Over Ride

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    A Russian biker gang loyal to President Vladimir Putin is planning to ride through Europe to mark the end of the Second World War, triggering anger in Poland.

    Plans by the ultra-nationalistic Night Wolves motorcycle club to retrace the westward route taken by Soviet troops to Berlin have been branded a "provocation" by Warsaw.

    The rally comes amid heightened tensions between Russia and the West over the crisis in Ukraine, which have fuelled fears of Moscow's wider territorial ambitions.

    The two-week, 3,728 mile ride will pass through Belarus, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria and finish in the German capital on 9 May.

    The biker gang's website states "To Berlin" - a reference to the Red Army's famous battle cry.

    1/35

    1. Gallery: Vladimir Putin: Moscow's Action Man

      In deeping with his image as a manage of action, Russia's PM Vladimir Putin makes an archaelogical 'find' on a dive in the Black Sea

    Russian PM Vladimir Putin scales a climbing wall during his visit to a pro-Kremlin summer camp

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  • Mr Putin proved himself a natural climber...

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  • ...but he had less success bending a pan

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  • Mr Putin (c) refereed an arm wrestling during his visit...

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  • The planned ride has angered many in Poland, which is a staunch ally of Ukraine's pro-Western government and where bitter memories endure of the Soviet's wartime occupation.

    The country's Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz said she considered it a "provocation".

    But the bikers insist their trip is not politically motivated.

    Rally organiser Andrei Bobrovsky said: "This is a memorial rally.

    "The main goal is to pay respects to those killed on WWII battlefields in the struggle against Hitler's Nazis - soldiers and innocent civilians.

    "Another goal is to develop and strengthen good neighbourly ties."

    During their journey the bikers will visit war memorials, Auschwitz and Dachau death camps and Berlin's Treptower Park famous for its Soviet war memorial.

    Mr Bobrovsky said many bikers from other European countries wanted to join the rally, which is due to start on 25 April, including Germans.

    But a Polish Facebook page, called "No to the passage of Russian bandits through Poland", calls on the authorities to ban the Russian riders from the EU.

    Jarek Podworski, a biker from Lublin in Poland who helped set up the Facebook page, said that it was "unimaginable" for bikers who have supported pro-Moscow separatists in eastern Ukraine to ride through the EU.

    "We know very well what they are doing in Ukraine," Mr Podworski said.

    "Brandishing Russian flags, they want to trace the footsteps of the Red Army which in reality did not bring freedom to Poland."

    "The Russians are testing the limits of their expansion. If they pass, there is a risk that in three years they will come for good."

    He called on Poles to disrupt the rally by blocking the roads.

    The Polish government said it is monitoring "the problem".

    The Night Wolves, who are sometimes seen as Russia's answer to the Hell's Angels in the US, are close allies of Mr Putin.

    The Russian leader has been pictured on a number of occasions astride a Harley-Davidson trike at events held by the gang.

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    Islamic State Threatening Iraqi City Of Ramadi

    Islamic State has captured three villages near the Iraqi provincial capital of Ramadi and is feared to be closing in on the city.

    The militant group took the villages of Sjariyah, Albu-Ghanim and Soufiya, in Anbar province, which had been under government control, residents said.

    It represents a setback for government forces, which two weeks ago were able to regain control of Tikrit.

    Residents of the villages told the AP news agency fighting was taking place on the eastern edges of Ramadi, about 2km away from a local government building.

    In Soufiya, the militants bombed a police station and took over a power plant.

    The residents said Iraqi troops battling the militants were being backed up by airstrikes.

    At around midday on Wednesday, militants opened another front with government troops at three other villages, to the northeast of Ramadi.

    Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al Abadi is currently in Washington, where he has met President Barack Obama and appealed for greater support from the US-led coalition carrying out airstrikes against the militants.

    At least 43 people have been killed in a spate of militant attacks in the last few days.

    Iraqi state TV said troops have started a large-scale operation to recapture areas beyond Tikrit.

    Islamic State swept through key areas in the north and west of Iraq last year seizing about a third of the country including Mosul.

    The group has also previously captured large areas in neighbouring Syria and threatened the Kurdistani city of Irbil.

    After its forces were ejected from Tikrit, Iraqi forensic teams exhumed the remains of up to 1,700 soldiers killed as militants overran the city.


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    Protester Attacks Draghi At News Conference

    The president of the European Central Bank has been interrupted at a news conference by a protester shouting "end ECB dictatorship".

    Mario Draghi was outlining the bank's latest monetary policy thinking when a lone woman jumped onto the desk above Mr Draghi and showered him with items including what looked like confetti and sheets of paper.

    The bank suspended the video feed of the news conference as security officials grabbed her but she flashed a V for victory sign and smiled as two men in grey suits took her away holding her arms and legs.

    Mr Draghi, who had held up his hands as protection, looked shocked but was apparently unhurt and continued his presentation shortly afterwards.

    It is not yet known who the woman was or what lay behind her protest but early speculation could focus on the renewed financial troubles in Greece, which is yet to secure additional bailout funds from its creditors, including the ECB.

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      A protester jumps on the table in front of the European Central Bank President Mario Draghi during a news conference in Frankfurt, Continue through for more images

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    Evidence Shows Syria Regime Used Toxic Chemicals

    Written By Unknown on Selasa, 14 April 2015 | 22.57

    Evidence from rescue workers "strongly suggests" Syrian government forces used toxic chemicals during barrel bomb attacks in Idlib, according to Human Rights Watch.

    The New York-based group says eyewitnesses reported multiple attacks between 16 March and 31 March in the north west of the country.

    Six civilians, including three children, died in one of the attacks, according to HRW. At least 206 people were affected in total.

    The group investigated six attacks in which Syrian government helicopters dropped barrel bombs containing gas canisters.

    Eyewitness accounts, photographs and video footage from three of the attacks indicate the use of a chemical agent, possibly chlorine.

    HRW is continuing to probe the other three attacks.

    Nadim Houry from HRW said: "Syrian authorities appear once again to have shown complete disregard for human suffering by violating the global prohibition against chemical warfare.

    "The UN Security Council and countries that are members of the Chemical Weapons Convention need to respond strongly."

    The most conclusive evidence came from an attack on 16 March in the village of Sarmin.

    "The children were foaming at the mouth, they were suffocating, then their hearts stopped," said Leith Fares, a rescue worker in Sarmin.

    A Syrian security official denied the claims, saying the accusations were "lies the insurgents say when they incur losses".

    The official told the AFP news agency: "If the army used chemical weapons or chlorine gas every time they say it did, those people would have been completely wiped out by now."

    In March the UN Security Council adopted a resolution condemning the use of chlorine in Syria and threatening sanctions if the chemicals were used.

    Syria was not forced to declare its stocks of chlorine under a 2013 agreement to dismantle its chemical arsenal as the substance is widely used for commercial and domestic purposes.

    But the use of the gas for military purposes would be a breach of its undertakings under the Chemical Weapons Convention, which it signed as part of the deal.


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    Robot Reveals Inside Of Wrecked Nuclear Plant

    Robot Reveals Inside Of Wrecked Nuclear Plant

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    A specially-designed robot has become stranded after capturing the first grainy images from inside one of the melted reactors at Japan's doomed Fukushima nuclear plant.

    It withstood the deadly radioactive environment but then became stuck two-thirds of the way through its mission and had to be abandoned.

    Pictures lit by a lamp on the robot showed steam wafting around the chamber and debris that looked like small rocks and metal parts.

    The video also showed numerous white spots believed to be caused by gamma rays.

    Despite the glitch, officials said the images were a success and showed it was possible to send in more sophisticated robots as they embark on a 40-year mission to make the plant safe.

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    1. Gallery: Robot's Pictures Inside Fukushima

      A still image of a video taken by a small cord-controlled robot shows inside the reactor vessel of the No. 1 reactor building at Tokyo Electric Power Co's tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant

    The robot was used to film inside one of the reactors that melted down at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant last week, but the robot itself lost control and become disconnected

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  • The 60cm Hitachi robot entered the disaster zone through a pipe and then morphed into a crawler device, collecting radiation and temperature data as it crept along. Continue through for more pictures

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  • The robot also picked up lower than expected radiation readings, according to Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), possibly paving the way for wireless devices to explore the site.

    However, radiation levels inside the plant are still far too dangerous for humans.

    The 60cm Hitachi robot entered the disaster zone through a pipe and then morphed into a crawler device, collecting radiation and temperature data as it crept along.

    TEPCO spokesman Teruaki Kobayashi said its journey had been halted possibly after one of its tyres got stuck in a grating.

    A different amphibious robot is set to enter the site next year for more tests.

    Large volumes of cooling water continue to leak from the damaged reactors, causing contamination and hampering the cleanup process.

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    1. Gallery: Archive: Timeline Of Events

      March 11. Cooling problems at the nuclear plant emerged. The government declared state of emergency

    March 12. Plant owners TEPCO said pressure was rising in some of the reactors and could not be controlled

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  • A £1.8bn ice wall extending down 1,500 metres is hoping to freeze the earth around the wrecked plant and stop contaminated water leaching into the sea.

    The nuclear meltdown in March 2011 was the worst since Chernobyl and happened after a magnitude 9 earthquake hit the area and triggered a deadly tsunami.

    Three reactors at the plant went into meltdown and hundreds of thousands had to be evacuated.

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    1. Gallery: Images Of A Nuclear No-Go Zone

      A boat lies stranded on the ground after the powerful tsunami two years ago.

    One of the Google Street View camera cars drives through the deserted Namie streets.

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  • So far, more than 1,600 people have died from health complications brought on by the disaster.

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    • Robot Reveals Inside Of Wrecked Nuclear Plant

    We use cookies to give you the best experience. If you do nothing we'll assume that it's ok.

    A specially-designed robot has become stranded after capturing the first grainy images from inside one of the melted reactors at Japan's doomed Fukushima nuclear plant.

    It withstood the deadly radioactive environment but then became stuck two-thirds of the way through its mission and had to be abandoned.

    Pictures lit by a lamp on the robot showed steam wafting around the chamber and debris that looked like small rocks and metal parts.

    The video also showed numerous white spots believed to be caused by gamma rays.

    Despite the glitch, officials said the images were a success and showed it was possible to send in more sophisticated robots as they embark on a 40-year mission to make the plant safe.

    1/7

    1. Gallery: Robot's Pictures Inside Fukushima

      A still image of a video taken by a small cord-controlled robot shows inside the reactor vessel of the No. 1 reactor building at Tokyo Electric Power Co's tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant

    The robot was used to film inside one of the reactors that melted down at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant last week, but the robot itself lost control and become disconnected

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  • The 60cm Hitachi robot entered the disaster zone through a pipe and then morphed into a crawler device, collecting radiation and temperature data as it crept along. Continue through for more pictures

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  • The robot also picked up lower than expected radiation readings, according to Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), possibly paving the way for wireless devices to explore the site.

    However, radiation levels inside the plant are still far too dangerous for humans.

    The 60cm Hitachi robot entered the disaster zone through a pipe and then morphed into a crawler device, collecting radiation and temperature data as it crept along.

    TEPCO spokesman Teruaki Kobayashi said its journey had been halted possibly after one of its tyres got stuck in a grating.

    A different amphibious robot is set to enter the site next year for more tests.

    Large volumes of cooling water continue to leak from the damaged reactors, causing contamination and hampering the cleanup process.

    1/16

    1. Gallery: Archive: Timeline Of Events

      March 11. Cooling problems at the nuclear plant emerged. The government declared state of emergency

    March 12. Plant owners TEPCO said pressure was rising in some of the reactors and could not be controlled

    ]]>

  • A £1.8bn ice wall extending down 1,500 metres is hoping to freeze the earth around the wrecked plant and stop contaminated water leaching into the sea.

    The nuclear meltdown in March 2011 was the worst since Chernobyl and happened after a magnitude 9 earthquake hit the area and triggered a deadly tsunami.

    Three reactors at the plant went into meltdown and hundreds of thousands had to be evacuated.

    1/9

    1. Gallery: Images Of A Nuclear No-Go Zone

      A boat lies stranded on the ground after the powerful tsunami two years ago.

    One of the Google Street View camera cars drives through the deserted Namie streets.

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    Russia Confirms Iran Missile Deal Can Go Ahead

    Russia has said legal barriers on the selling of a sophisticated missile system to Iran have been removed eight years after an original agreement between the two countries.

    Russia originally agreed to sell the S-300 system to Iran in 2007 but changed its mind in 2010 after the UN imposed sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme.

    The surface-to-air missile system can be used against a variety of targets including aircraft, or to shoot down other missiles.

    Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said no legal barriers remained to supplying the S-300 after President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday lifting a ban on such deliveries.

    Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday: "The S-300 is exclusively a defensive weapon, which can't serve offensive purposes and will not jeopardise the security of any country, including, of course, Israel."

    Israel condemned the deal however, with Israeli Cabinet minister Yuval Steinitz warning that it would lead to more aggression.

    He said: "This is a direct result of the legitimacy that Iran obtained from the emerging nuclear deal.

    "Instead of demanding Iran stop its terror activities that it spreads in the Middle East and the entire world, it is being allowed to arm itself with advanced weapons that will only increase its aggression."

    US Secretary of State John Kerry raised US concerns in a phone call with Mr Lavrov on Monday night, according to the White House.

    A senior Iranian official said on Tuesday it was possible Russia could deliver the missile systems to Tehran this year.

    Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, was quoted as saying: "I think that they will be delivered this year."

    Secretary of Moscow's national security council Nikolai Patrushev, meanwhile, said it would probably take Russia's arms manufacturer "a minimum of half-a-year" to make the missiles ready for delivery.

    Russia's latest move follows an interim deal being struck between the Iran and the major powers on restricting Iran's ability to build nuclear weapons.

    It comes even though there is another deadline on 30 June for a final deal to be reached which will allow all sanctions to be lifted.

    The Kremlin's Mr Peskov said an oil-for-goods barter deal was already in place but declined to give any details.

    Sources told Reuters more than a year ago that a barter deal worth up to $20 billion was being discussed with Tehran which would involve Russia buying up to 500,000 barrels of Iranian oil a day in exchange for Russian equipment and goods.

    When he was asked whether the exchange had begun, Mr Peskov told reporters: "Absolutely. Of course."


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    Deadly Al Shabaab Attack On Somali Ministry

    At least five people were killed and 10 injured in an attack on Somalia's higher education ministry in the capital Mogadishu, police have said.

    Officers said there were two blasts at the entrance to a complex of government buildings.

    They said the explosions opened the way for gunmen to enter the site where they are thought to have taken some of the ministry's employees hostage.

    "First two blasts occurred, a bike blast and a car blast, outside the building, then armed fighters stormed in," Major Ali Nur, a police officer, told Reuters.

    Smoke could be seen rising over the compound and gunfire was heard from inside.

    The building houses the Higher Education Ministry and the Petroleum and Minerals Ministry.

    Police Colonel Hussein Ibrahim said at least five people had been killed, including an African Union and a government soldier. The other three were civilians.

    But other initial estimates of the number killed varied, with some saying as many as eight dead.

    About half an hour after the blast happened, police said the complex had been brought under control.

    A spokesman for the armed Islamist group al Shabaab said it was responsible.

    It is the latest in a series of raids in Mogadishu by the group, which wants to topple the government and impose its own strict version of Islamic law.

    It also comes days after an attack by militants on a Kenya university campus in which 148 people were killed.


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    Missing Student 'Left Man's Home In Early Hours'

    A man has told police a missing Glasgow student left his home in the early hours of Sunday.

    Karen Buckley, 24, was seen on CCTV leaving the Sanctuary nightclub at around 1am in the city's West End with the man.

    Officers tracked down the man, who told them Ms Buckley left his home in Dorchester Avenue at around 4am.

    She has not been heard from since.

    Detective Superintendent Jim Kerr told a news conference the man has given a full account of what happened and was not currently being regarded as a suspect but is "helping" with enquiries.

    The detective said a handbag believed to be Ms Buckley's had been found in nearby Dawsholm Park shortly before he spoke to reporters.

    Det Supt Kerr said her parents had told police it was typical for her not to use taxis and, as a result, it was possible she may have tried to walk home.

    He appealed for anyone who had seen Ms Buckley - a Glasgow Caledonian University student from Cork in Ireland - to get in touch.

    Her family have flown to Scotland from Ireland to help with the search.

    Her mother, Marian, told the news conference: "We just want Karen home safely, we are desperate. She is our only daughter, we love her dearly.

    "If anybody has any information please come forward, we would dearly appreciate it."

    Ms Buckley's father, John, said: "If anybody is holding Karen, if anybody knows anything of her, please return her. Please let's have her back. We love her to bits."

    Ms Buckley arrived at the club with friends at around 11.45pm on Saturday and at around 1am she told them she was going to the toilet.

    But she failed to return and left her jacket at the club.

    Det Supt Kerr emphasised that Ms Buckley was widely travelled and was "aware of how to take care of herself".

    But her said it was "very out of character" for her not to return home.

    Police also want to find out more about a grey car seen on the roads between Milngavie and Drymen, north of Glasgow, between 11am and 3pm on Monday.

    A major search is under way in Glasgow, with police carrying out door-to-door inquiries and examining CCTV.

    Ms Buckley is between 5ft and 5ft 2in with brown eyes and dark hair which had long black curly extensions in it.

    She was last seen wearing a black jumpsuit, red high-heeled shoes and carrying a black handbag.

    She speaks with an Irish accent.

    Ms Buckley lives with three other students in a flat in Hill Street, Garnethill, Glasgow.


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