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From: Architexturez-IN <admin-in@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:23:03 +0530
The government wants major new buildings to be designed with panic
rooms, truck-bomb barriers and limited glazing to counter terrorist
attacks in a policy which architects have warned could blight the
attractiveness of towns and cities.
Home Office counter-terrorism experts will this summer begin training
designers to reduce the carnage caused by suicide and vehicle bombs
detonated in crowded places such as shopping centres.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/mar/22/terrorism.uksecurity