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Mumbai: Indiabulls Financial Services (IBFSL) is thinking of establishing a special purpose vehicle (SPV) in cooperation with Metals and Minerals Trading Corporation Ltd (MMTC) for a commodity exch

London, Oct.24 : The Bullwood Hall Jail in Essex, which has 184 inmates, and the Canterbury Jail in Kent, which has 284 inmates,have been opened exclusively for foreign criminals at a cost of over 15 million pounds.

According to a report in the Daily Mail, the Gordon Brown Government plans to open more foreigner only prisons if these two experiments succeed.

The move has been partly initiated due to foreign inmates having different language and other requirements. It also makes it easier for immigration staff struggling to deport foreign criminals.

The cost of running each of these jails is around 7.5million pounds a year to run.

Sydney, Oct 24 : After a year of trials, GPS-equipped buses will be on NSW roads early next year, the State Government has said.

Transport Minister John Watkins today announced a preferred tenderer had been selected to install the Public Transport Information and Priority System on a fleet of 1800 buses.

The onboard computer devices will link the buses by satellite to the Roads and Traffic Authority's traffic light control system, which will in turn give late-running buses the green light, providing commuters with a faster trip.

The technology will be used on 43 "strategic corridors" in and around Sydney.