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Nike outlet Britons have been urged to be vigilant in the wake of the death of al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, with embassies worldwide ordered to review security. Bin Laden, believed to be behind the 9/11 attacks, was killed by US forces about 62 miles from Pakistan's capital. Prime Minister David Cameron hailed the death as "a great success" but said it was not the end of terror threats. He chaired a 45-minute meeting of the UK's emergency response committee, Cobra in the evening. A Downing Street spokesperson said: "The group welcomed the president's announcement and agreed it was an important step forward in the fight against terror. Nike Dunk High "The group also discussed the potential impacts of the incident. They agreed to continue to make every effort to counter terrorism and extremism." The meeting of the committee came after Mr Cameron spoke with President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan, and President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani of Pakistan on Monday. Downing Street said: "The prime minister made clear in the conversations that Britain would continue to work extremely closely with both Afghanistan and Pakistan to tackle the terrorist threat from al-Qaeda and from the Taliban." The Foreign Office has urged Britons overseas to "exercise caution in all public places and avoid demonstrations, large crowds of people and public events". Nike sb shoes Defence Secretary Liam Fox has also ordered British military bases - both in the UK and abroad - to maintain a "high level of vigilance". Mr Cameron was phoned by US President Barack Obama before dawn on Monday UK time, a couple of hours before the president announced the news in a televised address. Speaking later from the prime minister's country residence, Chequers, he said: "This news will be welcomed right across our country. The Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre, which includes representatives from 16 government departments and agencies, sets the threat level. Nike Dunk Low Bin Laden was top of the US "most wanted" list, and President Obama said his death was "the most significant achievement to date in our nation's effort to defeat al-Qaeda". In the attacks in New York and Washington on 11 September, 2001, 67 Britons were among the 3,000 people killed when four planes were hijacked and flown into New York's World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania. Tony Blair, UK prime minister at the time of the attacks, expressed his "heartfelt gratitude to President Obama and to all of those who so brilliantly undertook and executed this operation". "We should never forget 9/11 was also the worst ever terrorist attack against UK civilians, and our thoughts are with all those - American, British and from nations across the world - who lost their lives and with their loved ones who remain and who live with their loss. Cheap Nike Dunk SB High "The operation shows those who commit acts of terror against the innocent will be brought to justice, however long it takes." Mr Hague acknowledged that there had been a "general assumption" that Bin Laden was hiding in the mountainous, tribal regions of Pakistan rather than the area around the capital, Islamabad. But he added: "I don't think we're surprised by anything any more." Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg added his praise - and caution - about the operation: "This successful US operation is a major step forward and a serious blow to al-Qaeda but it does not mean that the struggle against terrorism is over." Cheap Nike Dunk SB Low Shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander said that since 9/11, there had been a continued international focus to bring Bin Laden to justice, "but frankly there were periods during those 10 years when it was far from certain where Bin Laden was or even that the trail had not gone cold". "There will be plenty of time for questions to be asked and answers offered," he said, adding that immediate steps needed to be taken to keep everybody safe.

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Private schools are weathering the recession, according to a body representing more than 1,200 of them. Cheap Kids Dunk High The Independent Schools Council's annual census shows a 1% fall in pupil numbers, from 511,886 in January 2010 to 506,500 in January 2011. ISC chief executive David Lyscom said its schools were showing "remarkable resilience" in a difficult economic climate and providing value for money. The proportion of pupils from abroad rose 5.5% to more than 24,500. Of these, 38% were from Hong Kong and China and 34% were from Europe. The next-largest single group of pupils came from Germany - 9.6% of the total. Cheap Nike Dunk SB High In total, 24% were from an ethnic minority background. The census reveals that nearly 139,000 pupils (27%) received help with fees from their schools - on average £1,324 per pupil. 'Remarkable resilience' Average termly fees, excluding nursery fees, were £4,393 and £8,384 for boarders. The proportion of boarders at independent schools also rose - by 1.7% to 68,102, a total of 13.4% of all pupils there. Cheap Nike Dunk SB Low Mr Lyscom said: "ISC independent schools are showing remarkable resilience against a difficult economic background, reflecting the high quality of education that our schools offer to parents, and the value for money that this represents." He said the census showed many pupils benefited from means-tested bursaries, and he urged the government to think carefully about its approach to university admissions. "It would be very wrong to discriminate against these pupils when they apply to university just because they went to a particular type of school," he said. "Our schools help promote social mobility - our statistics show how socially diverse they may be." Cheap Kids Dunk Low Mr Lyscom also welcomed the rise in overseas pupil numbers, which he said showed "the ability of our schools to attract high-quality applicants from overseas in the face of fierce competition from other countries". He added: "This underlines the importance of the UK having a proportionate visa regime which is capable of distinguishing between independent schools and their pupils and other student migrants. "So we are pleased that the UK Border Agency has listened to ISC's message and has granted all independent schools automatic 'highly trusted sponsor' status." The census, completed by 1,232 independent schools in the UK and two in the Republic of Ireland, also revealed that more than 60,000 pupils had been identified as having special education needs (SEN) - the most common being dyslexia or dyspraxia. Nike outlet And a total of 2,449 ISC pupils had been granted a formal statement of SEN.

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