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An amazing new scanner will be able to root out terrorists and even detect cancers without any health risks:

Besides being a little worrying, it's hard not to smirk just a tad when you see someone being marched off to be strip searched at the airport. But behind the smirk there is usually a sense of relief - that it is them and not you.

Paying for goods with notes and coins could be consigned to history within five years, according to the chief executive of Visa Europe.

Peter Ayliffe said that, by 2012, using credit and debit cards should be cheaper and more convenient than cash.