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To: steve who wrote (25744)	4/2/2004 1:40:54 AM
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ICAO calls for electronically-readable passports Thu Apr 1, 7:50 PM ET Add Technology - AFP to My Yahoo! MONTREAL (AFP) - Countries should issue passports that can be scanned electronically by 2010 and add an individual's biometric information on travel documents, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) said. The Montreal-based ICAO, a UN agency, approved its recommendations this week in a meeting in Cairo, where 475 government officials and air travel executives met to discuss security. "A key recommendation calls for all 188 ICAO member states to have begun issuing machine readable passports by 2010, in accordance with ICAO specifications," the agency said in a statement. The organization "also recommended that states incorporate biometrics for further strengthening their travel documents." Biometrics include fingerprints and digital photographs. In May, the ICAO chose face-recognition technology over fingerprint or retinal scans as a standard to screen passengers in story.news.yahoo.com steve