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Yusef Yerkel

Developer Maximiliano Firtman wears a prototype Google Glass device in November 2013.

Dubai’s traffic cops are getting Google Glasses

Global Scan

The Dubai police are hoping Google Glass will give them a leg up on traffic violators and criminals. In Turkey, though, a government official is being comforted after injuring his leg kicking a protester. And the CIA says it won’t mix vaccine campaigns with its covert ops. Those stories and more in today’s Global Scan.The Dubai police are hoping Google Glass will give them a leg up on traffic violators and criminals. In Turkey, though, a government official is being comforted after injuring his leg kicking a protester. And the CIA says it won’t mix vaccine campaigns with its covert ops. Those stories and more in today’s Global Scan.

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