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Mon 07 Jul 2007UK counter terrorism efforts criticisedBritain's counter-terrorism efforts are "in the wrong century", the head of Interpol said today, accusing it of failing to share information on militants and consult a vital global police database.  The harsh and embarrassing criticism from Ronald Noble, head of the 186-nation police organisation, came as investigations into a suspected al Qaeda car bomb plot involving Indian and Arab medics stretched from Britain as far as Australia.