A FINGER PRINT IS DETECTED BY AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE IN BERLIN

A finger print is detected by an electronic device, a prototype being tested by the German federal printing authority in Berlin December 12, 2001. German Interior Minister Otto Schily has proposed that identity cards, compulsory cards, should now include fingerprints as Germany toughens its security in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz