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August
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Authorities have a man in custody after evacuating LaGuardia Airport's Central Terminal early Saturday morning, a Port Authority official said.
July
31
Between late July and early December of 2008 four members of a Belgian-French group returned to Europe from the Pakistan-Afghanistan border region. On December 11, Belgian counter-terrorism police launched one of the largest operations in the country's history, arrested six people and charged them with participation in a terrorist group. According to Belgian counter-terrorism sources, the trigger for the Brussels arrests was an intercepted e-mail sent by one of the alleged recruits, Hicham Beyayo, in early December shortly after he ...
July
29
An international search is under way for a 29-year-old Auburn University veterinary student who vanished under what appears to be unusual circumstances in Thailand. The family of Michael Griffin Harrie is pleading for help in locating him. "We just don't know what happened to him," Paul Harrie told CNN about his missing son. "I now know the meaning of living a nightmare." In a media release, Alabama's Auburn University said Harrie, a second-year student at the veterinary school, was attending ...
July
28
A toxic chemical added to a popular pain reliever likely killed two dozen children in Bangladesh, health officials said Tuesday. That means Samantha Orobator and John Watson could be home within weeks, the spokesman said. Each prisoner must now apply for return under the agreement, said the spokesman, who asked not to be named, in line with policy. Britain and Laos signed the deal in May to allow the return of Orobator and Watson, the only Britons held in Laos, ...
July
28
Britain and Laos have signed a deal to fast-track the return of two Britons jailed in Laos -- including a heavily pregnant woman, a Foreign Office spokesman said Tuesday. That means Samantha Orobator and John Watson could be home within weeks, the spokesman said. Each prisoner must now apply for return under the agreement, said the spokesman, who asked not to be named, in line with policy. Britain and Laos signed the deal in May to allow the return of ...
July
24
London's Gatwick Airport was briefly closed Friday after a jet made an emergency landing, officials said. Flybe flight BE 1432 going from Paris, France, to Cardiff, Wales, was diverted to Gatwick at 12:26 p.m. (7:26 a.m. ET) following a suspected technical fault, the airline said. Emergency vehicles were deployed as a precaution, the airline said. All 46 passengers left the plane safely, it said, and the airport said there were no injuries. Gatwick closed its only runway for just over ...
July
22
In Atlantic City, New Jersey, a bomb maker pieces together an improvised explosive device that looks like an innocuous stack of DVDs. But this bomb maker isn't a terrorist. He is a U.S. government employee trying to beat terrorists at their own game. Patrick O'Connor is part of a team of researchers trying to improve current bomb detection technologies and develop new ones at the Transportation Security Laboratory in Atlantic City. Their goal is to secure aviation from terrorists. ...
July
22
"I'm not wanted in this state." "I'm not wanted in this state." "How many young women work here" "I didn't steal it; I just borrowed it." "You touch somebody and they call it sexual harassment!" "I've never heard such a stupid question." Believe it or not, the above statements weren't overhead in bars or random conversations -- they were said in job interviews. Watch man sing his resume to get an interview ยป Maybe you were nervous, ...
July
22
Ahead of a third and possibly final round of talks between two disputed governments of Honduras on Wednesday, ousted President Jose Manuel Zelaya told CNN he was looking at other options to gain his return to power. Zelaya, who was toppled in a military-led coup on June 28, said he will publicly announce his return as early as this week. His first attempt to return, on July 5, was thwarted when the interim government that succeeded him blocked ...
July
21
A group of British children and teachers quarantined for nearly a week in China because of swine flu fears were allowed to leave their hotel Tuesday, Britain's Foreign Office said. A spokesman could not confirm the number of children and teachers released from quarantine, but they were among a group of 111 that was sequestered in a Beijing hotel six days ago. The students and teachers came from various schools in Britain and were all traveling to China together as ...
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