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Air India's Delhi-Visakhapatnam Flight Receives Hoax Bomb Threat
An Air India flight going from New Delhi to Visakhapatnam received a bomb threat Tuesday late night, but it was found to be a hoax after a thorough scrutiny on landing in the port city, said an official.
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Are Our Airports Safe Enough? After Brussels Terror Attack, A Scrutiny
All airports in the country will undergo a security audit following the recent terror attacks at airports like Brussels and Istanbul. Among other things, the perimeter security of all airports will be checked, said officials.
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Egyptian Airport Security Under Scrutiny as Bomb Suspicions Mount
Egypt insisted on Thursday its airports were secured to international standards, despite growing concerns that its screening procedures may be flawed and that Islamist militants may have downed a Russian plane by smuggling a bomb on board.
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Thai Junta Broadcast Unrelated Suicide Vest Picture
Thailand's junta came under scrutiny today after an unrelated picture of a suicide vest was broadcast during a nationally televised address announcing the arrest of a foreign man in connection with last week's deadly Bangkok shrine bombing.
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Islamic State Backers Under Scrutiny in United States
Officially, the FBI agents who swarmed Donald Ray Morgan at Kennedy Airport this month were there to arrest him on a mundane gun charge. But they whisked him away to their Manhattan office and grilled him for two hours on an entirely different topic: Islamic State extremists.
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Afghanistan Worried About Safety of Its Airspace after Ukraine Crash
As flying over conflict zones comes under scrutiny following the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 in Ukraine, Afghanistan, one of the world's most dangerous places, is worried airlines might once again opt to avoid its airspace.
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Phones, Shoes to Face Scrutiny as Security at US Airports Tightened
Airlines with direct flights to the United States have been told to tighten screening of mobile phones and shoes in response to intelligence reports of increased threats from al Qaeda-affiliated militant groups, US officials said on Thursday.
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Phones, Shoes to Face Scrutiny as Airport Security Tightened: US
Airlines with direct flights to the United States have been told to tighten screening of mobile phones and shoes in response to intelligence reports of increased threats from al Qaeda affiliated militant groups, U.S. officials said.
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New Malaysian Budget Airport Opens Amid MH370 Mystery
Malaysia on Friday officially opened a new airport built specifically for the fast-growing budget-travel sector, but with the country's aviation industry under deep scrutiny over the loss of missing flight MH370.
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Cyber scrutiny, not snooping says Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid of US surveillance
A day after Europe's furious reaction to reports that the US spied on more than 30 embassies and diplomatic missions of its allies including India, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said that America's surveillance programme of phone logs and Internet "is not snooping."
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London's Olympic security under renewed scrutiny
Britain's stretched border service is letting terror suspects slip into the country, a newspaper reported on Sunday, quoting two unnamed Border Agency officials as saying several suspects had been waved through controls at London's Heathrow Airport since the beginning of the month.
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Air India's Delhi-Visakhapatnam Flight Receives Hoax Bomb Threat
An Air India flight going from New Delhi to Visakhapatnam received a bomb threat Tuesday late night, but it was found to be a hoax after a thorough scrutiny on landing in the port city, said an official.
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Are Our Airports Safe Enough? After Brussels Terror Attack, A Scrutiny
All airports in the country will undergo a security audit following the recent terror attacks at airports like Brussels and Istanbul. Among other things, the perimeter security of all airports will be checked, said officials.
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Egyptian Airport Security Under Scrutiny as Bomb Suspicions Mount
Egypt insisted on Thursday its airports were secured to international standards, despite growing concerns that its screening procedures may be flawed and that Islamist militants may have downed a Russian plane by smuggling a bomb on board.
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Thai Junta Broadcast Unrelated Suicide Vest Picture
Thailand's junta came under scrutiny today after an unrelated picture of a suicide vest was broadcast during a nationally televised address announcing the arrest of a foreign man in connection with last week's deadly Bangkok shrine bombing.
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Islamic State Backers Under Scrutiny in United States
Officially, the FBI agents who swarmed Donald Ray Morgan at Kennedy Airport this month were there to arrest him on a mundane gun charge. But they whisked him away to their Manhattan office and grilled him for two hours on an entirely different topic: Islamic State extremists.
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Afghanistan Worried About Safety of Its Airspace after Ukraine Crash
As flying over conflict zones comes under scrutiny following the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 in Ukraine, Afghanistan, one of the world's most dangerous places, is worried airlines might once again opt to avoid its airspace.
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Phones, Shoes to Face Scrutiny as Security at US Airports Tightened
Airlines with direct flights to the United States have been told to tighten screening of mobile phones and shoes in response to intelligence reports of increased threats from al Qaeda-affiliated militant groups, US officials said on Thursday.
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Phones, Shoes to Face Scrutiny as Airport Security Tightened: US
Airlines with direct flights to the United States have been told to tighten screening of mobile phones and shoes in response to intelligence reports of increased threats from al Qaeda affiliated militant groups, U.S. officials said.
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New Malaysian Budget Airport Opens Amid MH370 Mystery
Malaysia on Friday officially opened a new airport built specifically for the fast-growing budget-travel sector, but with the country's aviation industry under deep scrutiny over the loss of missing flight MH370.
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Cyber scrutiny, not snooping says Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid of US surveillance
A day after Europe's furious reaction to reports that the US spied on more than 30 embassies and diplomatic missions of its allies including India, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said that America's surveillance programme of phone logs and Internet "is not snooping."
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London's Olympic security under renewed scrutiny
Britain's stretched border service is letting terror suspects slip into the country, a newspaper reported on Sunday, quoting two unnamed Border Agency officials as saying several suspects had been waved through controls at London's Heathrow Airport since the beginning of the month.
