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Ship Carrying Explosive Cargo Dubbed The ''Floating Bomb'' Allowed To Dock At UK Port
The ship is carrying a staggering 20,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate, a chemical commonly used in agricultural fertilizers.
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Ship Carrying Explosive Cargo From Russia Refused Entry To European Ports: "Floating Megabomb"
Ports throughout Europe have not allowed the ship to dock because it is carrying a staggering 20,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate.
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"Ultimate Sacrifice": Biden Leads Tributes To US Troops Killed In Kabul
In a silence broken only by the sobs of bereaved families, Joe Biden stood Sunday, hand over his heart, to pay tribute as the remains of the US service members killed in the Kabul bombing attack were transferred from a military C-17 cargo plane
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Security Tightened After Mumbai's Air Cargo Complex Gets Bomb Threat
Security officials went on high alert after a note was found warning of an ISIS attack on Mumbai Airport's Air Cargo Complex (ACC) on Republic Day or "anytime", official sources said on Wednesday
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'Maruti Spare Parts' Trigger Bomb Scare At Delhi Airport
Bomb squads and canine teams were today rushed in to check a suspected object that was recovered at the cargo hold area of the Delhi airport, later declared safe.
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Bomb That Downed Russian Plane in Egypt Placed in Main Cabin: Report
A bomb that downed a Russian plane in Egypt last month had been placed in the aircraft's main cabin not in the cargo compartment as reported earlier, the daily Kommersant said today citing an unnamed source.
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Yemen cargo bomb plot cost only $4200: Al-Qaida
In a detailed account of its failed parcel bomb plot last month, Al-Qaida's branch in Yemen said late on Saturday that the operation cost only $4,200 to mount, was intended to disrupt global air cargo systems and reflected a new strategy of low-cost attacks designed to inflict broad economic damage. The group, Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, rel...
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UK police: Yemen bomb disarmed accidentally
British police have released new details about their discovery of a mail bomb bound from Yemen for the United States, suggesting they might have disarmed the bomb accidentally rather than by design.Police also said Wednesday that forensic evidence showed the device was timed to be detonated six to seven hours after the UPS cargo aircraft carrying i...
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UAE airlines stop carrying cargo from Yemen after bomb scare
Emirates and Etihad, the two main airlines in the United Arab Emirates, said today they have stopped carrying cargo from Yemen after the discovery in Dubai of a US-bound bomb posted from the Arab country."Emirates has placed a cargo embargo on all shipments from Yemen in cooperation with global authorities," a spokeswoman for the Dubai-based airlin...
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Al-Qaida turncoat alerted Saudis to cargo bomb plot, says Yemen
A leading Al-Qaida militant in Yemen who surrendered to Saudi Arabia last month provided the tip that led to the thwarting of the mail bomb plot, Yemeni security officials said on Monday.The officials said Jabir al-Fayfi, a Saudi militant who had joined Al-Qaida in Yemen, told Saudi officials about the plan. The officials spoke on condition of anon...
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Bombs were designed to destroy planes, believes US
John O. Brennan, the president's chief counterterrorism adviser, said Sunday that American authorities believe now that the two bombs found inside cargo packages were designed to blow up the airplanes carrying them, even though they were addressed to locations "associated with synagogues" in Chicago."We're looking at the potential that they would h...
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Mail bombs: Britain probes whether package was 'viable' bomb
British Home Secretary Theresa May has said that authorities are probing whether a US-bound package from Yemen containing explosives was a "viable" bomb."At this stage I can say that the device did contain explosive material. But it is not yet clear that it was a viable explosive device. The forensic work continues," she said.Earlier, two mail bomb...
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Explosives in cargo renew debate on screening
The discovery of two explosive devices shipped by cargo planes has reignited a long-running debate about how thoroughly cargo needs to be screened on its way into the United States. Despite the increased scrutiny of people and luggage on passenger planes since 9/11, there are far fewer safeguards for packages and bundles, particularly when loaded o...
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US bomb scare: Cargo planes checked for suspicious packages
Federal investigators swept cargo planes at two United States airports on Friday morning, searching for suspicious packages, after a potentially explosive device that later turned out to be harmless was found Thursday night at an airport near Birmingham, England, originating in Yemen and bound for Chicago, officials said.Officials isolated UPS carg...
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New security rules at airports after Kingfisher scare
The police have a constituted a high level committee headed by DCP Jolly Cherian to investigate the crude bomb, which was found on Sunday from the cargo section of Kingfisher flight from Bangalore to Thiruvananthapuram.
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Ship Carrying Explosive Cargo Dubbed The ''Floating Bomb'' Allowed To Dock At UK Port
The ship is carrying a staggering 20,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate, a chemical commonly used in agricultural fertilizers.
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Ship Carrying Explosive Cargo From Russia Refused Entry To European Ports: "Floating Megabomb"
Ports throughout Europe have not allowed the ship to dock because it is carrying a staggering 20,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate.
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"Ultimate Sacrifice": Biden Leads Tributes To US Troops Killed In Kabul
In a silence broken only by the sobs of bereaved families, Joe Biden stood Sunday, hand over his heart, to pay tribute as the remains of the US service members killed in the Kabul bombing attack were transferred from a military C-17 cargo plane
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Security Tightened After Mumbai's Air Cargo Complex Gets Bomb Threat
Security officials went on high alert after a note was found warning of an ISIS attack on Mumbai Airport's Air Cargo Complex (ACC) on Republic Day or "anytime", official sources said on Wednesday
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'Maruti Spare Parts' Trigger Bomb Scare At Delhi Airport
Bomb squads and canine teams were today rushed in to check a suspected object that was recovered at the cargo hold area of the Delhi airport, later declared safe.
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Bomb That Downed Russian Plane in Egypt Placed in Main Cabin: Report
A bomb that downed a Russian plane in Egypt last month had been placed in the aircraft's main cabin not in the cargo compartment as reported earlier, the daily Kommersant said today citing an unnamed source.
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Yemen cargo bomb plot cost only $4200: Al-Qaida
In a detailed account of its failed parcel bomb plot last month, Al-Qaida's branch in Yemen said late on Saturday that the operation cost only $4,200 to mount, was intended to disrupt global air cargo systems and reflected a new strategy of low-cost attacks designed to inflict broad economic damage. The group, Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, rel...
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UK police: Yemen bomb disarmed accidentally
British police have released new details about their discovery of a mail bomb bound from Yemen for the United States, suggesting they might have disarmed the bomb accidentally rather than by design.Police also said Wednesday that forensic evidence showed the device was timed to be detonated six to seven hours after the UPS cargo aircraft carrying i...
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UAE airlines stop carrying cargo from Yemen after bomb scare
Emirates and Etihad, the two main airlines in the United Arab Emirates, said today they have stopped carrying cargo from Yemen after the discovery in Dubai of a US-bound bomb posted from the Arab country."Emirates has placed a cargo embargo on all shipments from Yemen in cooperation with global authorities," a spokeswoman for the Dubai-based airlin...
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Al-Qaida turncoat alerted Saudis to cargo bomb plot, says Yemen
A leading Al-Qaida militant in Yemen who surrendered to Saudi Arabia last month provided the tip that led to the thwarting of the mail bomb plot, Yemeni security officials said on Monday.The officials said Jabir al-Fayfi, a Saudi militant who had joined Al-Qaida in Yemen, told Saudi officials about the plan. The officials spoke on condition of anon...
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Bombs were designed to destroy planes, believes US
John O. Brennan, the president's chief counterterrorism adviser, said Sunday that American authorities believe now that the two bombs found inside cargo packages were designed to blow up the airplanes carrying them, even though they were addressed to locations "associated with synagogues" in Chicago."We're looking at the potential that they would h...
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Mail bombs: Britain probes whether package was 'viable' bomb
British Home Secretary Theresa May has said that authorities are probing whether a US-bound package from Yemen containing explosives was a "viable" bomb."At this stage I can say that the device did contain explosive material. But it is not yet clear that it was a viable explosive device. The forensic work continues," she said.Earlier, two mail bomb...
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Explosives in cargo renew debate on screening
The discovery of two explosive devices shipped by cargo planes has reignited a long-running debate about how thoroughly cargo needs to be screened on its way into the United States. Despite the increased scrutiny of people and luggage on passenger planes since 9/11, there are far fewer safeguards for packages and bundles, particularly when loaded o...
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US bomb scare: Cargo planes checked for suspicious packages
Federal investigators swept cargo planes at two United States airports on Friday morning, searching for suspicious packages, after a potentially explosive device that later turned out to be harmless was found Thursday night at an airport near Birmingham, England, originating in Yemen and bound for Chicago, officials said.Officials isolated UPS carg...
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New security rules at airports after Kingfisher scare
The police have a constituted a high level committee headed by DCP Jolly Cherian to investigate the crude bomb, which was found on Sunday from the cargo section of Kingfisher flight from Bangalore to Thiruvananthapuram.
