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• Small Plane With 2 On Board Goes Missing in Guyana

  Authorities in Guyana are searching for a small cargo plane that vanished with two people aboard while flying over remote jungles in the South American country.

• Small US-Based Plane Crashes in Caribbean Sea

  The Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard is searching off St. Maarten for the co-pilot of a small U.S.-based cargo plane that crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff.

• 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...

• Obama's remarks on US-bound explosives: Full Transcript

  The following is a transcript, provided by the White House, of President Obama's remarks on Friday about the suspicious packages originating in Yemen and bound for the United States:Good afternoon, everybody. I want to briefly update the American people on a credible terrorist threat against our country, and the actions that we're taking with our f...

• 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...

• Yemen emerges as base for Qaida attacks on US

  Not long ago, most Americans had scarcely heard of Yemen, the arid, Texas-size country in the southern corner of the Arabian peninsula. But on Friday, as news emerged of a plot to send explosives in courier packages from Yemen to synagogues in Chicago, the world's attention was focused once again on the threats brewing in Yemen's lawless, strife-to...

• 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...