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France Prevented 9/11-Inspired Plane Hijack, Suspect Arrested: Minister
French intelligence officers foiled a terror plot inspired by the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York City, France Interior Ministry said on Thursday
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Major Australia Terror Attack 'Inevitable', Top Cop Says
Australian authorities say they have prevented 13 terror attacks on home soil in the past few years, including an alleged plot in July to bring down a plane using poisonous gas or a crude bomb disguised as a meat mincer.
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Australia Police Release Man In Plane 'Terror Plot' Probe
One of four men held in Australia over an alleged plot to blow up a plane has been released without charge, police said Wednesday, with his lawyer calling it "a tough few days".
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Australian Plane Plot May Have Involved Bomb Or Gas: Reports
Four men accused of plotting to bring down a plane planned to use poisonous gas or a crude bomb disguised as a meat mincer, reports said Monday, with Australian officials calling preparations "advanced".
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Al Qaeda plotting to bomb US plane: Report
Al Qaeda is plotting a terrorist attack on a US airliner, Britain's Sunday Times newspaper reported, citing intelligence sources.
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Osama planned for shoe bombers to follow up on 9/11, says terror convict
Al Qaeda's slain leader Osama bin Laden had planned to follow up the September 11 attacks with shoe bombers to blow up American passenger planes, which would have brought the American economy to its knees, a British man convicted on terrorism charges testified in a trial in New York.
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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...
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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...
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Suspect in Detroit plane attack plot hints at plea
The Nigerian man, charged with trying to blow up a Detroit-bound flight on Christmas Day, has fired his lawyers saying they would be biased and opted torepresent himself.Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who is arraigned on six charges including attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, indicated that he may plead guilty to some of the charges agains...
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Suspect in Detroit plane attack plot hints at plea
The Nigerian man, charged with trying to blow up a Detroit-bound flight on Christmas Day, has fired his lawyers saying they would be biased and opted torepresent himself.Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who is arraigned on six charges including attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, indicated that he may plead guilty to some of the charges agains...
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Taped cellphones in bag lead to terror alert on plane
Two United States residents of Yemeni descent who flew from Chicago to Amsterdam on Sunday night were detained by the Dutch police after landing on Monday in a bizarre episode that American officials feared might be a dry run for a terrorist plot.But American law enforcement officials cautioned on Monday night that the men had not been charged with...
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Obama admits to gaps in US intelligence system
US President Barack Obama acknowledged on Friday that there are shortcomings in intelligence agencies due to which his administration failed to unearth the Al Qaida plot to blow up a US plane on December 25.
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France Prevented 9/11-Inspired Plane Hijack, Suspect Arrested: Minister
French intelligence officers foiled a terror plot inspired by the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York City, France Interior Ministry said on Thursday
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Major Australia Terror Attack 'Inevitable', Top Cop Says
Australian authorities say they have prevented 13 terror attacks on home soil in the past few years, including an alleged plot in July to bring down a plane using poisonous gas or a crude bomb disguised as a meat mincer.
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Australia Police Release Man In Plane 'Terror Plot' Probe
One of four men held in Australia over an alleged plot to blow up a plane has been released without charge, police said Wednesday, with his lawyer calling it "a tough few days".
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Australian Plane Plot May Have Involved Bomb Or Gas: Reports
Four men accused of plotting to bring down a plane planned to use poisonous gas or a crude bomb disguised as a meat mincer, reports said Monday, with Australian officials calling preparations "advanced".
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Al Qaeda plotting to bomb US plane: Report
Al Qaeda is plotting a terrorist attack on a US airliner, Britain's Sunday Times newspaper reported, citing intelligence sources.
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Osama planned for shoe bombers to follow up on 9/11, says terror convict
Al Qaeda's slain leader Osama bin Laden had planned to follow up the September 11 attacks with shoe bombers to blow up American passenger planes, which would have brought the American economy to its knees, a British man convicted on terrorism charges testified in a trial in New York.
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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...
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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...
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Suspect in Detroit plane attack plot hints at plea
The Nigerian man, charged with trying to blow up a Detroit-bound flight on Christmas Day, has fired his lawyers saying they would be biased and opted torepresent himself.Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who is arraigned on six charges including attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, indicated that he may plead guilty to some of the charges agains...
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Suspect in Detroit plane attack plot hints at plea
The Nigerian man, charged with trying to blow up a Detroit-bound flight on Christmas Day, has fired his lawyers saying they would be biased and opted torepresent himself.Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who is arraigned on six charges including attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, indicated that he may plead guilty to some of the charges agains...
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Taped cellphones in bag lead to terror alert on plane
Two United States residents of Yemeni descent who flew from Chicago to Amsterdam on Sunday night were detained by the Dutch police after landing on Monday in a bizarre episode that American officials feared might be a dry run for a terrorist plot.But American law enforcement officials cautioned on Monday night that the men had not been charged with...
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Obama admits to gaps in US intelligence system
US President Barack Obama acknowledged on Friday that there are shortcomings in intelligence agencies due to which his administration failed to unearth the Al Qaida plot to blow up a US plane on December 25.
