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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2424 world London Bomb Threats en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:50:46 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2424 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/londonblasts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_uk_afp/britainattackscourt afp/20100209/britainattackscourt AFP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:50:46 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/londonblasts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_uk_afp/britainattackscourt"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265723329952-1-0.jpg?x=126&y=130&q=85&sig=yGmSO5IUT3iiTb8_Qy7b3w--" align="left" height="130" width="126" alt="Mohammed Atif Siddique, a British-born Muslim student described as a "wannabe suicide bomber" was to walk free after a Scottish court quashed his most serious conviction on terror charges.(AFP/File/Central Scotland Police)" border="0" /></a>AFP - An Islamist student described as a "wannabe suicide bomber" was set to walk free on Tuesday after a Scottish court quashed his most serious conviction on terror charges.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/londonblasts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_uk_afp/britainattackscourt"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265723329952-1-0.jpg?x=126&y=130&q=85&sig=yGmSO5IUT3iiTb8_Qy7b3w--" align="left" height="130" width="126" alt="photo" title="Mohammed Atif Siddique, a British-born Muslim student described as a "wannabe suicide bomber" was to walk free after a Scottish court quashed his most serious conviction on terror charges.(AFP/File/Central Scotland Police)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/londonblasts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100202/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_security ap/20100202/eu_britain_security AP world Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:05:37 GMT AP - Britain needs a U.S.-style national security adviser to report to Prime Minister Gordon Brown on terrorist threats, a committee of lawmakers said Tuesday in a report that made unusually sharp criticisms of the country's approach to security. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/londonblasts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100201/ts_nm/us_security_britain_scanners nm/20100201/us_security_britain_scanners Reuters topstories Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:45:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/londonblasts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100201/ts_nm/us_security_britain_scanners"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100201/i/r1609907032.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=SIRjfSz2.iLa2c0AbeaskA--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="A security officer examines a computer screen showing a scan from a RapiScan full-body scanner, being trialled by Manchester Airport, during a photocall at the airport, in Manchester, northern England January 7, 2010. REUTERS/Phil Noble" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Britain introduced body scanners at Heathrow airport Monday, a measure rushed in after a failed attempt by a Muslim extremist with explosives strapped to his leg to bomb a U.S.-bound passenger plane from Amsterdam.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/londonblasts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100201/ts_nm/us_security_britain_scanners"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100201/i/r1609907032.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=SIRjfSz2.iLa2c0AbeaskA--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="A security officer examines a computer screen showing a scan from a RapiScan full-body scanner, being trialled by Manchester Airport, during a photocall at the airport, in Manchester, northern England January 7, 2010. REUTERS/Phil Noble" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/londonblasts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100126/wl_uk_afp/britainattacksarrest afp/20100126/britainattacksarrest AFP world Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:47:43 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/londonblasts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100126/wl_uk_afp/britainattacksarrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100126/capt.photo_1264509870548-1-0.jpg?x=122&y=130&q=85&sig=Igow3EM0lm8PDRvTCNn9vA--" align="left" height="130" width="122" alt="Police were searching the home of a man arrested under terrorism laws, days after the government raised its threat level to severe, suggesting an attack was "highly likely".(AFP/File/Odd Andersen)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Police were searching the home of a man arrested Tuesday under terrorism laws, days after the government raised its threat level to severe, suggesting an attack was "highly likely".</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/londonblasts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100126/wl_uk_afp/britainattacksarrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100126/capt.photo_1264509870548-1-0.jpg?x=122&y=130&q=85&sig=Igow3EM0lm8PDRvTCNn9vA--" align="left" height="130" width="122" alt="photo" title="Police were searching the home of a man arrested under terrorism laws, days after the government raised its threat level to severe, suggesting an attack was "highly likely".(AFP/File/Odd Andersen)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/londonblasts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100125/wl_mideast_afp/britainattackssecurityyemenpolitics afp/20100125/britainattackssecurityyemenpolitics AFP world Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:44:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/londonblasts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100125/wl_mideast_afp/britainattackssecurityyemenpolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100125/capt.photo_1263742595654-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=cWey8PBWqxChuNR7qQNDZg--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="File photo shows a Yemeni soldier in clashes with Shiite rebels in Saada province. Yemen's embattled government links armed Shiite rebels in the north, southern secessionists and resurgent Al-Qaeda militants, saying all three belong to an "axis of evil" in the Arabian Peninsula state.(AFP/Yemeni Army/HO/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Yemen's embattled government links armed Shiite rebels in the north, southern secessionists and resurgent Al-Qaeda militants, saying all three belong to an "axis of evil" in the Arabian Peninsula state.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/londonblasts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100125/wl_mideast_afp/britainattackssecurityyemenpolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100125/capt.photo_1263742595654-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=cWey8PBWqxChuNR7qQNDZg--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="File photo shows a Yemeni soldier in clashes with Shiite rebels in Saada province. Yemen's embattled government links armed Shiite rebels in the north, southern secessionists and resurgent Al-Qaeda militants, saying all three belong to an "axis of evil" in the Arabian Peninsula state.(AFP/Yemeni Army/HO/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/londonblasts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100124/wl_uk_afp/britainattackssecurityafghanistanyemenmeet afp/20100124/britainattackssecurityafghanistanyemenmeet AFP world Sun, 24 Jan 2010 12:03:22 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/londonblasts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100124/wl_uk_afp/britainattackssecurityafghanistanyemenmeet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100124/capt.photo_1264334093793-1-0.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=t4HNLpahKg65kymUvaA3tg--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Foreign Secretary David Miliband testifies during a hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, January 21. A recent bid to blow up a US plane marks a "new phase" in Al-Qaeda's campaign against the West, Miliband said Sunday, before this week's London talks on Afghanistan and Yemen.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A recent bid to blow up a US plane marks a "new phase" in Al-Qaeda's campaign against the West, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Sunday, before this week's London talks on Afghanistan and Yemen.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/londonblasts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100124/wl_uk_afp/britainattackssecurityafghanistanyemenmeet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100124/capt.photo_1264334093793-1-0.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=t4HNLpahKg65kymUvaA3tg--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="photo" title="Foreign Secretary David Miliband testifies during a hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, January 21. A recent bid to blow up a US plane marks a "new phase" in Al-Qaeda's campaign against the West, Miliband said Sunday, before this week's London talks on Afghanistan and Yemen.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/londonblasts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100123/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_britain_bomb_device ap/20100123/eu_britain_bomb_device AP business Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:57:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/londonblasts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100123/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_britain_bomb_device"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100123/capt.6cf2b13f4c434fea80f413ab5388f4dd.iraq_security__bag110.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=zN.nLPRj0szcl0laf2E9QQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="An Iraqi police officer uses a scanner device to inspect a motorcycle at a checkpoint in central Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010. Britain is banning the exports of a machine marketed as a bomb detection device because of allegations that it does not work. The Department for Business Innovation and Skills is banning export of the device after a BBC Newsnight investigation challenged the claims of the company, ATSC. The exports were banned to Iraq and Afghanistan because of the risk that they could hurt British and friendly forces.(AP Photo/Karim Kadim)" border="0" /></a>AP - Britain has banned the export of a hand-held bomb-detection device to Iraq and Afghanistan, months after the U.S. military warned that the product is ineffective and fraudulent.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/londonblasts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100123/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_britain_bomb_device"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100123/capt.6cf2b13f4c434fea80f413ab5388f4dd.iraq_security__bag110.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=zN.nLPRj0szcl0laf2E9QQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="An Iraqi police officer uses a scanner device to inspect a motorcycle at a checkpoint in central Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010. Britain is banning the exports of a machine marketed as a bomb detection device because of allegations that it does not work. The Department for Business Innovation and Skills is banning export of the device after a BBC Newsnight investigation challenged the claims of the company, ATSC. The exports were banned to Iraq and Afghanistan because of the risk that they could hurt British and friendly forces.(AP Photo/Karim Kadim)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/londonblasts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100123/wl_uk_afp/britainattackssecurity afp/20100123/britainattackssecurity AFP world Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:39:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/londonblasts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100123/wl_uk_afp/britainattackssecurity"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100123/capt.photo_1264261162226-2-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=tfxfTgrlgGN4yBWgQW0VDg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="An armed policeman stands guard in Downing Street in London. The government has raised its terror threat assessment from substantial to severe, suggesting an attack was "highly likely", ahead of international meetings on Yemen and Afghanistan in London next week.(AFP/Ben Stansall)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The government has raised its terror threat assessment from substantial to severe, suggesting an attack was "highly likely", ahead of international meetings on Yemen and Afghanistan in London next week.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/londonblasts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100123/wl_uk_afp/britainattackssecurity"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100123/capt.photo_1264261162226-2-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=tfxfTgrlgGN4yBWgQW0VDg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="An armed policeman stands guard in Downing Street in London. The government has raised its terror threat assessment from substantial to severe, suggesting an attack was "highly likely", ahead of international meetings on Yemen and Afghanistan in London next week.(AFP/Ben Stansall)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/londonblasts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100122/pl_afp/britainattackssecurityus afp/20100122/britainattackssecurityus AFP politics Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:23:38 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/londonblasts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100122/pl_afp/britainattackssecurityus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100122/capt.photo_1264198061588-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=_gSRX3mRpiOT4excoBmmug--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="US Department of Homeland Security logo. Britain's decision to raise its terror alert level brings it in line with US measures announced "over the last few weeks," the DHS said Friday.(DHS/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Britain's decision to raise its terror alert level brings it in line with US measures announced "over the last few weeks," the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/londonblasts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100122/pl_afp/britainattackssecurityus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100122/capt.photo_1264198061588-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=_gSRX3mRpiOT4excoBmmug--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="US Department of Homeland Security logo. Britain's decision to raise its terror alert level brings it in line with US measures announced "over the last few weeks," the DHS said Friday.(DHS/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/londonblasts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100122/wl_nm/us_security_britain_alert nm/20100122/us_security_britain_alert Reuters world Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:11:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/londonblasts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100122/wl_nm/us_security_britain_alert"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100123/capt.photo_1264193972254-2-0.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=x0vZYY26uqFsnEbcqbt1_Q--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="Home Secretary Alan Johnson, seen here on January 21, said Britain raised its terror threat level from 'substantial' to 'severe' on Friday, suggesting that an attack is "highly likely"(AFP/File/Javier Soriano)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Britain raised its international terrorism threat level to 'severe' -- its second highest level of terror alert -- from 'substantial' on Friday, Home Secretary (interior minister) Alan Johnson said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/londonblasts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100122/wl_nm/us_security_britain_alert"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100123/capt.photo_1264193972254-2-0.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=x0vZYY26uqFsnEbcqbt1_Q--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="photo" title="Home Secretary Alan Johnson, seen here on January 21, said Britain raised its terror threat level from 'substantial' to 'severe' on Friday, suggesting that an attack is "highly likely"(AFP/File/Javier Soriano)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/londonblasts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100118/wl_nm/us_britain_security_ruling nm/20100118/us_britain_security_ruling Reuters world Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:51:27 GMT Reuters - A British court on Monday canceled curfews imposed on two men considered potential security threats, dealing a blow to the government which says such measures are a tool to combat extremists. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/londonblasts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100118/wl_uk_afp/britainattackstwitter afp/20100118/britainattackstwitter AFP world Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:00:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/londonblasts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100118/wl_uk_afp/britainattackstwitter"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100118/capt.photo_1263815910507-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=YrndAZn8GRzEhz5sh5Nu1w--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="The frontpage of Twitter, a leading Internet microblogging site. A man has been arrested by anti-terrorism police and suspended from his job after he sent a Twitter message joking that he was going to blow up an airport, a report has said.(AFP/File/Loic Venance)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A man was arrested by anti-terrorism police and suspended from his job after he sent a Twitter message joking that he was going to blow up an airport, a report said Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/londonblasts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100118/wl_uk_afp/britainattackstwitter"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100118/capt.photo_1263815910507-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=YrndAZn8GRzEhz5sh5Nu1w--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="The frontpage of Twitter, a leading Internet microblogging site. A man has been arrested by anti-terrorism police and suspended from his job after he sent a Twitter message joking that he was going to blow up an airport, a report has said.(AFP/File/Loic Venance)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/londonblasts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100117/ap_on_re_eu/eu_activist_arrested ap/20100117/eu_activist_arrested AP world Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:48:05 GMT AP - A London-based environmental campaigner traveling around the world in a biofuel-driven bus has been arrested in India on terrorism-related charges, his family and Italian officials said Sunday.