Delays, but no travel chaos following attack
LONDON - Bags were painstakingly checked, babies were frisked, and in-flight screens showing a plane's location and flight path had to be switched off.
Nations:Canada France Poland Nigeria South Korea U.S. Activities:2009 Flight 253 Terrorism Plot
2009-12-29
Key security agencies lack permanent leaders
WASHINGTON - Two federal agencies charged with keeping potential terrorists off airplanes and out of the country have been without their top leaders for nearly a year.
Nations:Nigeria Saudi Arabia People:Barack Obama Activities:2009 Flight 253 Terrorism Plot Source:(AP)
2009-12-29
Obama vows to use power to thwart terrorists
HONOLULU - President Barack Obama on Monday vowed to use "every element of our national power" to keep Americans safe and said the failed Christmas Day plot to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner was "a serious reminder" of the need to continually adapt security measures against changing terrorist threats.
Nations:U.S. Nigeria Saudi Arabia People:Barack Obama Joe Lieberman Activities:2009 Flight 253 Terrorism Plot
2009-12-28
Airline passengers see tighter security
Extra pat-downs before boarding. No getting up for the last hour of the flight. More bomb-sniffing dogs. Airports worldwide tightened security a day after a passenger tried to light some kind of explosive on a flight into Detroit.
Nations:Nigeria India Canada Denmark Sweden Activities:2009 Flight 253 Terrorism Plot Source:(AP)
2009-12-27
Bomb suspect came from elite family, best schools
LAGOS, Nigeria - As a member of an uppercrust Nigerian family, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab received the best schooling, from the elite British International School in West Africa to the vaunted University College London.
Nations:Yemen Nigeria Afghanistan Activities:2009 Flight 253 Terrorism Plot Source:(AP)
2009-12-27
Security reviews under way after airliner attack
WASHINGTON - Investigators piecing together a brazen attempt to bring down a trans-Atlantic airliner said Sunday the suspect tucked a small bag holding his deadly concoction on his body, using an explosive that would have been easily detected with the right airport equipment.
Nations:Nigeria Saudi Arabia U.S. People:Mitch McConnell Activities:2009 Flight 253 Terrorism Plot Source:(AP)
2009-12-27
US charges Nigerian with trying to blow up plane
DETROIT - A man who claimed to be an agent of al-Qaida was charged Saturday with trying to blow up a Northwest Airlines flight on Christmas Day as it was preparing to land in Detroit, officials said.
Nations:U.S. Netherlands Nigeria Canada Iraq People:Barack Obama Activities:2009 Flight 253 Terrorism Plot Source:(AP)
2009-12-26
Grand Canyon, Loch Ness compete as nature wonders
GENEVA - The Grand Canyon, Mount Everest and Loch Ness will vie with more than 200 other spectacular places in the next phase of the global competition for the New 7 Wonders of Nature, organizers said Wednesday.
Nations:Italy Nigeria India Brazil Mexico Switzerland Source:(AP)
2009-01-06
Gas exporting states agree Qatar-based 'gas OPEC'
MOSCOW (AFP) - Gas exporting states on Tuesday finalised the creation of a new Qatar-based forum aimed at coordinating gas policy that consumer countries fear could become the gas equivalent of oil cartel OPEC.
Nations:Qatar Ukraine Russia Iran Algeria Venezuela People:Vladimir Putin Activities:2008 Global Oil Crisis Source:(AFP)
2008-12-23
Oil producers pull lever for huge output cut to stop price slide
ORAN, Algeria (AFP) - OPEC and non-OPEC oil exporters took action on Wednesday that could remove up to 2.6 million barrels of oil from the market in a bold bid to boost prices and producers' incomes.
Nations:Algeria Nigeria Venezuela France Russia Activities:Global Financial Crisis 2008 Global Oil Crisis Source:(AFP)
2008-12-17
OPEC ends Cairo meeting without new output cuts
CAIRO, Egypt - OPEC ended a hastily convened meeting in Cairo Saturday without announcing new output cuts, despite the steep drop in crude prices and the threat it poses to member governments' national budgets.
Nations:Algeria Saudi Arabia Ecuador Kuwait Nigeria Venezuela Activities:2008 Global Oil Crisis Source:(AP)
2008-11-29
France's Le Clezio wins Nobel literature prize
French novelist Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio won the 2008 Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday for his poetic adventure and "sensual ecstasy."
Nations:France Nigeria Source:(AP)
2008-10-09
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