18 dead in Afghan suicide bombings
April 10th, 2012 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, April 10 (IANS) At least 18 people were killed and 45 others injured in two separate Taliban attacks in Afghanistan Tuesday, media reports said.In Herat province, 14 people ... Read more...
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Man with explosives held at US airport
January 1st, 2012 - 11:13 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 1 (IANS) A man has been arrested in the US for allegedly attempting to carry explosives through a security checkpoint at an airport in Texas, the authorities said.Trey ... Read more...
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Six soldiers killed in terrorist attack in central Yemen
May 15th, 2011 - 12:40 am ICT by BNO News
SANAA, YEMEN (BNO NEWS) -- At least six security men were killed early on Saturday by suspected terrorists in Yemen's central province of Baidha'a, a security source said.The state-run Saba news agency ... Read more...
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Al Qaeda kills six cops in Yemen
May 14th, 2011 - 6:19 pm ICT by IANS
Sana'a, May 14 (IANS) At least six policemen were killed Saturday in an Al Qaeda attack in southern Yemen, Xinhua reported.The attack targeted a security checkpoint in Radaa town of ... Read more...
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Five soldiers killed in al-Qaeda ambush in western Yemen
May 13th, 2011 - 10:39 pm ICT by BNO News
MARIB, YEMEN (BNO NEWS) -- At least five soldiers on Friday were killed in an ambush by al-Qaeda militants in Marib province, western Yemen, the Yemen Post reported.The suspected al-Qaeda militants attacked ... Read more...
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Ex-Miss USA tears up describing how TSA agent sexually assaulted her
April 28th, 2011 - 5:08 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 28 (ANI): A former Miss USA was filmed weeping as she described her ordeal at the hands of a TSA agent, who she said sexually assaulted her after she refused ... Read more...
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15 security personnel killed in militant attack on check post in northwest Pakistan
April 22nd, 2011 - 3:06 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, April 22(ANI): At least 15 soldiers were killed in a militant attack on a security checkpoint in northwest Pakistan early Friday morning.A large number of militants, carrying heavy weapons, including rockets, ... Read more...
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One cop killed, three injured in checkpoint bomb attack at Peshawar
February 8th, 2011 - 3:10 pm ICT by ANI
Peshawar, Feb 8(ANI): A policeman was killed and three others wounded in explosions at a security checkpoint in Pakistan's northwest city of Peshawar.Although nobody was hurt when the first bomb went ... Read more...
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US federal program incapable of detecting Moscow type attack: Critics
January 27th, 2011 - 1:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan.27 (ANI): Critics of the Transportation Security Administration's 212-million-dollar federal program called "SPOT", which has been designed to spot suspected terrorists at American airports, have said that it is "not capable ... Read more...
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Four police officers killed as militants target police vehicle, security checkpoint in Pak
January 13th, 2011 - 5:28 pm ICT by ANI
Peshawar, Jan 13(ANI): Four police officers were killed and nine others wounded, when militants targeted a police vehicle and a security checkpoint with bombs in northwest Pakistan on Thursday.In the first ... Read more...
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Montel Williams Cited At Aiport For Carrying Drug Paraphernalia
January 6th, 2011 - 7:15 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Jan 6, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Former talk show host Montel Williams recently was cited and fined at a Milwaukee airport after authorities found him possessing illegal drug paraphernalia. The incident took ... Read more...
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Cleveland’s Hopkins International Airport Officials Find Ammunition In Don King’s Luggage
December 14th, 2010 - 9:46 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Dec 14, (THAINDIAN NEWS) American boxing promoter Donald "Don" King preferably known as Don King was caught with ammunition after the airport security officials checked his carry-on luggage on Monday. ... Read more...
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US mom treated like terrorist by airport security over stored breast milk
December 7th, 2010 - 5:54 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Dec 6 (ANI): A woman in the US has revealed that she was treated like a terrorist by airport security just because she was carrying stored breast milk along with her.Stacey ... Read more...
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Bomb blast kills two soldiers in Pakistan
August 30th, 2010 - 2:28 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 30 (IANS) At least two security personnel were killed and several others injured Sunday morning in a bomb blast in northwest Pakistan.
One vehicle was also destroyed in the remote-controlled blast ... Read more...
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‘Genitalia-revealing scanners’ cause uproar in US over ’stored images’
August 11th, 2010 - 2:32 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Aug 11 (ANI): A privacy group in US has filed a lawsuit to end controversial airport body scanning after claims that thousands of images were being reportedly stored or recorded.The ... Read more...
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Federal Agency Admits To Saving Body Scan Images
August 5th, 2010 - 8:19 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Aug 5, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The controversy surrounding the full body scanners has just intensified as the US Marshals Service admitted this week that they have saved thousands of images from ... Read more...
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40 militants killed in Pakistan
April 13th, 2010 - 12:58 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 12 (DPA) Forty militants and four soldiers were killed Monday in fresh clashes in Pakistan's tribal region as the US said the latest military offensive has displaced over 200,000 ... Read more...
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15 more militants killed in fresh military operation in FATA
April 9th, 2010 - 3:41 pm ICT by ANI
Peshawar, Apr.9 (ANI): At least 15 militants were killed by Pakistani security forces in a fresh military operation in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) restive Orakzai Agency.According to reports, extremists ... Read more...
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iPad Airport Security Advantage Puts It Ahead Of Notebooks
April 8th, 2010 - 8:26 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Apr 8, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Like any Apple product, the iPad has generated a storm after its release in the market and it has got its share of supporters and detractors ... Read more...
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Cleveland Brown’s Shaun Rogers Arrested At Airport
April 3rd, 2010 - 3:00 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Apr 02 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The nose tackle for the Cleveland Browns, Shaun Rogers was arrested on Thursday after a loaded gun was found in his luggage. The arrest took place at Hopkins ... Read more...
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Five soldiers, 21 militants killed in Pakistan
March 26th, 2010 - 2:16 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 26 (DPA) Five soldiers and 21 Islamist militants were killed Friday in clashes in Pakistan's restive tribal region near the Afghan border, a security official said.
Major Fazalur Rehman, a ... Read more...
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Kiss at Newark airport shuts down the airport for hours
January 9th, 2010 - 8:58 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Newark, Jan 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A man slipped into the secure area of the Newark airport and gave his woman one last kiss before she boarded her flight. This security lapse shut ... Read more...
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Newark airport on lockdown after security scare
January 4th, 2010 - 1:57 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 4 (DPA) Newark International Airport in New Jersey was under lockdown after a man reportedly passed through the exit of a security checkpoint without being screened, US media reports said.
The ... Read more...
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Axl Rose blames ‘unruly paparazzi’ for LAX airport row
December 12th, 2009 - 2:53 pm ICT by ANI
London, December 12 (ANI): Axl Rose has clarified that his recent row at Los Angeles LAX airport occurred because of an "unruly paparazzi."The Guns N' Roses frontman has issued a statement claiming ... Read more...
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Three security agents put on ice over White House gatecrash
December 4th, 2009 - 10:36 am ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Dec 4 (IANS) Three US Secret Service officers have been put on paid leave for their role in letting an uninvited socialite couple breeze into President Barack Obama's ... Read more...
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Gatecrashers shook hands with Obama at state dinner
November 28th, 2009 - 12:06 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Nov 28 (IANS) A new revelation that a celebrity-seeking couple who sneaked in uninvited into a state dinner shook hands with President Barack Obama and possibly Prime Minister ... Read more...
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When John tried to smuggle a knife
October 31st, 2009 - 1:12 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
The buzz is that singer John Mayer was caught trying to smuggle a small knife onto a recent flight.According to Star Magazine, on 19 October, the singer was caught with the ... Read more...
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Four dead, 30 hurt in Pakistan blast (Lead)
October 12th, 2009 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 12 (IANS) Four people were killed and 30 injured Monday in an explosion in Pakistan's Swat region.
The bomb blast occurred near a security checkpoint in Shangla of Swat valley in ... Read more...
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22 killed in Iraq bombings (Third Lead)
October 12th, 2009 - 12:57 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Oct 11 (DPA) Three bombings targeting a meeting on national reconciliation Sunday killed at least 22 people and injured 45 more in the Iraqi city of al-Ramadi, police and witnesses said.
The ... Read more...
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Firing, blast heard near Pakistan army headquarters (Lead)
October 10th, 2009 - 1:13 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 10 (Xinhua) Heavy firing and explosion were heard near the army headquarters in Pakistan's garrison city of Rawalpindi Saturday, a local TV channel reported.
The incident occurred when a speeding vehicle ... Read more...
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Cash-carrying Mickey Rourke grilled at US airport
August 26th, 2009 - 11:45 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Aug 26 (IANS) Hollywood comeback kid Mickey Rourke was reportedly grilled by security officials at a New York airport last week, after he tried to board a flight with ... Read more...
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Taliban leadership elimination key to declaring victory in Swat: Pak editorial
August 17th, 2009 - 3:05 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Aug.17 (ANI): An editorial in a Pakistani daily has said that victory over the Taliban in the Swat and Malakand Divisions of the country's North West frontier Province (NWFP) can ... Read more...
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24 militants killed in aerial strikes in northwest Pakistan
July 10th, 2009 - 3:01 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 10 (DPA) At least 24 Islamist militants and four policemen were killed in overnight airstrikes in Pakistan's north-western region near Afghanistan, officials said on Friday.
Pakistani jet aircraft and ... Read more...
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Holocaust Museum security guard Stephen Johns dead
June 11th, 2009 - 3:52 am ICT by John Le Fevre
US Holocaust Memorial Museum security guard Stephen Tyrone Johns has died after being shot by 88-year-old Maryland man James W von Brunn earlier today.Von Brunn, who authorities say is a known white ... Read more...
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Brit Queen’s Asian chauffeur suspended over alleged Buckingham Palace security breach
May 24th, 2009 - 7:31 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 24 (ANI): Queen Elizabeth II's Asian-origin chauffeur Brian Sirjusingh was suspended today after allegedly allowing undercover reporters to gain access to sensitive areas of Buckingham Palace without passing through security ... Read more...
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