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New full-body airport security scanners using X-rays generate much lower doses than normal background radiation, a draft report compiled by international agencies says.

The United States does not want countries to use identical airport security systems which could make it easier for potential attackers to elude them, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said on Friday.

The TSA recently announced that airport security scanners which can see under clothing are being installed at 10 U.S. airports, according to the AFP. Travelers will enter glass booths while a 3-dimensional full-body image is rendered using "millimeter waves." Because the image gives a clear representation of travelers' bodies and genitalia, it has some people concerned about their privacy.

Algeria said on Monday a U.S. decision to subject its citizens to extra airport security checks was unjustified and discriminatory.

The discovery of a hazardous substance inside a passenger's luggage prompted the evacuation of the Meadows Field Airport in Bakersfield on Tuesday morning.

The US has moved dozens of names on to "watch" and "no-fly" lists in the wake of an alleged airliner plot, officials say.

Passengers on international flights face pat-down searches, new limits on carry-on luggage and more thorough screening at airport checkpoints.

Travelers taking international flights to the United States on Saturday faced pat-down searches, new limits on carry-on luggage and more thorough screening at airport checkpoints after a Nigerian man allegedly tried to bomb a jetliner headed to Detroit.

Passengers boarding planes at some American airports are being asked to pass through whole body scanners at security checkpoints, which penetrate their clothing.

Ethnic profiling at the airport:, sadly, is alive and well in the new year.