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Christmas terror suspect pleads not guilty

A Nigerian man pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he tried to blow up a packed U.S. Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day.

 

Gordon Brown calls international summit on Yemen

Gordon Brown has called a summit in London to discuss radicalization in Yemen, after the alleged failed bomb attack on a US plane over Detroit. No 10 said the 28 January event had support from Washington and the European Union, and Mr Brown aimed to ...

 

Obama to get report on intelligence breakdown

Obama to get report on intelligence breakdown

President Obama will receive a report Thursday detailing how some government agencies failed to share or highlight potentially relevant information about Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab before he allegedly tried to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day, while others were insufficiently...

 

Obama: Systemic, human failures let suspect on flight

Obama: Systemic, human failures let suspect on flight

President Obama said a "mix of human and systemic human failure" allowed a terror suspect to board an airliner in the botched Christmas Day bombing attempt.

 

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