Investigators target
'bio security' at labs making vaccine
Times (UK) Aug 9, 07 6:17 AM CDT
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British officials are pursuing the possibility that latest outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease could be the result of sabotage, the Times reports. They've ruled out water leaks spreading the virus from a research lab to nearby farms,and have concluded that "release by human movement must be considered a real possibility," said a report prepared for Gordon Brown.
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Queen guitarist, 60, submits astronomy thesis after 36 years
BBC Aug 3, 07 2:04 PM CDT
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Queen guitarist Brian May dropped his academic pursuits to tour the globe as a young rock star, but after 36 years he has finally handed in his PhD thesis, which he began researching in 1972. The 60-year-old aspiring astrophysicist delivered a 48,000-word study on "zodiacal dust clouds" to Imperial College in London today, the BBC reports.
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Safety officials seize illegal 20 MPH "gas shoes" from China
Guardian (UK) Aug 1, 07 10:47 AM CDT
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British officials seized 50 pairs of motorized roller skates that can hit 20 mph in just 20 seconds. The Brits say the Chinese "gasoline skating shoes," which are controlled by a hand-held throttle, reach dangerous clips and expose young speedsters to falls and sudden stops that pitch them forward.
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Accused of conspiracy in London & Glasgow explosion plots
New York Times Jul 20, 07 4:05 AM CDT
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A fourth doctor has been charged in the car bomb attacks in London and Glasgow. Mohammed Jamil Asha, 26, is accused of conspiring with two men who tried to blow up a Jeep in the doorway of the Glasgow International Airport, and "others unknown," according to the indictment. Asha is scheduled to appear in court in London today.
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Court gives four men toughest possible terms in 21/7 conspiracy
Guardian (UK) Jul 11, 07 10:34 AM CDT
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Four men who planned to bomb London's transit system weeks after the deadly 7/7/05 bus and tube attacks were sentenced to life terms today in a British court. A jury failed to reach a decision on two other men charged as members of the conspiracy, which officials said might have killed thousands of London residents.
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Botched strike followed London transit attacks by two weeks
Times (UK) Jul 9, 07 12:27 PM CDT
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Four men accused in failed 2005 bombings of London subways and buses were found guilty today of conspiracy to murder. The attack, in which bombs affixed to makeshift shrapnel failed to detonate detonate, took place two weeks after a the 7/7 transit bombing killed 52 London commuters.
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Two in failed attacks began petition at medical student organization
Philadelphia Inquirer Jul 6, 07 2:46 PM CDT
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Two of the suspects in last week's failed UK bomb plot attempted to come to the US, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The FBI says Mohammed Jamil Asha and another, unspecified member of the gang of eight doctors and medical students arrested last week began applications to US medical schools through a Philly-based organization.
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Extremist cell of immigrant doctors linked to UK terror
Independent (UK) Jul 3, 07 5:16 AM CDT
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A secret Al-Qaeda cell of foreign doctors working under cover of British hospitals is being investigated as the key source of the string of car bombing attempts that rocked Britain over the weekend, the Independent reports. Five of of eight people who have been arrested are believed to be doctors, and one is a physician's wife and medical assistant.
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Officials were on trail before Glasgow attack
Guardian (UK) Jul 2, 07 8:53 AM CDT
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The two men who rammed a flaming Jeep into a Glasgow airport terminal Saturday are suspected of being the same people who parked two explosives-packed cars in London the day before, sources tell CNN. One is a doctor who is being treated for severe burns in the hospital where he worked. Authorities were already on the trail of the suspects before the Glasgow attack, they disclosed today, after the cars in London yielded productive leads.
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Suspects 6 and 7 captured in Scotland in failed car-bombings
BBC Jul 2, 07 6:59 AM CDT
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Two new arrests have been made in the failed Glasgow airport attack after houses were searched in several Scottish neighborhoods last night. The two men were 25 and 28 years old, and didn’t appear to be native to the country, the BBC reports. Seven suspects are now in custody.
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Doctor among arrested as cops hunt for others
Guardian (UK) Jul 2, 07 4:22 AM CDT
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British police raided homes and sealed roads in a nationwide hunt for al-Qaeda terrorists linked to botched car bomb attacks aimed at key London landmarks and the Glasgow Airport, the Guardian reports. Four men and one woman, including a physician, are in custody, but detectives continue to search for others, including one suspect in London.
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The UK is on highest alert after Glasgow attack linked to attempted London car bombs
BBC Jul 1, 07 8:26 AM CDT
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The UK is on highest terror alert and five suspects are in custody in the aftermath of yesterday's attempted attack on the Glasgow airport. Two were the drivers of the flaming car driven into the main terminal building; two were picked up in home searches nearby in Glasgow, and one in Liverpool. Security barriers stopped the car from injuring hundreds of passengers inside the terminal doors.
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London says car bomb similar to Iraq IEDs, search second car; manhunt begins
Guardian (UK) Jun 29, 07 1:54 PM CDT
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Al-Qaeda or al-Qaeda-spawned extremists orchestrated the failed bombing attempt in central London today, British authorities say. The car bomb found near a London nightclub resembled improvised explosives used in Iraq, and the Guardian reports al-Qaeda has long nurtured plans to attack nightclubs in the west.
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