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Source: Explosives enough to blow hole in jet

Dec. 27, 2009
CNN has learned the amount of explosive allegedly held by airline bombing suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab could have blown a hole in the Detroit-bound aircraft.
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Airline terror suspect leaves hospital

DETROIT, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Airline terrorism suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was released from a Michigan hospital Sunday, officials said.

Expert: PETN a dangerous terrorist weapon

LONDON, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- An explosives expert in London says PETN, or pentaerythritol tetranitrate, is an ideal explosive for terrorists because it is powerful and hard to detect.

King: U.S. air security system failed

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- The U.S. system for safeguarding airliners from terrorist attacks did not work and disaster was only narrowly avoided last week, a U.S. lawmaker said Sunday.
Napolitano: Airline security tightened

Napolitano: Airline security tightened

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Security has been tightened at airports worldwide after a passenger arriving in the United States detonated an incendiary device, a top U.S. official says.

Plane suspect's father warned authorities

ATLANTA, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- The father of Nigerian terrorism suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab says he contacted the U.S. Embassy months ago warning of his son's radicalism.

Passenger tells of subduing terror suspect

ATLANTA, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- A Dutch passenger told of how he helped subdue the 23-year-old Nigerian man charged with trying to take down a Detroit-bound airliner with explosives.

Airline terror suspect linked to al-Qaida

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- The Nigerian man charged with attempting to blow up a Detroit-bound plane said an al-Qaida bomb expert provided explosive chemicals, The New York Times reports.

Suspect in jet attack charged

LONDON, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- A 23-year-old Nigerian was charged by federal authorities Saturday with trying to bring down a Northwest Airlines jetliner as it approached Detroit.

Air passengers again provide own security

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Airline passengers took counterterrorism security into their own hands in the Christmas Day incident aboard a Northwest Airlines flight, officials said.

Former Muslim chaplain's home raided

ALBANY, N.Y., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Members of a New York City-based counterterrorism task force have raided the Albany, N.Y., home of a Muslim chaplain.
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Youngsters compete in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Contestants (L-R) Cooper Barth of West Long Branch, New Jersey, Eboseremhen Eigbe of Galloway, New Jersey, Jacob Bayly Hunter of Sante Fe, New Mexico and Massound Sharif of Albany, New York, all await their turns to compete during the 3rd round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. UPI/Mike Theiler