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Terrorism suspect apparently wrote about loneliness

Dec. 29, 2009
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab may have written about 300 online musings about his studies and his struggles as a devout Muslim. The 23-year-old Nigerian man accused of the attempted Christmas Day bombing of an American airliner apparently turned to the Internet for counseling and companionship,...
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DETROIT, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Airline terrorism suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was released from a Michigan hospital Sunday, officials said.

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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.
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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.

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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.

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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.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler