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Logan International Airport is ready for the storm, according to Phil Orlandella, director of media relations...
...airport has 50 pieces of snow-clearing equipment on hand and a bio-friendly ice-melting chemical on runways and will have a larger staff on duty to keep the airport running smoothly...
...PHILIPPINES: High tension Rocked by a slew of recent explosions and bombarded by warnings of more to come, the Philippines these days has something of a siege mentality. Even the gala Dec. 15 opening of the new, $500-million Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal has been indefinitely postponed by a worried President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. "The need to take extreme security measures cannot be overemphasized," Transportation and Communications Secretary Leandro Mendoza said in a statement...
...earlier this year when Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong revealed that Mas Selamat Kastari, the "most dangerous" of the 12 or so members of the Singapore Jemaah Islamiah cell who escaped arrest and fled the country, had been planning an attempt to crash a plane into Singapore's Changi Airport. The airport is now reportedly protected by anti-aircraft missiles, as are the huge refinery facilities on the island's southwest section of Jurong, where multinationals such as Shell and Exxon Mobil maintain large facilities. In mid-October Singapore deployed units of its armored division around the area as further...
...AFGHANISTAN: Square one Terrorism lives on. Peacekeepers in Kabul repeatedly stumble on banks of rockets aimed at their bases, the airport or the U.S. embassy. A week ago, Afghan security forces scuppered an attempt to destroy the main power station. American bases are rocketed an average of three times a week; four were recently attacked in one night. Yet another special forces convoy was ambushed on Nov 21. Two cabinet ministers have been assassinated this year, and on Sept. 5 an attempt was made on President Hamid Karzai's life...