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...still unknown how, if at all, Haneef is connected to the London attackers. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported Tuesday that Australian police moved to arrest the doctor after learning that one of the suspects in the U.K. had made a telephone call to Haneef in Australia. While there has been no suggestion that Haneef participated in the attempted attacks, he is the eighth person to be detained in relation to the plot, as authorities have focused their investigation on several foreign-born doctors believed to have played a role. One of the suspects detained in the attack on Glasgow...
...Following the arrest, Australian Prime Minister John Howard denied there was any need to raise the country's terror threat above its current 'medium' level, but warned Tuesday that "there are people in our midst who would do us harm and evil, if they ever had the opportunity to do so." Australian Attorney-General Philip Ruddock, meanwhile, ruled out any evidence of plots in Australia connected to the U.K. strikes...
...Authorities in the Australian state of Queensland, say there had been no clues that either Haneef or the second man had any association with terrorism. Queensland Premier Peter Beattie, whose Health Department employed Haneef on a special visa in September 2006, said the doctor had responded in March last year to an advertisement in the British Medical Journal for work in Australia. Haneef was working at a hospital in Liverpool, England, at the time and all appropriate checks had been done to confirm his qualifications. "He was a good employee who was interested in learning his emergency duties...
...Bosher, the apartment manager, first learned of Haneef's arrest following a knock on his door about 7.30am Tuesday morning. "It was a group of feds [Australian Federal Police agents], seven of them. I thought it couldn't be [Haneef] and then they showed me the warrant. It said it was in connection with the London bombings," says Bosher, who had rented Haneef the apartment close to the Gold Coast Hospital in September...
...fluffy, sweet and slightly toasted bun leads the taste buds to a slab of juicy ground beef that is a little crunchy on the outside where the meat was seared on the grill. The cheeseburger, my usual, gets a brush of Hellman's mayo and a slice of imported Australian cheddar cheese...