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...journey to Detroit. That's because the TSD list has two sublists: one consisting of about 14,000 people who are permitted to fly to the U.S. after extra airport screening, and a set of 3,400 on the no-fly list, who cannot board commercial aircraft in or bound for the U.S. under any condition. Unfortunately, Abdulmutallab was a long way from a spot on either. (Read "Nigeria Banker Fears Son Is Alleged Plane Attacker...
...aviation security screening has come under deserved criticism in the wake of the attempted bombing of Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on Christmas Day. After telling journalists on Dec. 27 that the failure of the attack showed that the security system had effectively worked, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano backtracked on Monday, telling the Today show, "Our system did not work in this instance. No one is happy or satisfied with that...
Both the U.S. and Britain are key terrorism targets. Yet while the British barred Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab from their country, the U.S. simply added his name to a list of 550,000 names and let him board a flight filled with nearly 300 other people bound for Detroit. Why? The contrasting ways the two nations dealt with the 23-year-old Nigerian engineering student before he allegedly tried to blow a Northwest/Delta airliner out of the sky on Christmas Day will make it tougher for U.S. officials to maintain that their terrorist-watch program is operating smoothly and efficiently...
...into Gaza, then it is not only Hamas that will suffer - the tunnels are the only lifeline for vital, everyday goods for all Gazans. So unless Netanyahu sees fit to ease the squeeze on Gaza after the prisoner swap for Shalit, the privations faced by Gaza's Palestinians are bound to get a lot worse...
...Mayweather is known to relish in getting under his opponent's skin. And, apart from the blowup on the part of Pacquiao's promoters, what Mayweather has done is inject an accusatory undertone of doping that is bound to irritate the Pacquiao camp, because it potentially tarnishes the seven-time champion's dramatic victories. "Mayweather is using this to harass Manny," says Bob Arum, Pacquiao's promoter. "This fight is down the drain. It makes no sense at all. My kid is clean as a whistle." (See the top 10 sports moments...