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Such an attack almost happened in 1997 when a Palestinian immigrant named Ghazi Ibrahim Abu Maizar came within hours of detonating a pipe bomb, and himself, in a Brooklyn, N.Y., subway station used by many Orthodox Jews. His roommate, an Egyptian, discovered what he was up to and, aghast, tipped off local police, who foiled the plot with just hours to spare. Police found two fully rigged pipe bombs packed with nails and bullets in his apartment. Though the would-be suicide bomber wasn't working for any Palestinian group, his case suggests that Middle East violence could provoke independent...
...Such an attack almost happened in 1997 when a Palestinian immigrant named Ghazi Ibrahim Abu Maizar came within hours of detonating a pipe bomb, and himself, in a Brooklyn, N.Y., subway station used by many Orthodox Jews. His roommate, an Egyptian, discovered what he was up to and, aghast, tipped off local police, who foiled the plot with just hours to spare. Police found two fully rigged pipe bombs packed with nails and bullets in his apartment. Though the would-be suicide bomber wasn't working for any Palestinian group, his case suggests that Middle East violence could provoke independent...
...According to the China Daily, mainland China's English-language newspaper, spy cameras are a hit with consumers in Guangdong province, where spouses are tracking their mates and store owners watch out for shoplifters. After stumbling upon a Tokyo-based pornographic website showing photos of female passengers on Taipei subway trains, a Taipei city councilor recently fueled public paranoia by announcing that the transit system had been infiltrated by Japanese criminals carrying cameras disguised as briefcases...
...proposal to develop a new subway line to connect Boston-area campuses came from GSD student Nora R. Libertun. Under her plan, a new T line would link Harvard’s campus to Boston University and other local college campuses in an “urban ring.” Currently, she said, there is “no connection” between schools in Boston and Cambridge...
...years planners in Boston have talked about creating an “urban ring”—a subway line that would circle the city and connect several T lines that currently spread from the city center. The area’s need for this new line, Krieger said, coincides with Harvard’s need for new connections...