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• Step-on scanner lets air travelers keep shoes on
LOD, Israel - Israel has introduced a step-on scanner that spares airline travelers the nuisance of having to remove their shoes so they can be X-rayed for hidden weapons, though the new device cannot yet sniff out explosives. Only the shoes of ...
• Going beyond the Palin
... the American government,” and added, referring to the Stars and Stripes, “I won’t be buried under their damned flag!” (Sure enough, in 1995, Vogler, after being murdered in connection with an informal transaction involving plastic explosives ...
• Afghan officials: Taliban jailbreak thwarted
The three officers smuggled explosives and mobile phone batteries and chargers into the prison so two Taliban prisoners could make suicide vests, it said, adding the officers confessed their roles in the plot. The intelligence service did not say when ...
• Two-ton rhino adopted by Kenya park rangers
Spooked by larger female rhino The explosives can also be used to frighten away the prides of lions that lounge in the long grasses — or Susan, the older female rhinoceros that has been sniffing around Max looking for a mate.
• Thai protest leaders say they will surrender
Meanwhile, police say they believe some demonstrators were hurt by explosives they themselves were carrying. Protesters said their gathering was peaceful, but many used iron rods, slingshots, firecrackers and bottles to attack police. An AP ...