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Airline Terror Plot Foiled in UK Soon Before Planned Bombings

British authorities announced Thursday that they disrupted a conspiracy to bomb multiple flights to the United States. The attackers planned to use liquid explosives and focus their attacks on flights to New York, Washington D.C., and California. Officials said the…

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Ambassador Khalilzad Outlines New Security Plan for Iraq

As sectarian clashes continue, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad discusses plans to heighten security and make other changes in hopes of reducing violence by late September.

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Senators Press CIA Nominee on Legality of Surveillance Efforts

In the face of close questioning by senators, Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden, President Bush's nominee for CIA director, strongly defended a domestic eavesdropping program Thursday, saying it protected the country against terrorism and did not violate Americans' civil rights.

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Security Stepped Up At Financial Institutions Possibly Targeted by Al-Qaida

Financial institutions in New York City, Newark, N.J., and Washington, D.C., opened for business Monday under tight security after the government warned terrorists might be planning attacks against "iconic economic targets" in those cities.

U.S. Tightens Security Ahead of July Fourth

U.S. homeland security officials and agents plan to monitor some 2000 July Fourth celebrations in one of the largest security efforts following the September 11th attacks in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania.

Mr. Bush Calls for Major U.S. Security Reorganization

Citing a continued "titanic struggle against terror", President Bush called on Congress to join him in creating a new Cabinet-level agency to spearhead U.S. homeland security efforts.

U.S. Security on Heightened Alert

Thousands of additional armed police and National Guard troops patrolled New York and U.S. other cities today as a part of increased security measures implemented across the country.