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Terrorist planned attack on nuclear warhead stockpile By Philip Delves Broughton November 17 2002 The Sun-Herald An Al Qaeda terrorist has confessed that he planned to drive a giant explosive device into a United States air force bunker in Belgium believed to contain nuclear warheads. News of the plot came as the US warned that a broadcast thought to contain the words of Osama bin Laden foreshadowed a likely attack. The FBI said national landmarks and the aviation, oil and nuclear industries were all possible targets. In an interview with a Belgian radio station, Tunisian Nizar Trabelsi, 31, a former...

Boys 'look up to footballers, not fathers' By Stephen Adams Last Updated: 1:55am GMT 03/12/2007 One child in four does not consider their father to be close family, according to a study published today. More boys view footballers as role models than their fathers and only one child in 10 said they would go to their father first if they had a problem. Even among traditional families, fathers are much more in the background of children's lives than their mothers, the research carried shows. Family breakdown and long working hours mean fathers are simply not around as much as their...

No race charge against footballer A police investigation has ended into claims a Liverpool footballer racially abusing another player. Greater Manchester Police acted on complaints from two deaf fans who claimed to read a player's lips on TV. Last Thursday Liverpool's Steve Finnan, 29, said he was astonished by claims he had racially abused Manchester United's Patrice Evra. The force said on Monday no further action would be taken following Crown Prosecution Service advice. The player issued a statement on Liverpool FC's website saying he wanted to set the record straight. A GMP spokesman said the investigation was complete and...