November 26, 2007 All-clear given after vehicle checked at Nellis Air Force Base
LAS VEGAS - Military authorities say a suspicious package is still being checked, but the all-clear has been given after an investigation of a construction vehicle at a Nellis Air Force Base gate.
Air Force Capt. Jessica Martin says military bomb technicians haven't said what they found in the cab of a flatbed construction truck at the gate to the Mike O'Callaghan Federal Hospital.
"But it's been deemed safe," Martin said of the package, which drew the attention of a bomb-sniffing dog little before 11 a.m. "No immediate threat was determined." Las Vegas police reopened Las Vegas Boulevard to traffic a little before 12:30 p.m.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nevada/2007/nov/26/112610632.html
Police Detonate Suspicious Device (Nevada)
Nov 27, 2007
A suspicious brief case with tape and wires was found in the parking lot of the Wal-Mart store near U.S. 95 and Sunset in Henderson early this morning. The bomb squad was called in and detonated the briefcase. There is no word on what was found inside the case.
http://www.klas-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=7414295&nav=menu102_2
Hospital ramps up security; Bomb threat aggravates already frayed nerves at Sudbury Regional (Canada)
Nov.27.2007
Sudbury Regional Hospital is under increased security today after officials received a written bomb threat. Hospital officials held a news conference Monday morning to announce security will be beefed up until Friday because of a bomb threat deemed to be low-risk. Hospital senior vice-president Joe Pilon said it will be business as usual despite heightened security, and it will be up to people wanting to visit patients or booked for medical procedures to decide if they want to proceed.
The alert was issued after consultation with the Greater Sudbury Police Service, said Pilon. Police spokesman Const. Bert Lapalme said police are not commenting on the bomb threat other than to say it is under investigation. Hospital patients, employees, physicians and volunteers were notified Monday about the bomb threat, and were told measures were in place to keep them safe.
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http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=793445&auth=Carol+Mulligan
STOCKHOLM -- Norway has raised strong complaints against the decision by Afghan authorities to release the five Afghan bombers who attacked the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Northern Afghanistan in May this year. "It just gives a wrong signal that people who have been sentenced for such acts are allowed to walk free," Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said in a statement.
Stoere added that an explanation is needed of how it is possible for someone who was first sentenced to death to have the sentence reversed to 20 years in jail, only to be released because of a religious festival. The five Afghan bombers were sentenced to 20 years in jail, but Afghan President Hamid Karzai signed a decree to release them after they spent just three months in prison, Norwegian broadcaster NRK reported. The bomb attack killed one Finnish and one Afghan soldier, and injured three Norwegian soldiers
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-11/27/content_7155890.htm
Iran to host militants for 'alternative' Mideast meet
Tue Nov 27
TEHRAN - Iran said on Tuesday that it had invited Palestinian militant factions to a meeting in Tehran aimed at countering a US-hosted Middle East peace conference seeking to kickstart the peace process. "These groups are planning to come to Tehran within the next week or two and they are all the Palestinian groups that are struggling for the freedom of their land," government spokesman Gholam Hossein Elham told reporters.
Iran is one of the most vocal backers of Palestinian militant groups like Hamas and Islamic Jihad and pledged millions of dollars in 2006 to the then Hamas government crippled by a Western aid cut. The Islamic republic does not recognise Israel and its President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has provoked outrage by calling for the Jewish state to be wiped off the map.
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RE L.V.:
“””No immediate threat was determined.””
That’s an interesting statement.
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “A suspicious brief case with tape and wires...”
Testing, testing, 1-2-3
http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=794950&auth=Laura+Stradiotto%2fThe+Sudbury+Star
“Man threatened to bomb school: police”
Posted By Laura Stradiotto/The Sudbury Star
Posted 4 hours ago
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “A Hanmer man is in custody after police learned of a bomb threat made against a high school.
Greater Sudbury Police said Tuesday a man threatened to blow up Bishop Alexander Carter Catholic Secondary School.
Donald Rouleau, 62, was charged with uttering a threat to cause death or bodily harm and uttering a threat to damage property. He is expected to remain in police custody until Friday when he is scheduled for a bail hearing.
With the arrest, there is no longer a threat against the school, said deputy police chief Frank Elsner.”