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MORE TERRORISTS LINKED TO BOMB PLOT (UK)

DETECTIVES believe more than 30 people were involved in an alleged Al Qaeda plot to bring carnage to the centre of Manchester. Senior officers say 11 suspects they are questioning were at the heart of a terror cell as it prepared for a huge Easter holiday bombing campaign.

However, they believe other “key players” are still at large – and could provide the key to the group’s bomb making capabilities.

Police were yesterday given more time to interrogate the 11 suspects – all Pakistanis except one UK national – who remain in custody after an 18-year-old suspect was handed over to immigration officials....

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/94636/More-terrorists-linked-to-bomb-plot

Are passenger cars on Staten Island ferryboats a safety risk? (NY)

It used to be that drivers could pull up to the dock at the Staten Island Ferry terminal, pay $3, and drive right onto the fleet’s car boats, for a quick sail to and from Manhattan.

It beat the killer traffic, and the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge toll, and represented the only direct connection for drivers to get back and forth while bypassing Brooklyn.

But passenger cars have been banned since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, after the city determined allowing them would be too great a security threat.

Meanwhile, some of the largest ferry fleets in the country continue to accept vehicles, and have worked out a screening system to ensure safety for ferry passengers.

Restoring passenger car service is an idea favored by Borough President James Molinaro, who along with others had suggested the city take another look at the issue in 2007, when traffic was crippled by construction on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.

The Staten Island Ferry’s three newest boats were built with room for 30 cars each, designed before 9/11. The fleet’s oldest boat, the John F. Kennedy, can carry about 40 cars.....

http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/04/are_passenger_cars_on_staten_i.html