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NEW DELHI: SNIPPET: "The US national, identified as Winston Marshal Carmichael, was detained late last night after CISF personnel found knife in his hand baggage during the security check when he was to leave for Doha in a Qatar Airways flight, official sources said. ( Watch Video ) Reminiscent of the case of terror suspect David Headley, arrested in Chicago in October last for allegedly plotting terror strikes in India, Carmichael is a convert from Christianity to Islam. The New York resident changed his religion some 40 years ago. Carmichael, who was flying to Doha in a Qatar Airways flight,...

DAVIE -- Jason Taylor of the Miami Dolphins is among several entertainers and celebrities visiting troops stationed in the Persian Gulf this week, as part of the USO's first large-scale entertainment tour since the war began in Iraq. Taylor arrived in the region on Tuesday morning, sharing a 16-hour flight with entertainers like Kid Rock, Lee Ann Womack, Wayne Newton, John Stamos, Rebecca Romjin-Stamos, Alyssa Milano and Gary Sinise. Others, including Robert De Niro, were expected later, Taylor said. "... Anything can happen, but I feel pretty safe because there's not one person that you talk to that doesn't have...