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  • Two Arrested for Radioactive Sale Attempt

    11/15/2003 7:20:28 AM PST · by freeperfromnj · 11 replies · 160+ views
    The Associated Press ^ | 11/15/2003, 9:51 a.m. ET | KAREL JANICEK
    <p>PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AP) — Czech police arrested two Slovak nationals who attempted to sell nearly seven pounds of radioactive material to undercover officers working a sting operation, officials said Saturday.</p> <p>The suspects were arrested Friday in the Voronez hotel in the city of Brno, 125 miles southeast of Prague, police spokeswoman Blanka Kosinova said in a statement.</p>
  • Radioactive Parcel Bound for U.S. Seized in Ukraine

    09/24/2003 6:40:26 AM PDT · by Sub-Driver · 9 replies · 271+ views
    Radioactive Parcel Bound for U.S. Seized in Ukraine KIEV (Reuters) - A radioactive package addressed to the United States has been seized at Ukraine's main airport in the capital Kiev, Ukrainian officials said Wednesday. The regional emergencies ministry said the package, discovered Tuesday, was emitting radiation at a rate thousands of times higher than the norm in Kiev of 0.05 milliroentgens an hour. "This material is being investigated," said Mykola Karabet, duty officer for the emergencies ministry in the Borispyl region of Kiev. "We do not know what it is. "It was a parcel in some luggage to be sent...