zarif
- 30 Dec 2003 16:08
- 13 of 15
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December 30, 2003 10:58 ET (15:58 GMT)
30 Dec 2003 17:03 BS DJ Hamburg/Attack Fears -2 Car Bomb Attack Feared
BERLIN (AP)-- Police closed off streets around a German military hospital in a Hamburg suburb Tuesday after indications that Islamic extremists planned a car bomb attack.
Hamburg police received the tip-off from unidentified "security sources" at 2.30 p.m. (1330 GMT), a city police statement said. "Those potentially involved are believed to me from an Islamic, terrorist background," it added.
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December 30, 2003 11:03 ET (16:03 GMT)
zarif
- 30 Dec 2003 19:41
- 14 of 15
30 Dec 2003 20:27 BS DJ Italy Extends Ban On Private Flights Over Rome To Jan 6
ROME (AP)--The Italian government has extended a measure restricting private flights from entering airspace over Rome, officials said Tuesday, amid heightened terrorism warnings over Christmas and New Year.
Authorities decided to extend a ban on noncommercial flights entering airspace within a five mile radius of the center of Rome to Jan. 6, said Nicoletta Tomiselli from the Italian air traffic control agency. The block began Dec. 24 and had been due to expire Monday.
The decision came after Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi told an Italian newspaper that terrorists planned to attack the Vatican with a hijacked plane on Christmas Day. The premier later distanced himself from the comments, but his office didn't deny he said them.
Security is tight all over Italy. Interior Minister Giuseppe Pisanu said earlier this month that 12,000 police and 4,000 soldiers have been deployed throughout the country to patrol some 8,000 possible targets.
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December 30, 2003 14:27 ET (19:27 GMT)
dikytree
- 11 Jan 2006 09:57
- 15 of 15
Looks like this is going down a lot!