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Amsterdam-Aruba flight diverted after bomb hoax

Reuters US Online Report World News 27 days ago

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - An ArkeFly flight carrying 235 people from Amsterdam to Aruba in the Caribbean was forced to divert to Ireland on Wednesday after an unruly Dutch passenger made false bomb threats during the flight. ArkeFly said Flight 361 landed at ...

Amsterdam-Aruba flight diverted after bomb threat

Reuters US Online Report World News 27 days ago

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - An ArkeFly flight carrying 235 people from Amsterdam to Aruba in the Caribbean was forced to divert to Ireland on Wednesday after an unruly Dutch passenger made bomb threats during the flight. ArkeFly said Flight 361 landed at Shannon ...

Last Anne Frank helper Miep Gies dies at 100

Reuters US Online Report Top News 28 days ago

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The last survivor of a group that helped Anne Frank and her family hide from the Nazis in Amsterdam during World War Two and kept her diaries, has died at the age of 100. Miep Gies, a Dutch office ...

Netherlands Obit Miep Gies

AP News 28 days ago

In this May 6, 1977 handout photo made available on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010 by Yad Vashem holocaust memorial, Jerusalem, Miep Gies is seen signing the guestbook at Yad Vashem. Gies and other helpers provided food, books and good cheer while the ...

Last Anne Frank helper dies at 100

Reuters US Online Report World News 28 days ago

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The last survivor of a group that helped Anne Frank and her family hide from the Nazis in Amsterdam during World War Two and kept her diaries, has died at the age of 100. Miep Gies, a Dutch office ...

European airports warn of mounting security costs

AP Features 29 days ago

European airports warn mounting security costs are threatening financial performance European airport operators warned Monday that new security measures proposed by President Obama could burden budgets and push up ticket prices at a time when civil aviation is experiencing its worst downturn ...

Three held over alleged bomb threat at Heathrow

AFP European Edition 31 days ago

Three men were on Saturday in police custody after being arrested by armed police at London's Heathrow airport on suspicion of making a bomb threat. Officers boarded the Emirates flight, bound for Dubai, after a "verbal threat was made to staff" as ...

Al Qaida Terror Attacks

AP News 32 days ago

FILE -This Dec. 25, 2009 file photo shows Northwest Airlines Flight 253 sits on the runway after arriving at Detroit Metropolitan Airport from Amsterdam. (AP Photo/J.P. Karas, File) Copyright 2010 AP News

Bomb plot forces new look at Lagos airport security

AFP Global Edition 32 days ago

Trolleys overflowing with open suitcases litter the check-in hall each night at Lagos airport where security has been tightened since Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab set off a new international terrorist alert. Porters struggle through the crowds alongside customs and anti-narcotics officers sifting through ...

EU nations divided on use of airport body scanners

AP Features 33 days ago

Fearing a rift with the United States, the European Union said Thursday it may force resistant member states to use the full-body scanners being pushed by the Obama administration in the wake of the failed Christmas Day bombing. Britain, the Netherlands and ...

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