Three tour buses parked under a hotel breezeway near Reagan National Airport caught fire early yesterday, sending heavy smoke into the building and forcing the temporary evacuation of about 150 hotel guests, officials said.No one was injured.The blaze, which gutted
On a cloudless spring day, the NYPD helicopter soars over the city, its sights set on the Statue of Liberty.A dramatic close-up of Lady Liberty's frozen gaze fills one of three flat-screen computer monitors mounted on a console. Hundreds of
Glasgow Airport was partially evacuated late last night after the discovery of a "suspicious package".A handful of passengers and several staff were ordered to leave the east and domestic pier sections of the main terminal building after the package was
The Saturday before Mother's Day a Lincoln County family was at Lambert to see relatives off when according to her parents, a 9-year-old girl, while smelling flowers saw a purple rag in the bushes.Beneath the rag the girl found a
For the fourth time in less than a year, a right human foot has been found off one of four different islands in the Strait of Georgia in British Columbia.Police said Friday that they do not know if there are
An unclaimed truck loaded with about nine tonnes of gelatine explosives, which was seized here, was stolen in Chhattisgarh while going from Jharkhand to Maharashtra, the police said yesterday.The recovery has sent the police into a tizzy. They have started
Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of police and CRPF personnel launched an operation in Pratapkhata village under Fakiragram police station and nabbed Gulzar Hussain. He was allegedly involved in fake currency and arms racket and had sustained bullet
Mishra, who was being interrogated by police in the presence of senior IPS officer, said he personally knew Nepal Maoist leader Prachanda. "I have never been to Nepal, but Prachanda had come to India," the police quoted Mishra as saying.
The third victim was a villager, Mahesh Mahto, he said adding that one Karampal Munda was injured in the incident. Munda was at a general store, owned by the Ansaris, to purchase rice at around 2.30 pm when six naxalites
Los Angeles County fire officials said eight people were taken to hospitals to be examined after being exposed to an unidentified white powder at a post office in Pomona.Inspector Ron Haralson said authorities were called to the post office around
With the arrest of a Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) militant and seizure of explosives, Delhi Police Thursday claimed to have averted a major terrorist strike in the capital, but they still have no clue of seven kg of RDX buried somewhere in
Israeli fighter aircraft were scrambled to intercept a jet carrying former UK prime minister Tony Blair after its crew failed to identify themselves.Aircrew used the radio to explain who they were after the two warplanes adopted an attack position, prompting
Dozens of supporters of Saad Gaya left a Brampton courtroom in tears yesterday after the 20-year-old terrorism suspect was denied bail and sent back to prison to await trial.Gaya was arrested as part of an alleged "homegrown" terrorism cell that
A U.S. Department of Energy investigation into the removal and discarding of filters from eight drums containing radioactive waste at an eastern Idaho nuclear facility has determined that the incident was not an act of sabotage.However, officials offered no explanation
A man arrested after an explosion at an Exeter restaurant has "a history of mental illness" and was a recent convert to Islam, police have said.Nicky Reilly, 22, from Plymouth, suffered serious facial injuries when a device detonated at the
