Threats
An al-Qaeda cell was days away from carrying out an "Easter spectacular" of co-ordinated suicide bomb attacks on shopping centres in Manchester, police believe.
A would-be suicide bomber aged 11 has been arrested alongside Taliban fighters. Known only as Abdullah, the youngster was caught crossing the mountains from Pakisrtan's tribal region into Afghanistan wearing a jacket packed with explosives. Police say he is the youngest terror recruit they have ever come across. Abdullah has also become Afghanistan's youngest prisoner but he is still being held at a top security prison in the capital, Kabul.
Turkish officials have told the U.S. the man in custody is a "known fabricator" who has made various unsubstantiated claims in the past. U.S. officials tell CBS News, "There was never a serious plot or threat against the President." [Yawn. Article does not match scary headline]
Barack Obama defied violent protests and political wrangling ahead of today's G20 summit to celebrate America's 'special relationship' with Britain. But as Britain fell under the spell of Mr Obama and his wife Michelle last night, anarchy was unleashed in the City of London. One protester died after a mob stormed the Royal Bank of Scotland and besieged the Bank of England. Police were pelted with bottles as a medical team tried to revive the demonstrator, who had collapsed at a makeshift camp being set up near the Bank of England. The man, who was said to be in his forties, was pronounced dead from natural causes shortly after arrival at hospital.
The mysterious door and window rattling that thousands of people felt across Orange County Tuesday night about 9:15 p.m. was likely caused by a sonic boom produced by a high speed jet, says Bob Dollar, a seismologist at the U.S. Geological Survey. And, in an extraordinary odd coincidence, a similar event occurred at 9:15 a.m. today (Wednesday) in Central California.
Broward County judge denied bond to a woman spotted by a Publix shopper pouring an unspecified black liquid into jars of baby food inside the grocery store on the evening of Feb. 12.
Osama bin Laden is planning an attack against the United States that will "outdo by far" September 11, an Arab newspaper in London has reported. And according to a former senior Yemeni al-Qaeda operative, the terrorist organisation has entered a "positive phase", reinforcing specific training camps around the world that will lead the next "wave of action" against the West.
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