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Spain terror arrests put paragliding in spotlight
Aug 8th, 2012
The history of terror plots is filled with unusual schemes, from an underwear bomber to model planes filled with explosives - showing how would-be attackers are constantly hatching ideas to catch authorities by surprise. Now questions are being raised about whether two Russians held on terror charges in Spain were planning to launch airborne attacks on paragliders. (Source: Associated Press) -
MADRID (Reuters) - Small investors in shares of in Spain's nationalised lender Bankia suffered new massive losses on Thursday as the stock plunged by more than 50 percent amid an abnormally high volume of trading which the stock market regulator said would be looked at closely. Tens of thousands of small savers, who were often missold preferen... [Full Article]
LONDON (AP) - Two Muslim hardliners say the man seen wielding a bloody butcher's knife after the killing of a British soldier is a Muslim convert who took part in demonstrations with the banned radical group al-Muhajiroun. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
By Peter Griffiths LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's security services faced questions on Friday over whether they could have done more to prevent the murder of a soldier hacked to death in a busy London street after it emerged that his suspected killers were known to intelligence officers. The two suspects, Michael Adebolajo, 28 and Michael Adebow... [Full Article]