British forensic experts are slowly sifting through materials that could potentially have been used as precursor chemicals to make explosives – the materials were found in the homes of suspects arrested last week in the alleged plot to blow up at least 10 planes headed from the United Kingdom to the United States.
AP - Hundreds of Israeli soldiers walked out of Lebanon on Tuesday some smiling broadly and pumping their fists, others weeping or carrying wounded comrades as a cease-fire with Hezbollah solidified after a shaky start. The process was expected to accelerate over the coming days.
AP - Police detained a new suspect Tuesday in the alleged plot to blow up jetliners over the Atlantic, the first arrest since authorities detained two dozen people last week and threw Britain's airports into turmoil by imposing tougher security.
British investigators believe some of the money raised to help victims of last year's earthquake in Pakistan may have been used to fund the alleged airliner terror plot, U.S. government official said Tuesday. And a British politician told CNN that four alleged plotters visited Pakistan, telling their families they were going to help the quake victims.
A federal judge Tuesday rejected a couple's insurance claim for Hurricane Katrina-related flood damage in a case sure to resonate with property owners ravaged by the storm. The case is the first to be heard from hundreds of Katrina-related cases against insurers, which argue they are not responsible for reimbursing homeowners for flood or wind damage.