BBC: England Unprepared for Terror Strike
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Despite warnings that a terrorist attack in Britain is likely, less than half of the key local authorities in England have drawn up plans for mass evacuations, the British Broadcasting Corp. reported Friday.
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A terrorism expert says Scotland's Royal, oil and RAF links mean no room for complacency following 9/11.
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Britain is ready to listen to the Islamic extremists who have been holding Kenneth Bigley hostage in Iraq for two weeks, but not to negotiate with them, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw revealed.
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The devastating impact of a terrorist attack in Britain using bioweapons or radioactivity could be further amplified by the panicked reaction and &quot;alarmist media,&quot; a leading think-tank has warned.
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"And I believe that unless a serious effort is put into this in order to reach agreements that satisfy the Palestinians, and the Arab world and the Islamic world, then I believe the conference may not be successful."  King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia accused Britain on Monday of failing to act on information the Saudis provided that might have averted London's deadly July 7, 2005, suicide bombings.Abdullah told the British Broadcasting Corp. that Britain was not doing enough in the war on terror. He made the comments in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, hours before arriving in London for a state visit.'I believe that most countries are not taking this issue too seriously, including, unfortunately, Great Britain,' he said through a translator. 'We have sent information to Great Britain before the terrorist attacks in Britain, but unfortunately no action was taken and it may have been able to avert the tragedy.' Read more
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The British government was set on Thursday to unveil sweeping plans to toughen terrorism laws Â measures that will face significant opposition in Parliament.
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British police said Thursday they thwarted a terrorist plot, possibly just days away, to blow up U.S.-bound jetliners over the Atlantic and kill thousands. Chilling accounts leaked by investigators described a plan on the scale of 9/11 that would use liquid explosives concealed as sports drink bottles and common electronic devices to bring down as many as 10 planes in a nearly simultaneous strike.
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BOSTON Massachusetts is the least-prepared of all states to handle a bioterrorist attack, according to a study released yesterday.
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COMMONS security chiefs were slammed today for leaving Britain&#39;s MPs &quot;wide open to a terrorist attack&quot;. Commons leader Peter Hain said the authorities had failed to act - despite &quot;extremely disturbing&quot; warnings
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The Government is considering tough new anti-terrorism laws amid fears of an al-Qaida attack on Britain. Home Secretary David Blunkett will unveil the new proposals in an interview to be aired today on ITV1&#39;s Jonathan Dimbleby programme.
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Interior minister John Reid warned on  Sunday that another attempted terrorist attack on Britain was  "highly likely" after police said they had thwarted a plot to  blow up transatlantic airliners.
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A former British intelligence chief has warned that terrorists will mount another successful attack on Britain, despite their failure to carry out recent car bombings in London and Glasgow, Scotland.
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Security services have thwarted a  planned attack on London similar to the March 11 train bombings  in Madrid by Islamic extremists, the British capital's police  chief said on Thursday.
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Britain is on high alert ahead of the second anniversary Saturday of London&#39;s July 2005 suicide bombings, a week after failed bombings which underlined the continuing terror threat.
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The &quot;critical&quot; alert status imposed Saturday across Britain is the maximum level of warning and is designed by authorities to show that the country faces the threat of an imminent attack.
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AUSTRALIAN travellers were warned today to be on their guard while visiting cinemas, theatres and pubs in the United Kingdom, in updated terrorism advice.
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Many local bomb squads in the Washington area are under-equipped to respond to the kind of simultaneous attacks being attempted by terrorists around the world, most recently in London, officials say.