U.S. to Lower Finance Terror Alert Status
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The federal government today lowered the terror alert level from orange to yellow for five financial institutions in Washington, New York and Newark, Homeland Security Deputy Secretary James M. Loy announced.
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Britain eased a ban on airline cabin  baggage on Monday and scaled down a security alert imposed last  week after police said they had foiled a plot to blow up  airliners, but delays and cancellations at airports continued.
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The United States must guard against a terrorist attack by tightening port security, with shippers paying fees to finance the increased scrutiny, a task force recommended on Monday.
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The United States on Friday ordered  a freeze on assets of the militant group led by Jordanian Abu  Musab al-Zarqawi, which has claimed responsibility for a series  of bombings, kidnappings and beheadings in Iraq.
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A plan by US banks to calm down rattled credit markets is dropped shortly before it was due to launch.
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The government lowered Wednesday its threat level from &quot;critical&quot; to &quot;severe&quot;, where it had been before the weekend&#39;s failed car bombings in London and Glasgow.
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The US government will lower the heightened terror threat level for financial institutions in New York City, New Jersey and Washington, administration officials said Wednesday.
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Washington -- The government lowered the terror alert level Wednesday for five high-visibility financial institutions in Washington, New York and Newark, NJ , citing improved protective measures at the buildings.
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A US judge on Thursday struck down a law allowing federal anti-terrorism agents to access financial, telephone and Internet records without a warrant.
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Despite the Bush administration's pledge to battle terrorist financing, the government's average penalty against companies doing business with countries listed as terrorist-sponsoring states fell sharply after the Sept. 11 attacks, an Associated Press analysis of federal records shows.
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The British government said Wednesday that it had reduced the level of the terrorist threat facing the country from "critical" to "severe."
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Authorities downgraded Britain's terror threat level Monday, offering hope to travelers mired in chaos at airports since security forces foiled an alleged plot to bomb packed trans-Atlantic jetliners. But more flights from London were canceled on the fifth day of the crisis.
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British and US authorities have eased curbs for airline passengers as Britain lowered its terror alert, deeming the threat of attack to be no longer imminent though still &quot;highly likely.&quot;
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Britain lowered its terrorism threat level from the highest category on Wednesday and sources close to the investigation of last week's bomb plot said police now think they have caught the main suspects.
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The two cities targeted in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks will receive far less counterterrorism money this year in what the Homeland Security Department described Wednesday as an effort to spread funding to other communities facing threats.
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The U.S. Treasury Department on  Thursday blacklisted an American branch of Saudi Arabia's Al  Haramain Islamic Foundation, accusing the group of financing  terrorist activities.
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Scientists lowered the alert level for Mount St. Helens on Wednesday, saying they are less worried about an explosive eruption and that occasional