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File photo of Egyptian military police. (credit: KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/GettyImages)

Egyptian Kidnapper Releases Americans After Holding Them Hostage For 4 Days

The head of Egyptian security in North Sinai and the kidnapper say two Americans and their Egyptian tour guide, abducted four days ago, have been released.

2012/07/16

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Couple Accused Of Trying To Smuggle 5-Month-Old Son In Luggage At Airport

An Egyptian couple is accused of trying to smuggle their 5-month-old child in their luggage at the Sharjah International Airport in the United Arab Emirates.

2012/07/10

Col. James Johnson III formerly led U.S. troops of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, shown here in training exercises near Hohenfels, Germany. (credit: Johannes Simon/Getty Images)

U.S. Commander Guilty Of Fraud, Bigamy With Iraqi Wife

Col. James Johnson III was found guilty at a court martial of multiple counts of fraud stemming from his relationship with a married woman he met during his field duty in Iraq.

All News 99.1 WNEW–2012/06/20

Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger speaks to introduce China's Vice President Xi Jinping to leaders from the private and public sectors at a luncheon co-hosted by the US-China Business Council and the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations with the support of several cooperating organizations in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 15, 2012. (credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

TSA Agents Conduct ‘Full Monty’ Pat-Down On Henry Kissinger

Even a Nobel Peace Prize winner can’t avoid a pat-down.

2012/05/14

Yemeni al-Qaeda leader Fahd al-Quso stands behind the bars at a court in Sanaa during the trial for six militants charged over the USS Cole bombing in Yemen's Aden port. (credit: KHALED FAZAA/AFP/GettyImages)

Al-Qaeda Setback: Terror Group Fails In Bomb Plots Past 3 Years

Over the past three years, al-Qaeda bomb makers in Yemen have developed three fiendishly clever devices in hopes of attacking airplanes in the skies above the United States.

2012/05/09

TSA Officer Beatriz Thompson processes airline passengers luggage thru an X-Ray machine at Dulles Airport in Virginia on Aug. 11, 2006. (credit: PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)

Officials: No Need To Change Airport Security Procedures Despite Bomb Plot

Despite the discovery of a sophisticated new al-Qaeda airline bomb plot, congressional and security officials suggested no immediate need Tuesday to change airport security procedures, which already subject shoeless passengers to intrusive pat-downs and body scans.

2012/05/08