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Monday, November 01, 2010  Story updated with video and photo: Officials say aircraft may be been target of bombs sent from Yemen, an al-Qaida stronghold

Sunday, October 31, 2010  Qatar Airways say parcel containing mail bomb found in Dubai traveled on 2 passenger planes

Saturday, October 30, 2010  Investigators in Yemen examine more suspect packages in hunt for terrorists in bomb plot

Friday, October 29, 2010  Explosive found in Dubai linked to mail bomb terror plot; Al-Qaida in Yemen suspected

Wednesday, May 19, 2010  While sequestered in a New York hotel room, the Times Square bomb suspect revealed he had thought about targeting other landmarks and asked investigators why the bomb he built failed to go off.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010  The White House's top terrorism adviser says a newly formed high-value detainee interrogation group, known as the HIG, was used to question Times Square bombing suspect Faisal Shahzad, as well as other suspects in the U.S. and abroad, over the past few months

Tuesday, May 18, 2010  The suspect in a botched car bombing in Times Square has left a New York City courtroom after his first public appearance since his arrest two weeks ago.

Friday, May 14, 2010  A new government program aims to train thousands of parking industry employees nationwide to watch for and report anything suspicious — abandoned cars, for example, or people hanging around garages, taking photographs or asking unusual questions.

Thursday, May 13, 2010  UPDATED 4:15 p.m. CDT. Three Pakistani men suspected of providing money to NYC car bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad were arrested by the FBI in a series of Thursday morning raids across the Northeast, law enforcement officials said.

Wednesday, May 05, 2010  Faisal Shahzad, a man accused of trying to detonate a car bomb in Times Square, was videotaped buying consumer-grade fireworks at a Pennsylvania store that a company official said were not nearly strong enough to make a powerful bomb.

Wednesday, May 05, 2010  U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Faisal Shahzad had been providing valuable information to investigators as they sought to determine the scope of the plot to blow up the SUV last Saturday night in the heart of Times Square.

Tuesday, May 04, 2010  UPDATED at 2:20 p.m. with AP video. A Pakistani-born U.S. citizen was hauled off a plane about to fly to the Middle East and will face terrorism charges in the failed attempt to explode a bomb-laden SUV in Times Square, authorities said.

Monday, January 04, 2010  Dubai opening world's tallest skyscraper, hoping to shift attention from meltdown

Thursday, October 16, 2008  A British couple charged with having sex on the beach in Dubai have been sentenced to three months in jail.