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Civilian plane comes under missile attack on northern Iraq
Worries about shoulder-mounted missile attacks on civilian aircraft are revived; Kurdish economy may suffer as a result of attack near Sulaimaniya
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EU retaliates against new U.S. travel restrictions
EU threatens tit-for-tat visa limits on Americans after U.S. tightens law; Europeans already upset with U.S. plans to screen all cargo on passenger aircraft and screen all U.S.-bound containers for nuclear devices
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TSA awards Rapiscan contract for testing of passenger imaging system
In the last two years, Rapiscan has moved aggressively into four inspection-and scanning-related market segments; TSA eager to test company’s technology
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TSA tightens security checkpoint procedures
Video game consoles and DVD players are now subject to separate X-ray inspection at airport security checkpoints
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Breast milk allowed on planes
TSA changes its rules, now allowing mother to carry breast milk on planes — whether or not they are accompanied by infants
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EU says U.S. cargo scanning would disrupt trade, violate treaties
Congress wants DHS to implement 100 percent inspection of U.S.-bound freight containers; EU says this will do not much to security, but would disrupt trade and violate international treaties
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Texas Southern University to build transportation security center
Bringing home the bacon: Two influential members of Congress from Houston secure funding for transportation security center at TSU
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Impressive growth of people working in security sector
The 9/11 attacks have engendered broad, steady growth of people working in the security sector, with more hiring planned
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U.S.-EU in comprehensive travaler data sharing accord
After much wrangling, U.S. and E.U. agree on enhancing data-sharing cooperation on travelers from Europe to the U.S.; U.S. will be given more data on travelers earlier, and keep it for longer period
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Schipol airport makes waiting in line more entertaining
Today is the busiest day of the year at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport, with some 170,000 passnegrs expected; the airport authorities hired cabaret artists to entertain those standing in long lines at security checkpoints
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World airport security equipment market to reach $131.7 billion by 2010
The threat terrorism poses for aviation, the increasing diversity of the means at their disposal, and the growing reliance on air travel combine to drive growth of airport security market
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Security lines at airport lengthen
Congress, to save money, has capped the number of security officers that the TSA can hire to man check points at airports; the number of fliers is growing; the result: Longer lines, waiting periods
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Radar outage in Brazil adds to aviation woes
A week ago 191 people died when an Airbus A320 overran a short tarmac in Sao Paulo; on Saturday, traffic control radar went dark
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Fingerprints, face scans at Heathrow's Terminal 5
Heathrow’s Terminal 5 opens in March to serve both domestic and international passengers; both will be fingerprinted, face-scanned to avoid bypassing immigration control
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TSA to lift ban on most lighters on planes
TSA administrator Kip Hawley says “Taking lighters away [from passengers] is security theater,” and agency will allow most lighters on board as of 4 August
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