US says foils new Al-Qaeda 'underwear' plane bomb plot
The United States has foiled a plot by Al-Qaeda's
branch in Yemen to blow up a US-bound passenger jet with a new take
on the "underwear bomb" near the first anniversary of Osama bin
Laden's death, officials said Monday. The FBI said investigators
were examining the explosive that appeared to be a revamped model of
the bomb used in the Christmas Day plot of 2009, in which a plastic
explosive hidden in a Nigerian man's underwear failed to detonate on
a plane headed for Detroit.
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Clinton sees progress on Asia tour
‘We talk about everything. Nothing is off the
table’:
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday
wraps up a tour of Asia dominated by thorny disputes, as she sees
signs of progress in working through problems with emerging powers
China and India. Clinton's week-long trip was dominated by a crisis
in China over dissident Chen Guangcheng, who took refuge in the US
embassy in Beijing, and ended in India where usually friendly US
ties have been tested by disagreement on Iran.
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UK trial for portable brain-cooling device
A trial has begun of a portable brain-cooling
device which could enhance the survival prospects of cardiac
patients. Ground-based cars in the service of the charity London's
Air Ambulance are the first in the UK to carry the Rhinochill
machine.
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China’s defence chief visits Pentagon
Amid diplomatic row:
US and Chinese defence chiefs pledged Monday to
work together on cyber threats and forge a dialogue on security as
both sides steered clear of a diplomatic dispute over a top Chinese
dissident. Defence Secretary Leon Panetta and China’s Defence
Minister Liang Guanglie struck a positive note at a joint press
conference at the Pentagon, announcing a joint counter-piracy naval
exercise in the Gulf of Aden later this year and tentative plans to
cooperate in the sensitive realm of cyber security. Liang’s trip
marked the first visit by a Chinese defence minister to Washington
in nine years and US defence officals were anxious to avoid any
mention of blind rights campaigner Chen Guangcheng.
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