Japan Tightens Security at Airports and Facilities
Japan ordered heightened security at hundreds of air ports and government sites as riot police guard against possible terror attacks while dispatching troops for a humanitarian mission to Iraq. A National Police Agency official declined to confirm new threat information.
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Bush taps FDA chief to run Medicare CMS
President Bush on Friday named Mark McClellan, then FDA commissioner, to lead the agency overseeing Medicare and Medicaid. Analysts say the nomination aims to avoid a bruising Senate fight while implementing recent Medicare drug benefit changes.
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Supreme Court to rule on Padilla detention powers
The court will decide if U S citizens labeled enemy combatants can be detained indefinitely without access to lawyers or courts. Padilla and Hamdi cases test presidential power versus civil liberties in the war on terror.
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Diversion of Morocco-bound jet investigated in Bangor
Federal officials investigate how a Morocco bound Boeing 767 was diverted after a passenger phoned home saying he would blow up the plane. No terror threat confirmed. Zubair Ali Ghias charged with false statements to the FBI as two men were questioned.
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