Report: Bomb parts brought in federal buildings: "Plainclothes investigators sent to test security at federal buildings in four U.S. cities were successful in smuggling bomb components through guard posts at all 10 of the sites they visited, according to a government report. The investigators then assembled the bombs in restrooms and freely entered numerous government offices while carrying the inert devices in briefcases, the GAO report said.
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U.S. launches 'major' Afghanistan operation: "U.S. troops have launched a 'major operation' against Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan, U.S. military officials announced in Afghanistan early Thursday.
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Child found alive in ocean after jumbo jet crash: "Rescuers searching the wreckage of a downed Yemeni jet found a young child alive in the Indian Ocean. 'It is a miracle; I am glad the toddler is safe,' Jon Cox, an aviation expert, told CNN. The child is the only survivor from the Yemenia Airways flight, which was carrying 153 people to Comoros from Yemen's capital, Sanaa.
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Yemeni plane crashes with 150 aboard: "A Yemeni jetliner with 150 people aboard has crashed in the Indian Ocean off the island nation of Comoros, aviation officials in Yemen said Tuesday. The Airbus A310, from the national airline Yemenia, was en route to Comoros when it crashed about an hour before it was due to land, an airline official said. There was no word on the fate of those on board. Most of the passengers were Comoran, an official at Sanaa's airport told CNN.
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USMC: GAO V-22 Report Misses The Mark: "'The Osprey's performance in Iraq proved to us that it is safer, faster and can range farther than any helicopter'"
