8 May 2012 Updated 06:03 ET
US 'foils new underwear bomb plot' by al-Qaeda in Yemen
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The US has foiled a plot by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula to detonate an upgraded version of the failed 2009 "underwear bomb", US officials say.
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