Wednesday, December 09, 2009 WASHINGTON: The details of security procedures at US airports have been mistakenly posted online by the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA).The document reveals which passengers are exempt from screening and that security can be reduced in peak hours. Information which had been blacked out for security reasons was easily retrievable using ordinary software. The TSA said there was no threat to security as the document was outdated, but that it took the issue seriously. The document was posted on the TSA's Federal Business Opportunity site in March, said the foreign news agency.
BEIRUT: Thousands of people converged Saturday on central Beirut to mark the fourth anniversary of the assassination of Lebanese former premier Rafiq Hariri.Waving Lebanese flags and carrying pictures of the slain leader, men, women and children gathered under sunny skies in Martyr's Square where members of the parliamentary majority were to address the crowd. The rally comes as final preparations are underway in The Hague for the launch of the international tribunal set up to bring Hariri's killers to justice. It also comes as the country prepares for legislative elections in June that will pit Western-backed political parties against a Hezbollah-led alliance backed by Syria and Iran.Hariri died in a massive car bombing on February 14, 2005 that also killed 22 others. The assassination was widely blamed on then Lebanese power-broker Syria, which has denied any involvement. The attack on the Beirut seafront was one of the worst acts of political violence to rock Lebanon since t...
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