Killer Bug Scare On Flight

A woman who arrived in London on a flight from Africa yesterday is reported to have died from the deadly and contagious ebola virus.

Panic has spread among cabin crew and hospital staff after the death of the 38-year-old Briton.

The unnamed woman is understood to work at an embassy in the African kingdom of Lesotho.

Before boarding a Virgin Atlantic flight from Johannesburg to Heathrow she visited a doctor complaining of flu-like symptoms.

She was allowed to fly, but during Flight VS602 to the UK she suffered a violent fit which left her unconscious.

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Followup: FBI releases photos of suspect delivering tainted muffins

The muffins that sent 18 employees of a Dallas high school to the hospital earlier this week were tainted with marijuana, Dallas County health officials said Thursday.

The employees of Lake Highlands High School got sick after eating muffins left in the teachers lounge Tuesday morning.

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Hillsborough: School bus ride takes 2 to jail

Though their actions only resulted in misdemeanor charges, Almanajam and Alsidran were quickly under the microscope of the FBI, Florida Department of Law Enforcement Regional Domestic Security Task Force, the Sheriff’s Homeland Security Division, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Sheriff’s spokesman J.D. Callaway described the two as cagey and evasive as they answered questions. They said they were from Morocco, Callaway said, and then Saudi Arabia. The men told authorities they said they were from Morocco because they worried Americans fear Saudi Arabian men.

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Two Saudi men arrested for boarding school bus to Wharton High School

Two men from Saudi Arabia were arrested today after they boarded a public school bus taking students to Wharton High School, the sheriff’s office reported.

Mana Saleh Almanajam, 23, and Shaker Mohsen Alsidran, 20, both of Tampa, were charged with trespassing on school grounds as unlawful riders on a school bus.

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Plot to down El Al jet in Geneva foiled

A terrorist plot to blow up an El Al jet at Geneva airport with an RPG (rocket propelled grenade) in December was uncovered by the Swiss and French intelligence agencies, details released for publication on Friday revealed.

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Tainted muffins sicken 18 in Texas

At least 18 employees of a Dallas high school reportedly became ill after consuming muffins suspected of being laced with a drug.

The sickened employees at Lake Highlands High School included three teachers. They were treated at a local hospital after complaining of dizziness, nausea and increased heart rate, The Dallas Morning News reported. No students were affected.

Authorities suspect the muffins in the teachers’ lounge were laced with a street or over-the-counter drug.

A school official said two boxes of muffins were delivered by a man who apparently was recorded on a security video. The man said the sweets were part of an Eagle Scout project, the report said.

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Canada plays down talk of an al-Qaeda attack

Canada’s spy service, reacting to the release of a report by the agency’s head that said an al-Qaeda attack on Canada was probable, stressed on Wednesday there were no imminent threats to the country.

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Homeland Security Issues Mass Transit Alert

U.S. mass transit systems should remain alert against possible terror attacks, the Homeland Security Department said in a new warning that highlighted suspicious activity at unnamed European subway stations last fall.

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Major Al Qaeda Leader Arrested in Pakistan May Be in U.S. Custody

A top Al Qaeda leader whose links stretch from Afghan terror training camps to extremist networks operating throughout Europe has been detained in neighboring Pakistan and possibly handed over to American authorities, according to a U.S. law enforcement official.

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