January 1, 2010 7:13 PM

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Britain beefed up airport security

Britain is to enhance its airport security after the wake-up call of the alleged failed Detroit plane attack. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said he had ordered a review of the existing security measures, and advisers would report within days.<br/><br/>He said full-body scanners would be among the new technologies considered. Mr. Brown said the alleged plane bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who had studied in London, had linked up with al-Qaeda in Yemen after leaving Britain . Nigerian-born Mr Abdulmutallab is accused of trying to detonate a bomb on a flight as it came in to land in Detroit on Christmas Day.

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