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The bottle lid from an empty water container removed from our luggage during security.

The bottle was of little value, but I was puzzled by the banning of empty containers of this size. I asked the Security attendent to give me the reason for banning these items and he responded by saying that he could not tell us why they were banned.

I got the impression that It wasn't that he didn't know, but that he wasn't allowed to tell us.

The unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons.

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Israel Blames Iran-Backed Terrorism for India, Georgia Bombs
14 (Bloomberg) -- Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to “act methodically” against Iran-backed terrorism, which he blamed for car-bomb attacks on diplomatic targets in India and Georgia. Iran denied any connection to the bombing of an ...
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Jonathan urges African leaders to join hands against terrorism
As a result, he said countries in the region were threatened by insurgents and terrorists with dire consequences for peace, stability and prosperity of the sub-region. Similarly, in the Gulf of Guinea, he lamented that increasing incidence of piracy ...
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