British intelligence played a central role in the undercover operation to foil an underwear bomb plot involving al Qaeda's Yemeni offshoot, counter terrorism sources told Reuters.

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Alain Ghonda travels the globe with heightened awareness after Christmas 2009, when a plane he was on could have been destroyed in midair by a terrorist smuggling a bomb in his underwear.

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The government is contemplating defining the word 'terrorist' under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act.

The act so far only defines terrorist acts, terrorist organisations, unlawful activities a

One of the most significant Al-Qaeda plots in years collapsed to the cry 'hey dude your pants are on fire' as explosives in the underwear of a Nigerian man failed to detonate aboard a packed US-bound

A young Nigerian man pleaded guilty Wednesday to trying to kill nearly 300 people aboard a US-bound airliner on Christmas Day 2009 by igniting explosives secreted in his underwear.

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