Britain Blocks Some Ups Sites As Concern Over Cargo Security Grows

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LONDON - U.S.-based shipping firm UPS has been ordered to stop moving air cargo through some of its United Kingdom facilities because of security flaws, the British government said Friday.

The order is the result of a planned security check rather than a new threat to aviation - and a sign of heightened concerns about the vulnerability of cargo in the wake of an al-Qaida plot that saw bombs disguised in toner cartridges shipped on freight flights from Yemen.

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Britain Blocks Some Ups Sites As Concern Over Cargo Security Grows

Britain's Department for Transport said that "following careful consideration, the department has restricted the number of ...

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