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INCREASED SECURITY MEASURES AT CAPE CANAVERAL

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, Due to the launch of the Shuttle Endeavour, scheduled for tonight but delayed by 24 hours after the incorrect docking of the Russian spaceship Progress with the International Space Station, Cape Canaveral has been put under unprecedented levels of security. The presence of almost two thousand tons of fuel renders the Shuttle an appetising target for possible terrorist attacks....

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 20790
Rome, Italy, 11/29/2001 16:33
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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