Since 11 September, New York sees the suicide attacker as its greatest foe - be they intent on delivering a lorry bomb, a gas canister or hijacking another airliner - and has geared its security measures accordingly.

BBC: Met chief learns NY terror lessons

More than 100 rescue workers, firefighters, sniffer-dog squads and bomb and gas experts were deployed to the gutted building in a subsidized housing complex in the city of Reims, east of Paris, officials said.

NPR: 2 Die After Explosion, Building Collapse In France

But the indictment makes no mention of a plot to detonate a radioactive "dirty bomb" or blow up apartment buildings with natural gas -- allegations made previously in public statements and court arguments by Justice Department officials.

CNN: Specter launches probe of handling of case

Security was tight in Mexico City for the inauguration earlier as petrol bomb-wielding protesters clashed with riot police who fired tear gas.

BBC: Mexico's Enrique Pena Nieto inaugurated as president