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Emirates Bans Pagers, Walkie-Talkies Onboard Flights After Lebanon Blasts

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Emirates Bans Pagers, Walkie-Talkies Onboard Flights After Lebanon Blasts

Reuters: Dubai’s Emirates Airlines has banned passengers from carrying pagers and walkie-talkies on its flights, following last month’s attacks on Lebanese group Hezbollah involving communication devices that exploded. “All passengers traveling to, from, or via Dubai are prohibited from transporting pagers and walkie-talkies in checked or cabin baggage,” the airline said in a statement on…

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Kerala-Born Man’s Name Comes Up In Pager Blasts Case. What Probe Reveals

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Kerala-Born Man’s Name Comes Up In Pager Blasts Case. What Probe Reveals

Jose owns a company in Bulgaria that has been linked to the supply of the pagers. The name of an Indian emigrant to Norway has cropped up in the investigation into the pager blasts aimed at Hezbollah operatives, which killed 12 people in Lebanon and left thousands injured. Now a Norwegian citizen, Rinson Jose migrated…

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How Hezbollah Faced 2 Days Of Mayhem In Lebanon

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How Hezbollah Faced 2 Days Of Mayhem In Lebanon

Pager and walkie-talkie blasts targetting Hezbollah militants caused mayhem across Lebanon. Paris: It’s around 3:30 in the afternoon on September 17. People in Lebanon are going about their daily business, doing the shopping, having a haircut, conducting meetings. Hundreds of pagers across the country, and even outside its borders, then simultaneously bleep with a message…

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8 Dead, 2,750 Injured As Pagers Explode Across Lebanon, Hezbollah Blames Israel

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8 Dead, 2,750 Injured As Pagers Explode Across Lebanon, Hezbollah Blames Israel

Beirut: Eight people have died and more than 2,750 injured, many grievously so, in Lebanon in a synchronised detonation of pagers targeting US-designated terror group Hezbollah. Iran’s state media reported that its Ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani, has also been wounded in the incident. The explosions happened at around 3:30 pm local time in Lebanon (6…

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