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Tuesday 19 July 2016
New security measures bring long lines at Brazil airportsÂ
A soldier walks with his weapon during a security training drill simulating a terrorist attack at the eased up by the afternoon. Cabreu, a 68-year-old re-
Deodoro train station ahead of the Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. New, stricter security Smaller airports elsewhere tiree who lives in a building
checks were implemented in Brazilian airports Monday, less than three weeks before Rio de Ja- in Sao Paulo state in south- around the corner. “I doubt
neiro hosts the Olympics. ern Brazil also reported it’s anything, but with the
problems. There were long Olympics coming up it’s
(AP Photo/Leo Correa) lines as well at the Santos good to find out.â€
Dumont regional airport in Because of the stricter
MAURICIO SAVARESE day, stalling travelers and port in Brazil’s biggest city, Rio de Janeiro, where the checks in airports, Brazil-
PETER PRENGAMAN delaying flights less than Sao Paulo. Within a half- games are scheduled to ian state airport adminis-
Associated Press three weeks before Rio de hour, more than 700 peo- open Aug. 5. International trator, Infraero, has rec-
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) Janeiro hosts the Olympics. ple were waiting on the airports have not been af- ommended that travelers
— New, stricter security Starting at 6 a.m., long, building’s first and second fected so far. now arrive two hours be-
checks were implemented chaotic lines formed at floors to pass through secu- The new measures took ef- fore scheduled domestic
in Brazilian airports Mon- Congonhas regional air- rity checkpoints. The lines fect days after the truck at- flights instead of 30 min-
tack that killed 84 people in utes. At least five flights at
Nice, France, underscoring Congonhas were delayed
potential security threats Monday, Infraero said.
at big events. Authorities The new procedures in-
say some 85,000 soldiers clude body searches, re-
and police officers will pa- moval of electronic items
trol Rio’s streets during the from bags before scanning
Olympics. and more thorough lug-
Also Monday, a police gage inspections.
bomb squad responded Brazil’s aviation agency
to a report of a suspicious said the steps are neces-
bag outside an apartment sary. “Due to this vacation
building in Rio’s wealthy period and with the proxim-
Leblon neighborhood. Of- ity of the Olympic Games,
ficers blocked the street demand for air transporta-
and used a robot to in- tion will surely increase,â€
spect the blue sports bag, the agency said.
which turned out to have Brazilian authorities expect
only clothes inside. more than 500,000 foreign
“This kind of thing isn’t typi- tourists to visit Rio for the
cal in Brazil,†said Sergio Olympic Games.q
Argentine Jews urge president to help solve terror bombingÂ
A. CALATRAVA graphs of their loved ones. gentines believe has come local radio. tions that then-President
Associated Press Survivors also criticized pre- to symbolize an inept and During the ceremony, some Cristina Fernandez orches-
BUENOS AIRES, Argen- vious governments for not corrupt justice system. also called for answers in trated a secret deal to
tina (AP) — Jewish leaders solving the crime. “It’s been 22 years of not the mysterious death of the cover up Iranian officials’
asked President Mauricio “The justice they deserved knowing what went on as a leading prosecutor investi- alleged role in the attack.
Macri to help solve Argen- is as dead as them,†Sofia result of badly introduced gating the case. Fernandez denied it and
tina’s worst terrorist attack de Guterman said about evidence, other evidence Alberto Nisman’s body was judges later threw out the
as the country observed her daughter, Andrea that hasn’t even been discovered in his apart- case.
the bombing’s 22nd anni- Guterman, and other vic- considered, and docu- ment Jan. 18, 2015, with A year and a half after
versary Monday. tims during the ceremony ments that the executive a gunshot wound to the Nisman’s death, authori-
The 1994 attack on the held at the reconstructed power hid from judges,†head. ties have yet to determine
Argentine-Israeli Mutual As- building. Mario Cimadevilla, head of Nisman was scheduled to whether he took his own life
sociation collapsed the or- If those responsible don’t a special investigative unit go before Congress the or was killed by someone
ganization’s main building, face justice, “we’ll soon focused on the attack, told next day to present allega- else.q
killing 85 people and leav- have to issue a death cer-
ing hundreds injured in the tificate for the case itself,â€
rubble. Guterman said.
During the ceremony Mon- Prosecutors have accused
day, Macri presented a Iranian officials of being be-
flower wreath as sirens hind the bombing, but no
blared and the families one has been convicted in
of the victims held photo- the attack, which many Ar-
