This is the mass production that China is famed for, with the company today employing a total of 1, 500 people and making around seven million pairs of scissors and three million knives a year.

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Esfandiari's troubles in Iran began when three masked men holding knives threatened to kill her on Dec. 30 as she was on her way to the Tehran airport after visiting her 93-year-old mother, the Wilson Center said.

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According to the Wilson Center, Dr. Esfandiari was on her way to the airport on December 30th when three masked men with knives threatened to kill her and took her baggage and passports - both U.S. and Iranian.

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Washington (CNN) -- The U.S. government will temporarily delay a controversial rule that would again permit passengers to carry small knives on commercial flights three days before it was due to take effect.

CNN: U.S. to keep restriction on small knives on planes for now

Folded pocket knives with blades of less than three inches in length and cartridge-style razor blades are not covered by the legislation.

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Trading standards officers seized a haul of knives, including kitchen knives, craft knives and carving sets with blades ranging from three to eight inches long.

BBC: NEWS | UK | England | Derbyshire | Shops warned over knife sales

These drugs, several of which are wending their way through human testing at Pfizer, Bayer, GlaxoSmithkline and other firms, are like Swiss Army knives, with molecular structures versatile enough to deactivate two, three or even four tumor-promoting proteins at once.

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