Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian student with alleged links to al-Qaida, tried to detonate explosives just before a U.S.jetliner landed in Detroit on a trip from Amsterdam Friday.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

Clinton said Iran's arrest of several Iranian staff members of the British embassy in Tehran for alleged links to post-election unrest was deplorable and that the United States continues to support Britain in seeking the release of those still held.

VOA: standard.2009.06.29