The failed terror bomb plot constitutes Mr.Obama's most serious national security test to date, and the president has been quick to acknowledge that there is plenty of room for improvement.

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U.S. officials investigating the bombings have told The Associated Press that so far there is no evidence to date of a wider plot, including training, direction or funding for the attacks.

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" The Redstone saga, Coffee adds, "sounds like the plot of King Lear, brought up to date.

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Unlike the Gunpowder Plot, Mr Blair's attempt to rearrange the British constitution cannot be given a single neat date.

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