European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 30, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June stars and stripes Page 11 in the world americans urged to be vigilant the associated press govern ment is urging americans to be vigilant about suspicious activity after British police defused a bomb in downtown but officials said they saw no Poten tial terrorist threat in the United states ahead of next weeks fourth of july at this i have seen no credible information Sug Gesting that this incident is connected to a threat to the Home Homeland Security Secre tary Michael Chertoff said in a we have no plans at this time to change the threat he the current National threat level is or meaning there is a significant risk of terrorist we encourage the Public to enjoy the upcoming Holiday but As that they be Vigi Lant and report any suspicious activities to Chertoff president Bush was briefed on the incident by National Security adviser Stephen Hadley in where the president is at his family Home to meet sunday and monday with russian presi Dent Vladimir at the the matter was brought up at a regular Early morning briefing among Mem Bers of the joint chiefs of a Mercedes car is loaded onto a removals truck in Haymarket near Piccadilly in Central which contained a bomb British police defused the and the new government called an emergency meeting of senior Security chiefs to investigate what Many feared could have been a planned terror attack in the Simon British police defuse car bomb in London source Tel Atlas by David Stringer the associated press in London bustling theater District defused a bomb on Friday after an ambulance Crew spotted smoke coining from a Mercedes filled with a lethal mix of propane and authorities the bomb near Piccadilly Cir Cus was powerful enough to have caused significant injury or loss of British Antt error police chief Peter hours police reportedly found a second explosive device in Central according to the British broadcasting and other British metro Politan police refused to confirm the police closed off a major Street along Hyde Park for several hours to investigate a suspicious sky news and can reported that the car had been towed Over night from the West and reportedly smelled strongly of Gaso the discovery of the West end bomb plot came Days before the second anniversary of the july suicide bombings that unaffected Heath spokeswoman and Security at air i the United kingdom were largely unaffected by the i attack Friday morning in Central of rats Lakenheath and the two  Cutic around killed 52 people on three London subways and a we Are currently facing the most serious and sustained threat to our Security from International said Britain new Home Jacqui two officials in Washington briefed on the investigation said British authorities so far had found no links to terrorist and had no the officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the the events unfolded when an ambulance Crew responding to it base representatives a Call just before about a Man injured from a fall at a Hay Market nightclub noticed smoke coming from a car parked in front of the Clarke the Crew alerted and a bomb squad disabled the an american lawmaker briefed on the investigation said British authorities found a cell and sky news television said an officer had seized it from a it was going to be used to Deto Nate the said Congress Man Peter a Republican representing new Japan agrees to intercept missiles aimed at the associated press Tokyo Japan should use its missile de sense systems to shoot Down a ballistic missile targeting the United a government panel agreed according to a news re the 13member panel has been meeting to formulate policy for prime minister Shinzo Abe on Bow far japans military should be Al Lowed to go to help defend its allies if they come under an Issue that could stretch the Bounds of its pos world War ii pacifist the Overall consensus was that its strange to have a Legal system under which Japan can not do there were no arguments against the position that they missiles should be shot Kyodo news Agency quoted panel member Shinichi Kitaoka As say officials at the prime ministers office could not immediately be reached for com Japan has a Mutual Security pact with the United states guaranteeing that Washington would come to Tokyo defense if this country came under some troops Are deployed throughout japans own military is strictly limited by the which bans the use of Force to Settle International to a defensive Abe has sought to revise the Constitution to allow japans military to take a More Active role in global and to come to the Aid of other country troops in a time of last defense minister Fumio Kyuma said japans currently planned mis Sile defense system based on Standard mis sile3 interceptors is designed to intercept me Duma latitude though it May not be Able to take Down ones flying at higher Alti the greater a missiles the higher it must Fly to reach its Japan deployed its first advanced eloped Patriot missiles this and plans to introduce the sm3 interceptors on its destroyers Over the next few eur agrees to share airline passenger info Belgium a new airline passenger information sharing agreement Between the eur and the United states aimed at thwarting terrorism will Likely go into effect by july after conces Sions from both sides this envoys from the european unions 27 nations reached a Basic political understanding on the new which was struck wednesday by eur and the German eur presidency the diplomats said less data on passengers would be exchanged under the new but the would be Able to hold the information for lebanese troops shoot kill two Lebanon Leba Nese troops opened fire at angry palestinian demonstrators trying to March Back Home to their besieged Camp in Northern Lebanon on killing the state run National news Agency Virginia la an official with the International committee of the red Cross in citing red Crescent confirmed the deaths and said 29 people were also injured outside the bed Dawi refugee Spanish police arrest suspected Al Aida Spain Spanish police have arrested a moroccan Man on suspicion of recruiting volunteers for a Laidas North Africa authorities said Fri Abdellatif was detained in the town of Santa Coloma de on the outskirts of the northeastern City of Barce the Interior ministry said in a Zeh Raoui is allegedly part of a terror recruitment cell that was broken up earlier this week in the ministry three other people were arrested tuesday Mohamed Mohamed and Mou Lay Lahoucine Muftah Korea agree on nuclear oversight North Korea the nuclear watchdog and North Korea have reached an agreement on How the Agency will Monitor and verify shutdown of the country main nuclear re a top official said a team from the International atomic Energy Agency returned Friday to the North korean Capi Tal from a today trip to the Yon Byon nuclear broadcaster attn it was the first Iaea visit to the facility since monitors were expelled from the country in from the associated press