International Business News - Threat http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif A teenage student accused of posting a threat against her school on her social-networking Web page was just trying to prolong her summer break, her lawyer said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080903/ny-teen-arrested-after-school-threat-on-facebook.htm Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:18:39 EDT A Colorado man suspected of making racist threats against Barack Obama limped into federal court on crutches Thursday and was formally advised of a methamphetamine-possession charge against him. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/117939-obama-threat-investigation.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080828/man-whose-obama-threats-sparked-probe-due-in-court.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080828/man-whose-obama-threats-sparked-probe-due-in-court.htm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:28:20 EDT Airport police evacuated a passenger plane that was grounded for hours Tuesday due to a telephone threat. Three passengers were detained in connection with the incident, a spokesman said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080826/police-ground-turkey-bound-flight-after-threat.htm Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:53:10 EDT A man who wrote hundreds of threatening letters over 20 years to black and mixed-race men--including Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter--was sentenced Tuesday to three years and 10 months in prison. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080826/ohio-man-sentenced-for-writing-racial-hate-letters.htm Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:54:23 EDT A group of suspected drug users arrested in Denver this weekend with methamphetamine, guns and bulletproof vests made racist threats against Barack Obama but posed no true danger to the presidential candidate as he accepts the Democratic nomination here this week, federal authorities said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/116817-correction-obama-threat-investigation.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080826/fbi-looks-into-denver-reports-of-threat-on-obama.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080826/fbi-looks-into-denver-reports-of-threat-on-obama.htm Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:29:07 EDT The FBI is looking into reports in Denver media outlets that a man under investigation for drug and weapons violations may have made threats against Barack Obama, officials said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080825/fbi-looks-into-denver-reports-of-threat-on-obama.htm Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:54:50 EDT Florida authorities are investigating a threatening letter sent to Gov. Charlie Crist that contained a suspicious but nontoxic white powder. Florida Department of Law Enforcement spokeswoman Heather Smith says the letter was intercepted Wednesday at the mail center at the state capitol. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080822/threat-letter-with-powder-sent-to-florida-governor.htm Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:48:43 EDT Prosecutors charged a jail inmate Friday with sending a threatening letter and white powder to a Colorado campaign office for GOP presidential candidate John McCain. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080822/officials-threat-sent-to-mccain-colorado-office.htm Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:57:25 EDT Florida authorities are investigating a threatening letter sent to Gov. Charlie Crist that contained a suspicious but nontoxic white powder. Florida Department of Law Enforcement spokeswoman Heather Smith says the letter was intercepted Wednesday at the mail center at the state capitol. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080821/threat-letter-with-powder-sent-to-fla-governor.htm Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:16:26 EDT A threatening letter containing an unidentified white powder was sent to a John McCain campaign office in this south Denver suburb Thursday, authorities said. No injuries were immediately reported. Authorities later said the substance was not hazardous. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/113656-mccain-2008.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080821/officials-threat-powder-sent-to-mccain-office.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080821/officials-threat-powder-sent-to-mccain-office.htm Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:42:59 EDT A man who authorities said kept an arsenal of weaponry and military gear pleaded not guilty Wednesday to threatening to assassinate both President Bush and Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/fla-man-pleads-not-guilty-to-bush-obama-threat.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:14:37 EDT Authorities are investigating a letter sent to the headquarters of a South Dakota congressional candidate containing threats and a white powder. Republican Senate candidate Joel Dykstra was not at his Sioux Falls office when his staff opened the letter Tuesday and called 911. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080819/threatening-letter-powder-mailed-to-sd-candidate.htm Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:49:35 EDT An Air China passenger jet was forced to return to Japan and four others were delayed Friday after a bomb threat was e-mailed to the airline's Tokyo office, the Japanese Transport Ministry said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080808/e-mail-threat-turns-back-plane-to-japan.htm Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:59:20 EDT Two people closest to a man charged with threatening to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Friday he has no violent tendencies and would never have seriously threatened violence against anyone. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080808/man-held-in-fla-on-charge-of-threatening-obama.htm Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:14:47 EDT Security forces squeezed their grip on China a notch tighter Friday for the start of the Olympics, edging up restrictions in the capital and imposing much tougher ones in a restive Muslim area in the country's far west. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/105393-beijing-olympics.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080808/islamic-group-threatens-olympic-transport.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080808/islamic-group-threatens-olympic-transport.htm Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:13:27 EDT A man who authorities said was keeping weapons and military-style gear in his hotel room and car appeared in court Thursday on charges he threatened to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/104910-obama-threat.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080807/man-held-in-fla-on-charge-of-threatening-obama.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080807/man-held-in-fla-on-charge-of-threatening-obama.htm Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:39:55 EDT A Chinese Islamic group that has threatened to attack the Beijing Olympics released a new video warning Muslims to avoid being on planes, trains and buses with Chinese at the games, a U.S. group that monitors militant organizations said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/104888-china-security.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080807/video-threatening-olympics-is-posted-online.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080807/video-threatening-olympics-is-posted-online.htm Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:22:29 EDT A timeline of major upcoming events that could be attractive targets for terrorists: _Aug. 8-24--Olympics in Beijing http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080728/major-upcoming-events-vulnerable-to-terror-attacks.htm Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:58:34 EDT The Homeland Security Department will soon tell its employees to review security and emergency plans as the country enters into a period of heightened alert lasting until next summer because of the Olympics and U.S. presidential election. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080728/homeland-security-workers-to-be-told-be-vigilant.htm Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:53:50 EDT A Miami federal judge on Friday toughened an order against a group that promotes its own currency and says it wants to seize control of Bank of America and more than $15 billion from its branches. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080725/miami-judge-issues-injunction-for-finance-group.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:38:56 EDT