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ASHLEY – U.S. Rep. Paul Kanjorski Thursday unveiled a plan to lure to Luzerne County a training facility planned by the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. General Services Administration. Called the Foreign Affairs Security Training Center, the facility would train about 10,000 diplomatic security trainees annually and would be funded with some $70 million under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. An Earth Conservancy site in Conyngham Township is receiving serious attention as the location for the center, Kanjorski said. The organization owns two adjacent parcels, one 2,300 acres and the other 1,100 acres. Kanjorski said he wanted...

Rome, 27 July (AKI) - A "school" for suicide bombers has been discovered by the Italian intelligence services (SISMI) in the northern Italian region of Lombardy, according to a report of the Italian newspaper, La Stampa. The "school" has been reportedly under observation for several weeks, well before the July 7 London bombings, and SISMI has compiled a detailed dossier with names and operational information. However, a leading Muslim leader, reacting to the report, has asked why - if potential terrorists have been identified in Milan - they have not been arrested. After September 11, 2001, Italy has been subject...