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A Canadian scientist has been arrested for smuggling 22 vials stolen from Canada's National Microbiology Lab, used in Ebola and HIV research, into the United States, Canadian and US officials said Wednesday. Konan Michel Yao, 42, "was taken into custody" while crossing from Manitoba into North Dakota A Public Health Agency of Canada spokeswoman [said] Yao "was working on vaccines for the Ebola virus and HIV, among other things." The Ivory Coast-born scientist is said to have studied at Laval University in Quebec and briefly worked at the University of Manitoba's plant sciences department.

PLAGUED BY FEAR: Second of seven parts Vials reported missing and feds swarm in Previously: At a time when the government was on alert for bioterrorism attacks, Texas Tech University researcher Dr. Thomas Butler was working with federal officials to confirm the effectiveness of an antibiotic against plague. On Jan. 11, 2003, Butler discovered that 30 vials of plague bacteria from his laboratory were missing. Monday, March 27, 2006 John Mangels Plain Dealer Reporter The day was almost over when the astonishing phone call came in to the Lubbock FBI office. It was Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2003, around 5 p.m....

Plagued by fear: First of seven parts Dr. Thomas Butler was the government's go-to guy if you were worried about a plague attack - and in the hair-trigger months after Sept. 11, 2001, a lot of federal officials were. For parts of three decades, he had treated the Black Death's bloated victims in the Third World. He'd plumbed the bacteria's dark secrets in university labs in Cleveland, and later in Lubbock, Texas, searching for better ways to blunt its lethal kiss. After Jan. 11, 2003, none of that mattered. Sunday, March 26, 2006 John Mangels Plain Dealer Science On a...

Nuclear Vials Presumed Stolen, Questions Remain About Safety and Procedures Federal and state officials report they still have not located two vials of radioactive material that went missing November 3 as they were being shipped by truck from Albuquerque to Kilgore, Texas. Two plastic tubes of antimony-124, a highly toxic and radioactive liquid primarily used by the oil and gas industry, are looking increasingly like they have been stolen somewhere en route from Albuquerque to Kilgore, Texas, according to New Mexico and federal officials. An official event notification filed with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission by Pro Technics, one of the...

"The US military says one sample was labelled "tabun" US troops say they have found thousands of boxes of unidentified white powder and some nerve agent antidote at an industrial site south-west of Baghdad. They also said they discovered documents in Arabic, which apparently explain how to carry out chemical warfare. A special team has been sent to investigate the discovery at Latifiya - part of a large military complex frequently visited frequently by UN weapons inspectors before the war began. US troops have also reportedly found a second site nearby containing vials of unidentified liquid and white powder. The...

Iraqi intelligence documents, confiscated by U.S. forces and obtained by CNSNews.com , show numerous efforts by Saddam Hussein's regime to work with some of the world's most notorious terror organizations, including al Qaeda, to target Americans. They demonstrate that Saddam's government possessed mustard gas and anthrax, both considered weapons of mass destruction, in the summer of 2000, during the period in which United Nations weapons inspectors were not present in Iraq. And the papers show that Iraq trained dozens of terrorists inside its borders. One of the Iraqi memos contains an order from Saddam for his intelligence service to support...

US troops say find second site with vials, powder NEAR BAGHDAD, April 4 (Reuters) - U.S. troops said on Friday they had found a second site near Baghdad containing vials of unidentified liquid and white powder. A U.S. officer told Reuters the site was close to another plant, near Latifiya, where soldiers had found boxes of vials and chemical warfare manuals earlier in the day. 04/04/03 08:21 ET

<p>Officials are investigating four vials found at the Presidio containing a crystalized chemical - possibly mustard gas - after an archaeologist for the former U.S. Army base received burns and blisters on her hands while examining them.</p> <p>Megan Wilkinson, an archaeologist at the Presidio, began examining the vials Friday when she noticed a strong odor coming from them. She immediately left the building and called the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Presidio Trust spokesman Ron Sonenshine said Monday.</p>