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U.K. Gov’t Minister Detained at U.S. Airport

HeadlineOct 30, 2007

The Department of Homeland Security detained Britain’s international development minister on Sunday at Washington’s Dulles Airport. Shahid Malik was held for 40 minutes, and his was luggage analyzed for traces of explosives. He was in Washington for high-level talks on tackling terrorism. Malik said he was also singled out and detained at New York’s JFK Airport by the Department of Homeland Security last November. Malik is the first Muslim to serve as a governmental minister in Britain.

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