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Europe on terror alert

NY, Washington beef up security

AGENCIES/PARIS, Washington
Governments across Europe beefed up security in airports, rail stations and public transport systems yesterday following a series of deadly rush-hour bombings in London, officials said.
"The state of alert concerns all of Europe," Italian Interior Minister Giuseppe Pisanu told reporters after a meeting of police officials and anti-terrorism experts in Rome.
From Paris to Prague, officials stepped up security in transportation hubs and rail networks after the explosions in London, which rocked both underground trains and a bus. Police said at several people were killed and 150 injured.
Emergency meetings were convened in capitals across the continent to assess security threats in the wake of the attacks.
In France, Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin announced that he had ordered an increase in the country's anti-terror alert level to red, the second-highest rating.
Security was especially tight around the British embassy in Paris, as well as in Paris area airports and rail stations for passengers travelling to Britain.
The red level of France's Vigipirate security plan calls for random checks in trains, patrols on high-speed trains including Eurostar trains heading to London and airspace restrictions over certain sensitive areas.
Berlin public transport officials raised their security alert level from "green" to "yellow", the mid-level rating, but noted they had no information about a possible attack in the German capital.
German officials in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia also boosted security at British and US installations, including several British military bases.
In Moscow, officials raised security in the metro system, which has been the target of several attacks in recent years. In February 2004, a suicide bomb attack left 42 people dead.
Several European countries including Germany and Greece set up crisis cells at their embassies in London, urging their nationals visiting Britain not to use public transport for the time being.
Dutch officials heightened security patrols in and around ports that provide sea links to British destinations.
In the Czech Republic, authorities increased patrols in shopping centres and other buildings deemed sensitive, including power stations and the headquarters of the US-funded broadcaster Radio Free Europe.
"This affects all strategic buildings," said Czech Interior Minister Frantisek Bublan.
Israeli officials immediately implemented a security clampdown at their embassies in London.
"The embassy has been put on a state of alert and our staff have been told not to leave for now," Israeli foreign ministry spokesman Mark Regev told AFP.
Across the Atlantic, officials in Washington beefed up security in the capital's metro system, but US officials said they had "no immediate plan" to raise the nation's terrorism threat level.
The threat level in the United States is currently set at "elevated," the middle rank on the five-point scale.
Washington and New York beefed up security checks on their public transport systems and urged commuters to exercise extra vigilance yesterday after a series of explosions rocked London's subway and bus system.
"In response to events in London, the Metro transit police will increase their presence in and around the Metro transit system. We ask customers to please be alert and report any unusual activity or suspicious packages," the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority said on its Web site.
The US Department of Homeland Security said it had no indication an attack similar to the London blasts was planned in the United States and had no immediate plan to raise its terrorism threat level, a spokeswoman said.
The explosions in London's transport system early on Thursday killed several people and wounded scores. Prime Minister Tony Blair called the blasts an apparent terror attack coinciding with a meeting of Group of Eight leaders in Scotland.
Fire and police spokesmen in New York, where twin hijacked plane attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 killed almost 3,000 people, said there had been no additional security ordered or any unusual incidents reported.
"We're reminding people not to leave unattended packages We're also checking our trains before they leave the yards, before they leave the terminals, as we always do," said Paul Fleuranges, spokesman for New York City Transit.
"I think we're being extra vigilant today, we're always vigilant but there's a heightened sense of awareness after this morning's events," he said.
"The subway system is always on heightened security alert so we're just double checking our trains," said a second spokesman at New York City Transit, which operates subway, bus and some rail services in the city. (AFP, Reuters)