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London - Security officials in Britain said on Tuesday they uncovered a scheme to build a chemical bomb capable of creating a toxic cloud that would choke people to death. The BBC reported that police and intelligence staff from both the United States and Britain intercepted messages between organizers of the plot involving the chemical catalyst osmium tetroxide. Nine Britons and one Canadian with alleged ties to Islamic militant groups were arrested last week and are being held on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack. Half a tonne of ammonium nitrate fertilizer was seized in the same set of raids. Santa Ana, Calif. - An elderly man in California who made up a university, then raked in millions selling diplomas from it has been sentenced to eight months in jail. Ronald Pellar, 75, will invented "Columbia State University" in Louisiana. He then marketed bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees that could be acquired by correspondence in as little as one month for between $1,500 and $3,000 US. Copenhagen - The war in Iraq has left the country worse off than it was under Saddam Hussein's regime, former United Nations weapons inspector Hans Blix told a newspaper in Denmark. "What's positive is that Saddam and his bloody regime is gone, but when figuring out the score, the negatives weigh more," Blix said.
