(CNN)-- The Christmas Day airline terror alert has brought focus on PETN, a substance till now largely unknown to the public. The white powder is said to be central ...

CBS News has confirmed that the explosive found in crude devices on planes in the United Kingdom and Dubai was powerful agent known as PETN - a favorite of terrorists in many attacks and attempts in ...

, in an explosive device while sitting on his seat. He was thwarted by passengers on the plane and suffered third and fourth-degree burns. , PETN is a manmade chemical mixture. It is "one of the ...

Reporting from Washington — New airport security procedures that have stirred the emotions of air travelers — full-body scans and aggressive pat-downs — were largely designed to detect an explosive ...

The lethal chemical compound PETN, favoured by al-Qaida, is detectable by state-of-the-art airport scanners, but closing a "security loophole" by expanding their use to all freight cargo would be ...

A vendor shows walkie-talkie devices without batteries at an electronic store in Sidon BEIRUT (Reuters) -The batteries of the walkie-talkies used by Lebanese armed group Hezbollah that blew up this ...

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The suspect in the attempted bombing of Northwest Flight 253 used a highly explosive substance called PETN, a law enforcement official told CBS News Saturday. The explosives were carried in a soft ...

PETN has been used in a number of attacks linked to al-Qaeda. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab hid PETN in his underwear when he traveled from Amsterdam to Detroit last Christmas. The suspicious packages ...

(CNN)-- The Christmas Day airline terror alert has brought focus on PETN, a substance till now largely unknown to the public. The white powder is said to be central ...