5 Embassies Are Closed Over Suspicious Powder
From Times Wire Reports
The U.S. Embassy and those of four other nations with troops in Iraq were closed in Canberra after envelopes containing a white powder were intercepted, Australian authorities said.
The other embassies were those of Britain, Japan, Italy and South Korea. Police said tests showed the powder in at least two parcels was not harmful.
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