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Fri 01 Jan 2010EU executive asks Slovakia to explain airport incident
THE EUROPEAN Commission has sought an explanation from the Slovak authorities over the botched security test in which a man travelling to Dublin from Poprad-Tatry airport flew with explosives planted in his luggage.
“We would like to know what happened,” said a commission spokesman last night. On Wednesday, a day after news of the incident emerged, the commission would not say whether it deemed the incident acceptable.
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