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The U.S. charged a 23-year-old Nigerian man Saturday with attempting to destroy a Northwest Airlines aircraft on its final approach to Detroit Metropolitan Airport on Christmas Day, and with placing a destructive device on the aircraft. The Justice Department announced: "A preliminary FBI analysis found that the device contained PETN, also known as pentaerythritol, a high explosive. ... FBI agents recovered what appear to be the remnants of" a syringe from near the man's seat.
