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Developments in the overseas investigation
By The Associated Press
Overseas developments Monday related to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks:
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– In Germany, a white powder was found in the mailroom at Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's offices Monday. Authorities sealed the mailroom and were investigating whether the substance is dangerous.
– In Australia, dozens of government workers in the northeast city of Townsville were hosed down after their office received a letter containing white powder and a U.S. Consulate is evacuated in a similar scare.
– In Yemen, honey merchants placed on a U.S. Treasury Department list of individuals and businesses suspected of conducting or financing terrorism denied they were fronts for moving arms and money for suspected terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden.
– In Switzerland, the government's money laundering watchdog said Swiss banks are unlikely to contain significant amounts of money linked to terrorist groups.
– In Belgium, the government began drawing up tougher laws Monday against pranksters after the discovery of several letters containing white powder were blamed on hoaxers playing on fears of germ warfare.
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