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The United States has apologised to Pakistan over "mistreatment" of a Pakistani military delegation at a US airport this week, the Pakistani defence ministry said Friday.

The United States should apologise for the wrongful arrest of two Yemenis on Dutch soil after gifts in their luggage gave rise to terror suspicions, Yemen's ambassador to The Hague said Thursday.

Dutch prosecutors say Yemenis arrested in terror probe have been freed. Two Yemeni men arrested on arrival from the United States on suspicion they may have been conducting a dry run for an airline terror attack were released without charge Wednesday after investigations turned up no evidence to link them to a terror plot, Dutch prosecutors said.

A delegation of Pakistani officers refused to attend a defense conference in the United States this week in protest over their treatment at a Washington airport, officials said Wednesday.

AP source: FBI investigates 2 men arrested in Amsterdam but does not suspect terror. The FBI probe of two men arrested in Amsterdam after suspicious items turned up in one of the men's luggage is finding they were probably not on a test run for a future terror attack, a U.S. official said Tuesday, casting doubt on earlier suggestions even as Dutch authorities held the pair on suspicion of conspiring to commit a terrorist act.

AP Source: FBI investigates 2 men arrested in Amsterdam but does not suspect terror activity. The FBI probe of two men arrested in Amsterdam after suspicious items turned up in one of the men's luggage is finding they were probably not on a test run for a future terror attack, a U.S. official said Tuesday, casting doubt on earlier suggestions even as Dutch authorities held the pair on suspicion of conspiring to commit a terrorist act.

Some states suing to overturn health care law also line up for its retiree subsidy. More than half a dozen states suing to overturn President Barack Obama's health care law are also claiming its subsidies for covering retired state government employees, according to a list released Tuesday by the administration.

More than half a dozen states suing to overturn President Barack Obama's health care law are also claiming its subsidies for covering retired state government employees, according to a list released Tuesday by the administration.

Dutch police questioned Tuesday two US residents of Yemeni descent arrested after flying into the Netherlands from Chicago in what officials fear may have been a dry run for a terror attack.

The White House on Tuesday promised a "vigorous investigation" into two US residents of Yemeni descent arrested after arriving by plane in Amsterdam in what officials called a possible terror plot.

FBI investigates 2 men arrested in Amsterdam on terror suspicions and potential test run. U.S. law enforcement officials say investigators are looking into whether two men arrested in Amsterdam were conducting a dry run for a potential terrorist attack.

Two US residents of Yemeni descent have been arrested in Amsterdam after flying in from Chicago and staging what officials fear may have been a dry run for a terror attack.

Two US residents of Yemeni descent have been arrested in Amsterdam after flying in from Chicago and staging what officials fear may have been a dry run for a terror attack.

Dutch police have arrested two men on a US flight who officials fear may have been staging a terror attack "dry run" after box cutters and a cellphone taped to a bottle were reportedly found in their bags.

AP source: 2 passengers on Chicago-Amsterdam flight questioned over suspicious luggage. Two men on a United Airlines flight from Chicago to Amsterdam were questioned by Dutch authorities after U.S. officials found a cell phone taped to a Pepto Bismol bottle and a knife and box cutter in checked luggage connected with the men, a law enforcement official said.

Dutch airport police have confirmed that two men have been arrested in Amsterdam after their arrival from Chicago, as American media said the men had been charged with "preparation of a terrorist attack."

Justice Department says no more antitrust concerns about United-Continental deal. The Justice Department said Friday that it has no more antitrust concerns about the deal that would combine United and Continental into the world's largest airline.

The United States on Friday cleared the way for a merger between US carriers United and Continental that will create the world's biggest airline, officials and the airlines said.

DOJ: After deal with Southwest, government investigation ends of United, Continental merger. The Justice Department says it has closed its investigation into the proposed merger of UAL Corp. and Continental Airlines Inc.

LONDON/TOKYO/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Boeing Co <BA.N> has pushed back delivery of its first 787 Dreamliner by several weeks -- a widely expected decision but also the latest in a series of embarrassing glitches that have disrupted production of the hotly anticipated aircraft.