31. German authorities were investigating an envelope containing white powder found in a parking garage for possible infectious agents, the Robert Koch Institute announced Wednesday. 32. French authorities have taken legal action against thirteen people suspected of sending packages containing white powders as a hoax, and all could face time in jail. 33. German authorities said Wednesday they were investigating an envelope containing white powder that was found in a parking garage for possible infectious agents. 34. He said it contained no powder. 35. In Beirut, four letters that contained white powder were confiscated by police Tuesday and sent to government laboratories to be tested for anthrax, security officials said. 36. In Beirut, three letters that contained white powder were confiscated by police Tuesday and sent to government laboratories to be tested for anthrax, security officials said. 37. In Cape Town, a security policy think-tank said an employee found a folded piece of paper containing powder in his mailbox at home. 38. In Slovakia, police seized four envelopes in the past two days that contained suspicious powders or crystals, Interior Minister Ivan Simko said. 39. Last week, two letters containing white powder tested negative for anthrax. 40. Lombardo said the anthrax spores were found pressed into a travel brochure, but the envelope that held the brochure did not contain any powder. |