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August 10, 2006

Terror plot: Get used to carry-on limits, R.I. officials say

CRANSTON -- Get used to strict limits on what you can carry on to commercial flights.

A host of state officials told the media this afternoon that the restrictions enacted today that prohibit any kind of fluid -- even hair gel and lotion -- in carry-on bags will continue indefinitely.

The group -- including Governor Carcieri, Lt. Gov. Charles Fogarty, Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency Executive Director Robert J. Warren and Adjutant General Robert T. Bray -- also indicated that Rhode Island would not call on the National Guard to help with airport security, as Massachusetts officials have done for Boston's Logan Airport.

There are no indications that flights are being affected at T.F. Green Airport or any airport in the nation, according to Mark Brewer, who heads the Rhode Island Airport Corporation.

-- With reports from Journal staff writer Amanda Milkovits

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