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Associated Press - November 10, 2009 6:45 PM ET
NEW YORK (AP) - A fifth foreign mission to the United Nations has received an envelope with a suspicious white powder inside.
New York City police say the mission to the United Kingdom reported receiving the envelope Tuesday. The German mission to the UN got a similar package earlier Tuesday. Three other envelopes arrived Monday at the missions of France, Austria and Uzbekistan.
NYPD spokesman Paul Browne says initial tests show none of the envelopes contain anthrax or any hazardous substance.
He says 3 of the five envelopes contained notes referring to the al-Qaida terror network and mentioned the FBI. At least 4 of the envelopes had Dallas, Texas, postmarks.
FBI spokesman Richard Kolko says his office is trying to locate the sender.
As a precaution, hazardous material units decontaminated employees who handled the envelopes.
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