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Terminal evacuated at NY airport Terminal evacuated at NY airport
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A terminal at New York's John F Kennedy International Airport has been evacuated after the discovery of a suspicious package, officials said. A terminal at New York's John F Kennedy International Airport has been briefly evacuated after the discovery of a suspicious package, officials said.
The package was found at 1020 local time (1520 GMT) and the city's bomb squad is in attendance, a port authority spokesman said. The package was found at 1020 local time (1520 GMT) but the city's bomb squad found it to be harmless and containing cologne.
The evacuation affects the American Airlines terminal. The evacuation affected the American Airlines terminal.
The move comes amid heightened security in the UK, with an attack on Glasgow airport and car bombs found in London. The move came amid heightened security in the UK, with an attack on Glasgow airport and car bombs found in London.
New York and New Jersey port authority spokesman Steve Coleman said authorities had taken "a number of measures as we always do to respond to security situations immediately".
Terminal operations returned to normal within an hour and no flights were affected, officials said.
Authorities in the US have heightened security at airports and train station in the wake of the incidents in the UK but the alert level nationwide has not been raised.
The British government on Saturday raised the terrorist alert to critical - the highest level.