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	AZF - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On September 21 2001, a huge explosion occurred in the AZF fertilizer factory in Toulouse, France, belonging to the Grande Paroisse branch of the Total group.
		AZF is a terrorist group based in France.
		A week or so later another bomb was found on the TGV train tracks, but it wasn't live and wasn't the same as the one found earlier [2].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/AZF (539 words)

	USATODAY.com - Group suspends terror threats to France (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The French government first revealed the threat from AZF on March 3, when it said a powerful bomb was found Feb. 21 on the Paris-Toulouse train line near Limoges in central France.
		The government said AZF was threatening to detonate nine bombs planted in the rail network unless it was paid sums totaling $5.2 million.
		In the new letter, AZF also included a cryptic threat, saying that if the money were not paid when asked, "France will surpass without glory the sad Spanish records," an apparent reference to the Madrid bombings.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2004-03-25-french-railway_x.htm (1012 words)

	Euromedia: Bombs threats in France
		In one letter to the government, AZF described itself as "a pressure group with a terrorist character created in a secular brotherhood." Just what they are pressuring for has not been made clear, and the description could be a cover.
		AZF is the name of a chemical plant owned by French oil major Total that exploded in Toulouse in September 2001.
		AZF first surfaced in December with a letter to French President Jacques Chirac in which it criticized the government, the media and the French school system, and threatened unspecified attacks.
	journalism.berkeley.edu /projects/euromedia/archives/002240.html (1716 words)

	USATODAY.com - Anti-terror police in Paris arrest three (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		AZF has not carried out attacks, but its threats to blow up rail targets have heightened concerns — laid bare by the March 11 train bombings — about the vulnerability of European public transport systems.
		AZF first contacted the government in December, then threatened in February to attack railway targets.
		AZF is the name of a chemical factory that exploded in Toulouse, in southwest France, in 2001, killing 30 people.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2004-03-26-paris_x.htm (493 words)

	CNN.com - French bombers 'suspend' campaign - Mar 25, 2004
		The government said AZF was threatening to detonate nine bombs planted in the rail network unless it was paid sums of $4 million and euro1 million ($1.2 million).
		In the new letter, AZF vowed to obtain the money and, in a cryptic threat, said that if the money were not paid, "France will surpass without glory the sad Spanish records" -- an apparent reference to the March 11 bombings of four trains in Madrid which killed 190 people.
		AZF is not the only mysterious group issuing threats to France.
	www.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/europe/03/25/france.railbomb (872 words)

	Madrid Bombing: "AZF" Total/Fina Link Still Ignored
		Whilst the "AZF" name of the group has been reported to be mysterious, it suggests a link to an explosion at the AZF chemical plant in Toulouse France on Sept 21, 2001 which killed at least 29 people and injured 1000, a mere 10 days after the Sept 11th attacks in the USA.
		The French government declaration that the blast and subsequent fire at the Total/Fina/Elf owned AZF plant was "accidental" resulted in an outcry amongst workers and locals who cited numerous witness reports of a missile hitting the plant.
		To many people, however, there is a clear connection between the Madrid bombing to the AZF "threat" in France, to the Toulouse explosion on Sept 21, 2001 and to the 9/11 attacks in America, which if opened up could lead us to the real perpetrators of 9/11.
	www.prisonplanet.com /031204linkignored.html (624 words)

	CTV.ca - Three detained in French rail bomb threat case- CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television
		AZF has not carried out attacks, but its threats to blow up rail targets have heightened fears -- laid bare by the Madrid train bombings -- about the vulnerability of European transport systems.
		AZF has demanded the equivalent of $6.4 million in U.S. dollars and euros in exchange for dropping its bombing plans.
		It is unclear why the group calls itself AZF, which is the name of a chemical factory that exploded in 2001 in Toulouse, in southwest France, killing 30 people.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/20040326/france_railthreatarrests_20040326/20040326?hub=World&subhub=PrintStory (691 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Europe / French question 3 in bomb threats probe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Calling itself AZF, the group has threatened to explode bombs it claimed to have buried under railway tracks around France unless it is paid the equivalent of $6.4 million.
		AZF's threats have heightened fears about the vulnerability of Europe's vast train networks -- a problem exposed by the March 11 bombings that killed 190 people in Madrid.
		On Thursday, AZF suggested in a cryptic letter to the government that it could eventually carry out an attack to surpass the bombings in Spain, which have been blamed on Islamic militants.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2004/03/26/anti_terror_police_in_paris_arrest_three?mode=PF (512 words)

	Terrorist Bomb Threats Endanger French Railways (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		AZF described itself in one letter as a "pressure group with a terrorist character," according to the Interior Ministry's statement.
		AZF also asked the ministry to land a helicopter on the roof of the Montparnasse tower, the tallest office building in Paris, to prove that the government was ready to follow instructions.
		AZF is also the name of a chemical factory that blew up in the southern city of Toulouse on Sept. 21, 2001, killing 30 people and injuring about 1,000.
	www.nytimes.com /2004/03/04/international/europe/04FRAN.html?ex=1393736400&en=568d5656acb0c81c&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND (1035 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Europe / Group issues delayed threat against France (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The new single-page typed message, which carried the letters "AZF" and an arrow pointing left to right in the top left hand corner, was received Thursday by President Jacques Chirac's office and the Interior Ministry.
		In the letter, AZF suggested bombs it earlier claimed to have laid under rail tracks have been neutralized while it regroups.
		The initials AZF are those of a chemical factory that exploded in southwestern France in 2001.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2004/03/25/group_issues_delayed_threat_against_france?mode=PF (864 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| Rail ransom bombers call truce in France
		The mysterious AZF group, which threatened to blow up French railways unless it received a £4 million ransom, announced a temporary suspension of its campaign yesterday.
		In a letter to the interior ministry, AZF said it was suspending its threat while it made adjustments to its organisation and methods.
		AZF was the name of a chemical factory near Toulouse which exploded in 2001, killing 31 workers in what is believed to have been an accident.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/03/26/wbomb26.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/03/26/ixworld.html (489 words)

	A Bovine Adrenocortical Kv1.4 K+ Channel Whose Expression Is Potently Inhibited by ACTH -- Enyeart et al. 275 (44): ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Bovine AZF cells were plated as described in the legend of Fig.
		AZF cells were incubated with 8-pcpt-cAMP for periods of 0.5-4 h before isolating total RNA.
		The 4386-nt AZF cell bKv1.4 cDNA that we have cloned is most homologous to the larger of the two mouse Kv1.4 channel transcripts.
	www.jbc.org /cgi/content/full/275/44/34640 (6173 words)

	Toulouse Accident - UNEP APELL
		A huge explosion ripped through AZF (Azote de France) fertiliser factory in an industrial zone on the outskirts of Toulouse, southwest of France, at 10:15 am, last Friday 21 September 2001.
		The AZF plant was opened in 1924 in what was then countryside, but the urban sprawl from Toulouse led to homes being built close to the plant's giant chimney stacks.
		AZF is located near two other chemical works, Tolochimie and explosives maker SNPE (Societe Nationale des Poudres et Explosifs), and upwind from the suburbs it adjoins.
	www.uneptie.org /pc/apell/disasters/toulouse/home.html (746 words)

	Corticotropin Induces the Expression of TREK-1 mRNA and K+ Current in Adrenocortical Cells -- Enyeart et al. 64 (1): ...
		AZF cells were incubated with forskolin for periods of 1 to 22 h before isolating total RNA.
		AZF cells were preincubated for 30 min in the presence of H-89 (5 µM) before the addition of corticotropin or 8-CPT-2-O-Me-cAMP.
		AZF cells were cultured on coverslips in serum-supplemented media with or without the addition of corticotropin (2 nM).
	molpharm.aspetjournals.org /cgi/content/full/64/1/132 (5925 words)

	Busts In France Rail Bomb Probe - CBS News
		An obscure group that calls itself AZF has threatened to detonate bombs at French railway targets unless it is paid millions of dollars.
		AZF had threatened to detonate nine bombs planted in the rail network unless it was paid sums of $4 million and 1 million euros — worth $1.2 million.
		AZF has not carried out attacks, but its threats to blow up rail targets have heightened concerns — laid bare by the Madrid train bombings — about the vulnerability of European public transport systems.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2004/04/05/world/main610254.shtml (936 words)

	iafrica.com \| news \| world news French rail bomb triggers alert
		The device found Wednesday "strongly resembled" a previous bomb planted by a shadowy group calling itself AZF which has threatened to blow up parts of France's rail network unless it is paid millions of euros, a police official earlier said on condition of anonymity.
		To show the seriousness of its claims, AZF tipped off French police last month to the location of the previous bomb, considered by police to be "sophisticated, worthy of an explosives expert".
		Officials have refused to say whether they remain in contact with the group, whose name is believed to refer to the AZF factory in the southern city of Toulouse that was destroyed in an explosion in September 2001, killing 30 people and injuring more than 1000 others.
	iafrica.com /news/worldnews/311780.htm (604 words)

	An ACTH- and ATP-regulated Background K+ Channel in Adrenocortical Cells Is TREK-1 -- Enyeart et al. 277 (51): 49186 -- ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Isolation and Culture of AZF Cells-- Bovine adrenal glands were obtained from steers (age range 1 to 3 years) within 1 h of slaughter at a local slaughterhouse.
		AZF cells were used for patch clamp experiments 2-12 h after plating.
		currents were recorded from AZF cells using the voltage protocols described in the legend of Fig.
	www.jbc.org /cgi/content/full/277/51/49186 (7021 words)

	CNN.com - Factory blast bosses arrested - June 13, 2002
		The massive blast at the AZF petrochemicals factory near Toulouse, came days after the September 11 strikes on the U.S. and was initially feared to be the action of terrorists, but was later deemed to have been an accident.
		Although investigators said the blast was not a terror strike a report by experts last week suggested that safety at the AZF plant had been lax leading up to the September 21 explosion, the news agency added.
		AZF is the brand name under which Grande Paroisse, France's largest fertiliser manufacturer, sells its products.
	edition.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/06/13/france.chemical (304 words)

	Effect of Mibefradil on Voltage-Dependent Gating and Kinetics of T-Type Ca2+ Channels in Cortisol-Secreting Cells -- ...
		Bovine adrenal zona fasciculata (AZF) cells are an excellent choice for studying the properties of T-type Ca channels and their modulation by pharmacological agents.
		AZF cells were cultured on fibronectin-treated 35-mm plates at a density of 4.4 × 10
		Cultured AZF cells were incubated for 24 h in serum-containing media as described in Materials and Methods before switching to test media containing ACTH (200 pM) and mibefradil at several different concentrations.
	jpet.aspetjournals.org /cgi/content/full/292/1/96 (5033 words)

	CNN.com - French blast death toll rises - September 22, 2001
		The AZF plant was destroyed on Friday leaving a 50-meter-wide (50-yard) crater with debris scattered over a wide area.
		The AZF plant, where 460 people work, is among 372 sites in France classified under a European Union directive as high-risk, meaning that extra security precautions must be taken.
		The AZF explosion was on par with an earthquake of magnitude 3.2, the National Earthquake Surveillance Centre reported.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/europe/09/22/france.blast (521 words)

	Mosaicism for 45,X cell line may accentuate the severity of spermatogenic defects in men with AZFc deletion -- ...
		In infertile men with deletions within the Y chromosome azoospermia factor region (AZF), investigators have observed only a weak correlation between the size of the deletions and the severity of the associated spermatogenic defects.
		Abnormalities of the AZF region were identified in six patients: large terminal deletions of AZFb/AZFc/heterochromatin (two patients) and small interstitial deletions of just AZFc (four patients).
		Surprisingly, in five of these AZF deleted males who were karyotyped, a second cell line, 45,X, was found in three of them (a frequency of at least 50%).
	jmg.bmjjournals.com /cgi/content/full/38/11/798 (3316 words)

	United Press International - International(p) - Mystery group baffles French officials (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		More worrying, officials indicate, AZF has been stonily silent since the first reports of its terrorist threats were splashed across French newspapers this week.
		AZF's dialogue with the French government has also been conducted through personal adds placed by the group in France's leftist Liberation newspaper.
		In a Dec. 11 letter, AZF too, described itself as a "secular brotherhood," and earlier this week French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy distanced the likelihood of an "Islamist trail" as investigators scramble to identify the group.
	www.upi.com /view.cfm?StoryID=20040305-011955-2061r (1095 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Three held over French rail bombs
		The suspects were being held in Paris over bomb threats by a shadowy group calling itself AZF, which demanded a ransom from the government.
		Officials said the three were seen near points designated by the AZF demands for ransom-drops, according to AFP.
		It is unclear why the group uses the name AZF, which is the name of a chemical factory that exploded in 2001 in Toulouse, in southwest France, killing 30 people.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/3571503.stm (382 words)

	Arabidopsis Cys2/His2-Type Zinc-Finger Proteins Function as Transcription Repressors under Drought, Cold, and ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Characterization of the DNA-binding affinity of the recombinant AZF and STZ proteins to the EP2 (26-bp) fragment.
		AZFs and STZ was shorter than that of the petunia ZPT2s.
		AZF and STZ genes was induced by ethephon.
	www.plantphysiol.org /cgi/content/full/136/1/2734 (7152 words)

	EURSOC: Fighting Terror The French Way
		Further letters followed in January, and on February 21, cops were given the GPS location of a bomb planted near Limoges in the south-west of the country.
		In 2001, the AZF chemicals plant exploded in the south-western city of Toulouse, killing thirty workers.
		A further alternative might be that its members - or member, police have not ruled out the possibility that the AZF threat is the work of one individual - may be anarchists.
	www.eursoc.com /news/fullstory.php/aid/337/Fighting_Terror_The_French_Way.html (862 words)

	CNN.com - France arrests 3 bomb suspects - Mar 26, 2004
		The suspects, two men and a woman, were taken into custody Thursday in Paris and the suburban Val-de-Marne region, police officials said.
		On Thursday, French authorities said a letter had been received from AZF claiming it was suspending its terror threats while it improves its ability to carry them out.
		Receipt of the letter came after a bomb with seven detonators was found Wednesday in Troyes, 170 kilometers southwest of Paris, under the bed of a rail line connecting the French capital and Basel, Switzerland.
	www.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/europe/03/26/france.arrests (570 words)

	France Bomb Group Rescinds Threat - CBS News
		The handwritten, one-page letter came a day after a bomb with seven detonators was found half-buried on a train track near the town of Troyes, southeast of Paris, triggering a massive inspection of the tracks.
		AZF had threatened to detonate nine bombs planted in the rail network unless it was paid sums of $4 million (U.S.) and 1 million euros — worth $1.2 million.
		The box contained nitrate fuel and a flat-shaped battery linked to seven detonators and a handmade timing device, the ministry said, adding that a wire was separated from the explosive.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2004/03/26/world/main608832.shtml (836 words)

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