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<b>US likely to seek tighter security at ports</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->WASHINGTON, Aug 17: US authorities may ask Pakistan to tighten security at ports after unlisted items in two containers shipped from the country caused a security alert at Seattle port.

The panic began when US customs agents peered through the containers using a gamma-ray device, and detected items that did not match the manifest.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--> <!--emo&--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->