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BRUSSELS (AP) — The mayor of Brussels is raising the death toll from today's bombings at an airport and a subway station. He now says at least 20 people died and more than 100 others were wounded in the subway station attack, near the headquarters of the European Union. Another Belgian official said earlier that 11 people were killed and more than 80 were wounded in explosions at the Brussels airport. Meanwhile, a European security official in contact with Belgian police says least one and possibly two Kalashnikov rifles have been found in the departure lounge at the Brussels airport after the attacks.
BRUSSELS (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in Brussels is recommending that Americans in Belgium stay where they are and avoid public transportation. The embassy noted that with the threat rating in Brussels at its highest alert, attacks can take place with little or no notice. It urged U.S. citizens to monitor media reports, follow instructions from the authorities, and "take the appropriate steps to bolster your personal security."
UNDATED (AP) — Across Europe and beyond, authorities are tightening security at airports, on subways, at the borders and on city streets in the aftermath of today's attacks in Brussels. European leaders held emergency security meetings and deployed more police, explosives experts, sniffer dogs and plainclothes officers at key points across the continent.
HAVANA (AP) — Some Cuban dissidents are preparing to meet with President Barack Obama on the final day of his visit to the island. Catholic activist Dagoberto Valdes says the improved relations between the two countries had been hard to imagine. He says it's a challenge both for Obama and for Cuba. Some of those invited to attend today's meeting at Havana's U.S. Embassy were briefly detained by police during a protest demonstration yesterday.
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks have opened moderately lower on Wall Street, following a similar showing on European exchanges in the aftermath of today's Brussels attacks. The scale of the retreat has been fairly muted, with European exchanges down by less than one percent.
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