A border crossing was closed for about an hour Monday after guards found "a small amount" of explosives in a car entering Canada from the United States,
Canadian customs officials said. 加拿大海关官员表示，警卫人员周一在一辆从美国开入加拿大的车中发现了少量炸药，之后，这个事发过境站被关闭了大约1个小时。

British nationals should forgo all but "essential" travel to Saudi Arabia
because of possible terrorist attacks that "may be in the final stages of
preparation," according to the British Foreign Office. 英国外交部称，英国民众应该取消一切不必要的前往沙特的旅行，因为恐怖袭击“可能处于最后准备阶段”。

Global sales of chip-making equipment rose 48.8 percent in December from the previous month to $2.59 billion, an industry group said on Monday. An official at the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan said the upbeat sales trend would likely continue throughout 2004. 一个产业团体周一称，去年12月全球芯片制造设备比前一个月增加了48.8％，销售额增至25.9亿美元。日本半导体联合会一名官员说，这种积极的销售趋势在2004年可能会继续。