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A doctor taken into custody Monday while trying to fly out of Australia was the eighth person detained as British investigators focused on several foreign-born doctors believed to have played a role in the attempted terror attacks in London and Glasgow over the weekend, Australian officials and sources said.

A second doctor in Australia was being questioned, but had not been detained, according to Queensland Premier Peter Beattie.

A 27-year-old man -- identified by Scotland Yard only as "H" -- was detained at the Brisbane, Australia, airport Monday evening while waiting to catch a flight out of the country, Beattie said. Read full article »

CNN's Cal Perry, Matthew Chance, Paula Newton, Alphonso Van Marsh, Andrew Carey and Nic Robertson contributed to this report.

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