A Belgian journalist armed with a pistol and plastic explosives came within striking distance of French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Angela Merkel during last week’s EU summit. Journalist Katleen Peeraer with commercial broadcaster VTM slipped past security checks into the Brussels summit venue on Thursday with a Baretta pistol in her baggage. She slipped past security again on Friday with a bomb made of plastic explosives, Belgian newspapers reported on Monday. Full Story