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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/reichstag-closed-amid-terror-alert.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Police officers stand guard near the Reichstag building, which has been closed to visitors amid a terror alert" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/min-reichstag-closed-amid-terror-alert.jpg" alt="Police officers stand guard near the Reichstag building, which has been closed to visitors amid a terror alert"/></a></p>
<p>Germany has closed down the glass and steel dome and rooftop terrace of the famous Reichstag parliament building to visitors over concerns of a possible terror attack.</p>
<p>The building, which attracts thousands of tourists daily for its panoramic views of the city, will be shut until further notice, parliamentary spokeswoman Birgit Landskron said.</p>
<p>The move came after Der Spiegel magazine reported at the weekend that an unidentified informer told German authorities that al Qaida is planning a possible attack early next year on the parliament building in downtown Berlin.</p>
<p>Joerg Ziercke, head of Germany&#8217;s Federal Criminal Police Office, called the report &#8220;highly speculative&#8221;. &#8220;There are no indications of specific places, people or moments, he added.</p>
<p>A spokesman for the federal police, speaking on departmental policy of anonymity, said he could not comment on specifics but that the situation had not changed since Mr Ziercke&#8217;s comments.</p>
<p>Germans have been on edge since interior minister Thomas de Maiziere raised the country&#8217;s terrorist threat level last week. He cited an increased threat from Islamic extremists, saying that Germany had received a tip from an unspecified country about a suspected attack planned for the end of November.</p>
<p>The city of Berlin&#8217;s top security official, Ehrhart Koerting, told a parliamentary security subcommittee that in light of the terrorist warnings, he had decided to strengthen security at the Reichstag building.</p>
<p>In addition to shutting down the cupola, the entire area around the building was fenced off, with a heavy presence of Berlin and federal police standing guard.</p>
<p>Mr Koerting told lawmakers there were &#8220;many uncertainties&#8221;. He was quoted by the news agency DAPD as saying the situation &#8220;gives us cause for concern, but no cause for hysteria&#8221;.</p>
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