Japan honored the victims of a terrorist attack on Tokyo's subways in a solemn public ceremony Monday at the train station where the gassing took place five years ago. Full Story …
More Shots Fired From Standoff Home
Residents were evacuated from a suburban Baltimore neighborhood where a man suspected of four murders was holding three people hostage for a third day. Full Story …
Fate of 5 Terrorists Hangs Between Japan and Lebanon
On May 30, 1972, Mr. Okamoto was one of three Japanese Red Army members who pulled machine guns and grenades from bags coming off an Air France flight from Rome at Israel's international airport …
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bin Laden dying of kidney failure
Asiaweek magazine said on Thursday that exiled Saudi Arabian dissident Osama bin Laden is dying of kidney failure. The weekly news magazine, quoting "a Western intelligence source who has been …
U.S. Plans Major Gesture to Iran
Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright will announce a major overture toward Iran today, promising steps toward the return of assets frozen since Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution, lifting a ban on …
U.S. Said to Seek a Death Sentence in Embassy Blast
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are pursuing the death penalty against at least one defendant in the bombings of two United States Embassies in East Africa in 1998, according to defense lawyers …
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Bomb-plot suspect in Canada protests charges
An Algerian man awaiting extradition to the United States to face trial in an alleged terrorist bombing plot has acknowledged he knows two other Algerians jailed in the investigation. Full Story …
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Legislation that helps victims of terrorism heads to Senate
Legislation to help former hostages and other victims of state-sponsored terrorism to collect court judgments is headed for Senate action after a unanimous endorsement by the Senate Judiciary …
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Doctors Warn of Smallpox Terrorism
Researchers at a U.S. university said Monday they had been asked to study a smallpox vaccine because of fears the deadly virus could be spread or revived through terrorist attacks. Full Story …
U.S. Launches Web Site to Fight Cybercrime
The Justice Department unveiled a Web site on Monday to pull together information on its growing battle against cybercrime.The Web site, at www.cybercrime.gov, includes press releases, officials' …
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