"Police in Northern Ireland are on full alert amid fears of an escalating terrorist campaign by dissident republicans. A faction opposed to the peace process was blamed for Thursday night's bombings …
Putin warns ethnic tensions risk tearing Russia apart
"Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, warning ethnic tensions could tear Russia apart, said on Monday he would toughen migration rules and keep a tight rein on Russia's regions to prevent it following the …
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Human trafficking a growing crime in the U.S.
"According to the U.S. Department of Justice, human trafficking has become the second fastest growing criminal industry — just behind drug trafficking — with children accounting for roughly half of …
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Security official: Al-Qaeda operates without restraint in Aden
"Director of Aden Security said that the governorate faces risks of Al-Qaeda, armed men of the Southern Movement and other groups, emphasizing that Al-Qaeda operates without restraint in …
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Thames River Potential security threat to Olympics
"The Thames is Britain's best-known river, immortalized in the novels of Charles Dickens, and a waterway once so putrid that it shut Parliament because of its stench. It's now getting the Olympics …
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Nigerian security probe deadly attacks
"Soldiers manned checkpoints in Nigeria's second largest city on Sunday after coordinated bombings and gun battles killed 166 people in one of the deadliest attacks to hit the mainly Muslim …
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Bird flu deaths on the rise
"Health officials in China confirm that on Sunday, a second man died from the H5N1 virus in less than a month. In late December, the country reported its first case of the deadly disease in humans …
U.S. may close embassy in Syria
"The United States is considering closing its embassy in Damascus, Syria because of security concerns, two senior U.S. officials tell CNN. The embassy has only a "handful" of staff working with …
Explosion rips through police headquarters in Nigerian city of Kano
"A bomb has ripped through a regional police headquarters in the largest city in Nigeria's Muslim north, tearing away its roof and blowing out windows in a blast felt miles away." Source: Explosion …
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Four French troops die in Afghanistan shooting
"Four French troops have been killed in northern Afghanistan after a soldier from the Afghan National Army opened fire, local officials say. Sixteen more members of the French armed forces were …
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