"Iraq hanged 11 people convicted of terrorist offences on Thursday, the justice ministry said, pursuing what a U.N. official has criticized as a 'conveyor-belt of executions'. All those executed were …
Attack on polio security team in Pakistan kills seven
"At least seven people were killed on Wednesday in a bomb attack on a police van taking officers to guard polio vaccination teams in restive northwest Pakistan, officials said. Militant attacks and …
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Hungarians say Sochi Olympic terrorist threat ‘not real’
"The Hungarian Olympic Committee said on Wednesday that a letter threatening the country's athletes with a terrorist attack at the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in Sochi was analyzed and declared …
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Slovenian Olympic Committee gets terrorist threat in Russian
"The Slovenian Olympic Committee said on Wednesday it had received a letter containing a terrorist threat ahead of the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia. 'The committee has received a terrorist …
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Bomb hits Pakistani bus full of Shi’ite pilgrims, 22 dead
"A bomb ripped through a bus full of Shi'ite pilgrims in western Pakistan and killed at least 22 people on Tuesday, police said, extending a spate of sectarian attacks that have shaken the South Asian …
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Indonesia Sentences Bomb-Plot Mastermind
"An Indonesian court on Tuesday sentenced the admitted mastermind of a plot to bomb the Myanmar embassy to 7½ years imprisonment, spotlighting extremism in the world's most populous Muslim nation …
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Pakistan police arrest three men and seize 100kg of explosives
"Pakistani police have arrested three men and seized 100 kilograms of explosives in a raid in the capital Islamabad, officers said on Tuesday, following two deadly Taliban attacks on military targets. …
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Iraq executes 26 people for ‘terrorism’ offences
"Iraq has hanged 26 people convicted of 'terrorism' offences, the Justice Ministry announced on Tuesday, pursuing a practice of mass executions despite international criticism." Source: Iraq executes …
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10 killed by twin bombs at Syria-Turkey post
"Two car bombs hit a rebel-held border post in the northwest Syrian province of Idlib on Monday, opposition activists and fighters said, killing at least 10 people and closing the frontier." Source: …
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Russian security forces searching Sochi for suspected terrorist
"Russian security forces are searching Sochi for a suspected terrorist who is feared to be planning to target the Olympic Games, according to a notice distributed throughout the city. A description …
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