The Philippines said on Tuesday it had arrested a Filipino Muslim suspected of helping to procure more than a tonne of explosives for al Qaeda-linked Islamic radicals accused of plotting to bomb U.S. targets in Singapore. Full Story

Lawyers defending three men sentenced to life imprisonment in Pakistan for their role in the kidnap and murder of U.S. reporter Daniel Pearl said they had filed an appeal against the verdict Wednesday. Full Story

Pakistani and Indian troops have resumed shelling of each other`s positions in Kashmir after a week-long lull, an Indian border guard official said. Full Story

The first clear sign that Delhi is working on a new political gameplan for Kashmir came yesterday when the territory`s chief minister announced that the Indian government had agreed to discuss autonomy. Full Story

Women occupying a ChevronTexaco oil terminal allowed several hundred more workers to leave the facility and two tankers to collect oil Tuesday after reaching a verbal agreement to end their nine-day siege. Full Story

Spanish forces stormed Parsley island off Morocco`s Mediterranean coast on Wednesday, ousting Moroccan troops without firing a shot. Spain said the operation to remove the Moroccans — who had set up camp and flown the Moroccan flag on the uninhabited islet last week — had been carried out without any casualties on either side. Full…

The target is usually a celebrity such as Madonna or a big company such as Liverpool Football Club. In a spirit of extortion, the cyber-squatter may tell the target that if they want their name they will have to pay some ridiculous sum which may look tempting if the cyber-squatter posts embarrassing pictures on the…

The Pentagon, the National Security Agency and private organizations have developed security standards for Microsoft Corp.`s most popular business computer operating system in order to stop the most common assaults against federal networks. The government was to announce the standards Wednesday to show federal computer engineers how to alter Microsoft`s Windows 2000 operating system to…

A new Internet virus nicknamed “Frethem”, which carries “re: your password” in the subject line, has been upgraded to “medium risk” status by the Thai Computer Emergency Response Team after wreaking havoc on computer systems throughout the world. Full Story

For hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, getting to work, school or the market has been virtually impossible since Israel`s latest anti-terror campaign began. Now, they won`t be able to get online, either. Early Monday morning, Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) troops took over the offices of Palnet, the leading Palestinian Internet service provider, shutting down the…

Under a tentative agreement between members of the high-tech industry and key senators, federal agencies would be required to use a checklist for cybersecurity risk developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Full Story

Uthingo, operator of the South African national lottery, Lotto, has issued the administrator of local hacking site 2600.co.za with a “cease and desist” letter. The administrator of the site, known as LowVoltage, says the site is an expression of “free speech” and he has no plans to shut it down. Full Story

The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Monday to create a new punishment of life imprisonment for malicious computer hackers. By a 385-3 vote, the House approved a computer crime bill that also expands police ability to conduct Internet or telephone eavesdropping without first obtaining a court order. Full Story

The federal government is working on a plan that would require citizens and business to pass through one central online gateway when they need to get their identities certified with the federal government. Full Story

The variant WORM_FRETHEM.K, which has escalated to Medium Risk (Yellow Alert), has been discovered and there are incidents of infected computers in Europe and Asia, particularly in Japan. According to Trend Micro, this non-destructive, memory-resident variant of WORM_FRETHEM.D propagates via email and arrives as an attachment with the subject: “Re: Your password!”. Full Story

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) selected Linux NetworX to design, integrate and deliver what will be the largest and most powerful Linux supercomputer by Fall 2002. Multiple programs at LLNL will use the Linux NetworX Evolocity clustered supercomputer to support the Laboratory`s national security mission. When delivered, the Intel-based cluster is expected to be one…

Many information technology (IT) decision makers assume that performing a security vulnerability assessment is the same thing as risk analysis. However, these two processes are very different. Performing a security vulnerability assessment helps you determine what the existing holes and vulnerabilities are in your systems and networks at single moment in time. Full Story

The InceptionOS Project has openings for coders to create an installation interface and setup tool. The initial instance should be based on an ncurses interface, with the possibility of later including X11. InceptionOS also needs testers and source hackers who are not intimidated by installing an entire distribution from scratch, without an interface. InceptionOS is…

A federal agency created in the 1930s to help restore economic confidence during the Great Depression isn`t winning the confidence of a congressional watchdog agency for its information security practices. Full Story

Headed by Yasser Arafat, Fatah joined the PLO in 1968 and won the leadership role in 1969. Its commanders were expelled from Jordan following violent confrontations with Jordanian forces during the period 1970-71, beginning with Black September in 1970. The Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982 led to the group`s dispersal to several Middle Eastern…

Terrorism and America: A Commonsense Strategy for a Democratic Society (Philip B. Heymann) Heymann, a former Deputy Attorney General of the United States, provides practical advise in the on-going battle to counter terrorism. Protecting human lives and civil liberties, according to the author is not only feasible, but can be done without changes to our…

August 12-13, 2002 — Boston, MAParticipants will examine: * Terrorist Attack Profiles * Terrorist Training * Terrorist Tactics * Terrorist Targeting * Emerging Technologies * Threat of Cyberterrorism * Newest Aviation Security Threat Information This class led by nationally recognized terrorism experts. Participants will learn first hand about the current threats from both domestic and…

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The Department of State urges Americans to exercise caution when traveling to Madagascar. The difficult political situation that gripped the country since the December 16, 2001 presidential election is over. The government of President Ravalomanana now controls all of Madagascar. Former President Didier Ratsiraka, who refused to accept the High Constitutional Court`s ruling on the…

The Department of State warns U.S. citizens to defer travel to Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. Ongoing violence has caused numerous civilian deaths and injuries, including to some American tourists. The potential for further terrorist acts remains high. Although the Department of State has removed the U.S. Consulate Jerusalem from authorized departure status, which…

Former Boston cabdriver Nabil Almarabh, once considered a top terrorism suspect in the United States, is likely to be freed from prison soon – without ever having been formally charged with being a member of the Al Qaeda network. Full Story

Yesterday`s surprise plea agreement between John Walker Lindh and federal prosecutors brings to an anticlimax a case that many had expected to answer some of the novel constitutional issues raised by the U.S. struggle against terrorism. Full Story

The FBI narrows list of people it wants to interview to 30 scientists at two army labs. The FBI has someone in mind. He is a loner, a science nerd with access to a sophisticated lab. He has a reason to be peeved, and he`s familiar with the Trenton, N.J., area. This Unabomber-like person, officials…

The number of people seeking U.S. citizenship has soared since the Sept. 11 attacks, but the government — placing a greater effort on weeding out potential terrorists — is taking longer to approve applicants. Full Story

New York on Tuesday released six possible plans for the destroyed World Trade Center site and adjacent areas, all of them incorporating a large, green memorial park and restoring the famous skyline, but no building as high as the soaring 110-story twin towers. Full Story

President Bush on Tuesday proposed a strategy to protect America from terrorism that envisions using the U.S. military to enforce quarantines during a biological attack and “red teams” of agents thinking like terrorists to pinpoint weaknesses. Full Story

A U.S. grand jury on Tuesday approved a third indictment of Zacarias Moussaoui, which includes changes to close possible loopholes in the case against the man accused of conspiring in the Sept. 11 attacks. Full Story

When John Walker Lindh was charged in January with conspiring with the Taliban to kill Americans, Attorney General John Ashcroft ( news – web sites) pronounced it a critical case in the nation`s fight against terrorism. He asserted that Mr. Lindh chose to become a fanatical follower of the Taliban and never wavered in his…

One man was killed — apparently the victim of a car bombing — outside a hotel in downtown Helsinki Wednesday morning. The explosion at 6:50 a.m. shattered windows on three floors of the Helka Hotel, but the blast injured only one other person — a driver in a car alongside the vehicle that was destroyed.…

Norwegian mediators have begun negotiating the agenda for peace talks with the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in London, while the Scandinavian cease-fire monitoring mission is crying foul in Colombo over the abduction of two monitors by the rebels. Full Story

Terrorist training camps in Lebanon and Syria pose a more urgent threat to the US than Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, US Senator Bob Graham (D-Florida), chairman of the Senate`s Select Committee on Intelligence, said yesterday. Full Story

After a nighttime chase in the north Arabian Sea, the Canadian Navy has captured two men suspected of being members of Al Qaeda and has handed them over to the United States, Canadian military officials said today. Full Story

A group linked to Palestinian President Yasser Arafat`s Fatah movement claimed responsibility for an ambush on an Israeli bus in the West Bank Tuesday that killed seven people, Hizbollah`s al-Manar television said. Full Story

This dusty refugee camp in the northern no-fly zone is home to several hundred victims of ethnic cleansing — Iraqi-style. Most are Kurds from the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, ground zero for a policy they call “Arabization,” by which their lands are confiscated and given to Arabs. The refugees, now sheltering in the area…

US Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz held talks with Turkish leaders on Washington`s goal of toppling Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, on a visit that coincided with a worsening of Turkey`s internal political crisis. Full Story

Spanish police arrested three suspected members of Osama bin Laden`s al Qaeda network on Tuesday, one of whom had videotaped key buildings in the United States, Interior Minister Angel Acebes said. One of the men, all of who are of Syrian origin, had various video tapes from an apparent tourist trip to the United States…

The IRA guerrilla group, under pressure to renounce violence, apologized Tuesday for the civilian deaths and injuries it caused during its 30-year campaign against British control of Northern Ireland. Full Story

Sunday, July 21 marks the 30th anniversary of an IRA operation in Belfast in 1972 which resulted in nine people being killed and many more injured. While it was not our intention to injure or kill noncombatants, the reality is that on this and on a number of other occasions, that was the consequence of…

Police identified a second suspected member of the elusive November 17 terror group Monday and appealed for any information about him. The man was identified as 44-year-old Dimitris Koufodinas. Authorities released three pictures of him and urged people to call anti-terrorist hot lines or contact police with information that could lead to his arrest. Full…

The German police are examining the activities of a former religious leader at a small mosque here who preached murderous hatred of the United States to Mohamed Atta and others who planned and executed the attacks on Sept. 11. Full Story

French police arrested four people Tuesday and seized a vast arsenal of weapons and explosives suspected to belong to the Basque separatist organization ETA, a source close to the inquiry said. The haul, including machine guns, rocket launchers, pistols, ammunition and explosives, was stashed in a disused lighter factory near the town of Dax in…

Neo-Nazi militant Maxime Brunerie acted alone when he tried to kill French President Jacques Chirac, French investigators said. The 25-year-old gunman was committed to a psychiatric ward for further tests, prosecutors said, while experts determine whether he was criminally responsible for his actions. Full Story

The Russian troops cannot trust anything in Chechnya. Any object – a toy, a bottle of water, a flashlight, a pack of cigarettes, a grave, the door to a factory – can be rigged to explode. Any road can be mined. Full Story

The head of a team of Nordic monitors watching over a cease-fire in Sri Lanka flew to a Tamil Tiger rebel base for talks on Tuesday after accusing the separatists of briefly abducting two monitors. The two were released unharmed but the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) said the weekend incident had forced it to…

Political violence linked to just-concluded community elections has claimed a total of 87 lives, including those of at least 10 candidates, the Philippine military said on Tuesday. Full Story

The convictions of four Islamic militants today in the kidnapping and murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl could be in jeopardy if authorities reveal evidence and suspects that were kept under wraps during a three-month trial, according to Pakistani officials and legal analysts. Full Story

Thirteen people were wounded Tuesday when suspected Muslim militants hurled a grenade in a crowded marketplace in rebellious Indian Kashmir, police said. The attack in the mainly Muslim northern part of Jammu and Kashmir came three days after suspected Islamic militants killed 28 Hindu slum dwellers in the southern part of the disputed state. Full…

The head of a government commission looking into the slaying of Afghan Vice President Abdul Qadir said Tuesday he would not rule out al-Qaida involvement in the killing but added that all possibilities were being investigated. Full Story

U.S. forces may have made a mistake in an airstrike that reportedly killed dozens of civilians in Afghanistan, but the hunt for al-Qaida and the Taliban will go on for “as long as it takes,” Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said Monday. Full Story

A right-wing militia in Colombia released a prominent Venezuelan businessman held hostage for two years, ending a case that had riveted Venezuelan society. Richard Boulton, whose family owns Venezuela`s Avensa airline, was turned over to the International Red Cross on Monday in Colombia`s southern Meta state and was taken to Bogota, where family members waited…

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights will “soon” decide whether to send the case of Lori Berenson an American imprisoned for collaborating with rebels, to an international court, an official said Monday. The court, the legal arm of the Organization of American States, would have the authority to order Peru to overturn her conviction if…

A violent four-day protest by farmers angry over a proposed $2.3 billion airport ended today with the farmers releasing 19 hostages and the government promising to reconsider terms of the airport`s construction. Full Story

A group of Colombian leaders and local officials called on the United States government yesterday to grant temporary asylum to Colombians who fear returning to their native country, where guerrilla fighters and the army have clashed for decades in a bloody civil war. Full Story

The South African Defence Minister has been asked to take urgent action in response to the disclosure by his department that more than half the country`s 76,000 soldiers are medically unfit and that the national defence force is in “serious crisis”. Full Story

Women holding 700 ChevronTexaco workers in a southeast Nigeria oil terminal agreed Monday to end their siege after the company offered to hire at least 25 villagers and to build schools and electrical and water systems. Full Story