The Palestinian Authority has presented the Bush administration with the written outline of a peace proposal with concessions over two of the most contentious Arab-Israeli issues, the status of Jerusalem and refugees, while insisting that Israel retreat to its pre-1967 borders for the formation of a Palestinian state. Full Story

IRAQ is smuggling nuclear-related equipment banned by the United Nations on board aircraft that have been flying relief aid to Syria, intelligence agencies believe. Full Story

Gunmen have abducted four Indonesian crew-members of a tugboat in the southern Philippines. It is unclear who the gunmen were, but the incident took place in the area where the Muslim rebel group, the Abu Sayyaf, is active. Full Story

Armed men have hijacked a barge and a tugboat in the southern Philippines and kidnapped the captain and three of his crew, coast guard officials said on Tuesday. Full Story

Three men who took part in a 1999 apartment house bombing that killed 18 people are hiding in the former Soviet republic of Georgia, Russia`s main security service said Monday. Full Story

Colombia`s president-elect Alvaro Uribe and UN Secretary General Kofi Annan have said they will explore ways to end the conflict in Colombia in the coming months. Full Story

Five weeks of peace talks aimed at ending Sudan`s 19 year long war have started in neighbouring Kenya. It has been billed as Sudan`s best chance for peace in years. Full Story

Sudanese authorities say they have deported to Saudi Arabia a Sudanese national who claims to have fired a missile at an American plane at a U.S. military base in Saudi Arabia. Full Story

Heavy fighting has flared up between rival militiamen in the fertile Middle Shabelle region of southern Somalia. Supporters of Dahir Dayah, the interior minister of the Transitional National Government, clashed with forces loyal to warlord Mohamed Dhere, who controls the regional capital of Jowhar, some 90 kilometres north of Mogadishu. Full Story

There have been reports of more heavy fighting on Madagascar`s lush northern peninsula, between the armies of political rivals, Marc Ravalomanana and Didier Ratsiraka. Full Story

U.S. homeland-defense officials are moving increased security for the nation`s information networks to the forefront as they struggle to prevent new terror attacks. With President George W. Bush`s proposal to create a Department of Homeland Defense, cybersecurity has been thrust to the top of the post-9/11 agenda. Planners said a future attack would most likely…

A task force charged with reviewing current and emerging technologies to improve security at the San Jose, Calif., airport has prepared a report that could have national implications. Full Story

New merchant marine policies are needed to bring ships owned by U.S. corporations under the American flag while allowing ships entering U.S. ports to be subject to effective anti-terrorist scrutiny, such as checks on the identities of crews, legislative leaders said Thursday. Full Story

With a congressional license to expand its surveillance capabilities, the FBI is working to keep up with ever-evolving encryption systems used by terrorists and criminals. The bureau`s ability to intercept electronic communication was expanded by the USA PATRIOT Act, a Sept. 11 response to national security concerns passed in October 2001. Full Story

Of all the many agencies involved in the war on terror, perhaps the one least affected by the proposed Department of Homeland Security is that other department tasked with the national defense—the one headquartered at the Pentagon. Full Story

Microsoft accidentally sent the virulent Nimda worm to South Korean developers when it distributed Korean-language versions of Visual Studio .Net that carried the virus, the company acknowledged Friday. Full Story

As a result of a massive Denial of Service attack of biblical proportions, we no longer have a home for irc.2600.net. The attacks came over the weekend, around the same time other such attacks were directed at sites like Fox News. They, however, got their connection back and launched a federal investigation. We would have…

Contrary to popular misconception — perpetuated through mass-market consensus and countless media sources — hackers do not, by definition, break into systems. Setting aside the argument that categorical conflation works just fine for casual conversations — in which you might need to employ verbal shorthand to communicate more quickly — it irks me every time…

A security bug was found in software used by millions of Web sites. Private experts alerted users and the FBI`s computer security division. The problem is, they didn`t tell the maker of the software. Then they issued the wrong prescription for fixing the problem. Full Story

Ehud Tannenbaum, who used the computer hacker nom de guerre “The Analyzer,” will begin to serve his 18-month sentence Tuesday, after the High Court rejected his appeal against the punishment meted out by the Tel Aviv District Court. Full Story

Marxist-Leninist group formed by Abu Salim in 1979 after breaking away from the now defunct PFLP-Special Operations Group. Has claimed responsibility for several notorious international terrorist attacks in Western Europe, including the bombing of a restaurant frequented by US servicemen in Torrejon, Spain, in April 1985. Eighteen Spanish civilians were killed in the attack. Full…

Cyberwar 2.0 : Myths, Mysteries & Reality by Alan D. Campen, Douglas H. Dearth is a compilation of essays by some of the most influential thinkers on information warfare and cyberterrorism. Full Story

06/18/1953Egypt – The monarchy was abolished and Egypt was declared a republic following the coup led by Gamel Abd El Nasser. 06/18/1986Peru – Security forces killed more than two hundred jailed members of the Sendero Luminoso (SL) guerrilla organization during a riot at Lima`s Canto Grande prison. The event is marked by the guerrillas as…

Three major strikes are being planned for the third week of June 2002. The two largest employee unions in Spain, Union General de Trabajadores (UGT) and Comision de Obrerores (CC.OO.) have called for a general strike for all of Spain on Thursday, June 20, 2002 to coincide with the European Council Summit in Seville. It…

First, Mohamed Atta and company. Then, Imran Mandhai and Shueyb Mossa Jokhan, the pair accused of plotting attacks on local power plants. Now, Jose Padilla. Full Story

Researchers say a futuristic computing technology will help government agencies prepare for worst-case scenarios involving terrorist attacks. The need for such a tool gained urgency last week after U.S. authorities said they had captured an al-Qaida operative allegedly planning an attack on the United States with a radioactive “dirty bomb.” Full Story

After years of assuming even more responsibilities, such as buoy tending and drawbridge regulation, the Coast Guard now is poised for a dramatic and potentially worrisome shift by becoming a centerpiece of the proposed new Department of Homeland Security. Full Story

The top-ranking Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee said on Sunday that CIA Director George Tenet should be replaced, stepping up pressure on President Bush to overhaul the U.S. intelligence agencies that failed to detect the Sept. 11 plot. Full Story

The FBI has been seeking prosecution of international terrorism cases at six times the rate it did before Sept. 11, but more than half of those cases considered by federal prosecutors never made it to court, Justice Department records show. Full Story

A federal judge ordered South Carolina Gov. Jim Hodges to allow federal plutonium shipments to his state, saying a physical blockade would be illegal and presents a possible terrorist target. Full Story

Lawmakers said on Sunday that al Qaeda activity against American interests continues, with operatives now dispersed around the globe and relying on a second tier of leaders. Full Story

Unknown gunmen opened fire at U.S. troops Monday on an island stronghold of Muslim rebels in the southern Philippines but no one was injured, Philippine military officials said. Full Story

U.S. and allied military teams hunting al Qaeda and Taliban fighters in Afghanistan have found a cache of 15 shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles, the Pentagon`s top military officer said on Monday. Full Story

The U.S. Embassy and two consulates in Pakistan reopened Monday but it was not clear when business would resume at the consulate office in Karachi, where a deadly car bomb killed 12 people and injured 44 last week. Full Story

John Walker Lindh`s lawyers told a judge Monday he cannot get a fair trial at a courthouse just nine miles from the site of the Pentagon attack and argued the American had a constitutional right to associate with the Taliban. Full Story

On Sept. 21, Ahmed Alenany, a Brooklyn cabdriver from Egypt, was stopped by the police for parking illegally. They discovered his visa had expired, and in the post-Sept. 11 sweep for illegal immigrants, he spent seven months in jail. Mr. Alenany was understandably surprised that the government would toss him in jail in a terrorism…

This spring, Army Green Berets set off from eastern Afghanistan toward the Pakistani border because the CIA was convinced that top al-Qaeda leaders were in the area, possibly including Osama bin Laden, and almost certainly his No. 2, Ayman al-Zawahiri. Full Story

A group of midlevel operatives has assumed a more prominent role in Al Qaeda and is working in tandem with Middle Eastern extremists across the Islamic world, senior government officials say. They say the alliance, which extends from North Africa to Southeast Asia, now poses the most serious terrorist threat to the United States. Full…

Besieged by U.S. and allied forces in December in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden commanded his fighters to disperse across the globe to attack “American and Jewish interests,” according to accounts officials here say they have obtained from three al Qaeda operatives who were captured in Morocco. Full Story

Israel barred a group of 20 U.S. Muslims from entering the country Sunday, holding them under guard at the airport, before putting them on a flight back to the United States, police and a member of the group said. Full Story

A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up on Israel`s frontier with the West Bank on Monday, shortly after Israel angered the Palestinians by starting work on a security fence between the two territories. Full Story

The Iranian- and Syrian-backed group Hezbollah has built up forces along Lebanon`s southern border with Israel, while humanitarian conditions inside Palestinian territories have deteriorated rapidly, diplomatic sources here said yesterday. Full Story

Congressional leaders expressed support yesterday for President Bush`s order earlier this year directing the CIA to undertake a comprehensive, covert program to topple Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, though some warned that the administration must be prepared to take broader military action if the secret efforts fall short. Full Story

Iraq Monday played down a U.S. media report that President Bush had authorized the CIA to conduct covert operations to oust President Saddam Hussein, saying it was not a new policy. Full Story

THE MORO Islamic Liberation Front on Monday denied its members helped Abu Sayyaf bandits escape from Basilan Island to Zamboanga del Norte in mainland Mindanao. Full Story

Military officials in the Philippines say troops have shot dead one Muslim rebel and wounded an unknown number in the first clash with the guerrillas since two hostages were killed in a rescue operation last week. Full Story

Two young men carrying U.S. passports were among several people detained after trying to enter this country from Afghanistan the Pakistani Foreign Ministry said Monday. Full Story

Pakistan`s conservative political and religious groups Sunday vowed continued backing for Kashmiri insurgents despite the government`s claim to have blocked militants from crossing into Indian-controlled territory. Full Story

The wife of a detained Malaysian terror suspect allegedly linked to the al-Qaeda network has said her two-month long arrest was purely to put pressure on her husband. Chomel Mohamed, who was released Thursday on a restriction order, said she was subjected to daily interrogations throughout her arrest under the Internal Security Act (ISA). Full…

From the desolate, wind-scoured peaks along the Kashmir frontier came a startling announcement: Indian troops had killed two suspected al-Qaida operatives as they were trying to infiltrate from Pakistani-controlled territory. Full Story

Twenty-one people, including five Hindu villagers, were killed on Sunday in several incidents of separatist violence in Indian Kashmir, police said. The violence comes as tension between nuclear rivals India and Pakistan has started to ease after U.S.-led international efforts to pull them back from the brink of a fourth war. Full Story

The Chief Minister of Indian-administered Kashmir, Farooq Abdullah, survived an apparent attempt on his life on Saturday. Mr Abdullah was chairing an official ceremony at a government building in the state-capital Srinagar when unidentified assailants fired two rifle-grenades at the building. Full Story

This is the dirty war in Aceh, the northernmost province of Indonesia, rich in natural gas, where an insurgency, spearheaded by separatist guerrillas of the Free Aceh Movement, or GAM, has ebbed and flowed since 1976. Full Story

The Chinese government says Islamic extremists, backed by Osama bin Laden, have assassinated local officials and religious leaders, poisoned livestock and blown up buses over the past decade in an effort to wrest control of Xinjiang (SHIN-jahng), a remote northwestern region, from China and establish a state of their own called East Turkistan. Here in…

Nelson Mandela`s visit to the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing has been criticised by a senior detective who helped the investigation. Jim Gilchrist, the former head of Dumfries and Galloway CID, also attacked Mr Mandela`s calls for the Libyan bomber to be transferred to a prison in a Muslim country. Full Story

The Ulster Unionist executive has overwhelmingly rejected a proposal for unionist ministers to withdraw from the Stormont executive by 1 July if Sinn Fein is not excluded. Full Story

Widespread collusion between the security forces and loyalist paramilitaries in Northern Ireland continued unchecked for years because a culture of “gross unprofessionalism and irresponsibility” allowed officers to create a climate in which Catholics could be murdered with near impunity, a comprehensive investigation has found. Full Story

The recent spate of death threats and attacks against government critics in Guatemala – including a letter last Friday that for the first time openly targeted journalists – has sparked fears of a return to the terror tactics of the early 1990s, when the country suffered through the last gasps of its brutal 36-year civil…

A sudden burst of gunfire echoed off the modest homes clinging to the steep hills of the 20 de Julio neighborhood, one of Medellín`s most violent. This is the newest front of Colombia`s brutal, 38-year-old civil war. Leftist rebels and rightist paramilitary fighters have transformed Medellín`s lawless, impoverished neighborhoods into a battleground as they wage…

The United States has handed over to Egypt an Egyptian man convicted in his absence in 1982 during a crackdown on militant Islamists following the assassination of former President Anwar Sadat. Full Story