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APRIL 19, 2002UNITED STATES – The Spring Meetings of the IMF and World Bank are to be held in Washington, DC. The meetings will last until the 22nd. Anti-globalization and anti-war demonstrations are expected. Full Story and More Dates

The Pentagon announced yesterday it is creating a new military command to help defend North America from future attack, marking the first time in modern history that US military forces operating on USsoil will have as their principal assignment detering and responding to threats by land, air, and sea. Full Story

Police and security agents on Wednesday questioned five Pakistanis suspected of providing logistical support to Richard C. Reid before he boarded a Paris-Miami flight with explosives-laden shoes, judicial officials said. Full Story

Four Britons have been arrested in Egypt apparently on suspicion of being members of an Islamic terror group. Full Story

A top U.S. military commander refused to comment Tuesday on reports Washington was involved in negotiations with Muslim extremists to win the release American missionaries held by the al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf group for more than 10 months. Full Story

Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) leader Tahir Mayo and his men turned over their weapons to the army in the town of Alamada on Monday, military southern command spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Fredesvindo Covarrubias said. Full Story

American troops have been given orders to participate in combat missions if necessary to pressure the Abu Sayyaf into freeing its remaining three hostages. Full Story

Twenty additional Denver police officers will be assigned to Denver International Airport in May once the Colorado National Guard ends its eight-month security stint there. Full Story

A Chester County businessman who, in the days after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, demonstrated airport-security shortcomings by twice taking razors and box-cutters aboard airliners was fined $1,000 yesterday after pleading guilty to a federal misdemeanor charge. Full Story

Despite a massive number of tips, rumors and other intelligence, the U.S. military has never had good enough information on Osama bin Laden`s whereabouts to mount a mission to go after him, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Wednesday. Full Story

Germany has for the first time raised the possibility that a truck bombing at a Tunisian synagogue that killed 16 people was an al-Qaida terrorist attack. If verified, the blast would be the first terror attack by Osama bin Laden`s terror network since Sept. 11. Full Story

Sixteen police were killed Thursday when a land mine blew up the bus carrying them in the Chechen capital of Grozny, Russian officials said. Full Story

U.S. law enforcement officials pressed Pakistan on Wednesday to strengthen counterterrorism operations in the country`s interior and to upgrade border controls. Full Story

The Uganda People`s Defense Forces (UPDF) have dug up on Sunday and Monday a large number of arms and equipment in former camps of the Lord Resistance Army (LRA) rebels in southern Sudan, UPDF Spokesman Major Shaban Bantariza said on Thursday. Full Story

Sri Lanka`s Tamil Tiger rebels have hinted that peace talks with the government could be deferred. Full Story

One of the world`s most wanted men, founder and sponsor of the al-Qaida terrorist network, Osama Bin Laden, seen by many nations as the mastermind behind the September 11th attacks against the United States, is officially no longer welcome in Russia. Full Story

A bomb exploded Thursday in the main market of the southeastern Afghan town of Khost, killing three people and injuring others, the Afghan Islamic Press reported. Full Story

Police in Nepal say suspected Maoists rebels have carried out at least three bomb explosions in the capital Kathmandu. Full Story

Lebanon reinforced on Wednesday its southern border with Israel by setting up nine roadblocks, said Lebanese security sources. Full Story

World Cup authorities in Japan and South Korea, on the alert after the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States, are bracing for everything from hooligans to hijacked planes, officials said Thursday. Full Story

The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo signed a deal in South Africa Wednesday with Ugandan-backed rebels under which rebel leader Jean-Pierre Bemba will become prime minister, government representative Vital Kamerhe told Nampa-AFP. Full Story

Sensitive information collected by Ottawa about Canadians is vulnerable to cyber-attacks because the government has failed to monitor and update its electronic security systems, the federal Auditor-General said yesterday. Full Story

To defeat cyberterrorists, computer systems must be designed to work around sabotage. David A. Fisher`s new programming language will help do just that. Full Story

The Victim Notification System, launched Tuesday, is a joint project of the FBI, the U.S. Attorney`s Office and the Federal Bureau of Prisons, all units of the Justice Department. GRC International, a subsidiary of AT&T, was awarded the contract to develop the system in July 2000. Full Story

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Amid fresh questions on the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden, President Bush on Wednesday predicted a “spring thaw” that will bring an increase in terrorist activity as bin Laden`s network tries to regroup and strike again. Full Story

Alleging widespread abuse of hundreds of Middle Eastern men detained on immigration violations after Sept. 11, civil rights attorneys said they planned to sue Attorney General John Ashcroft and other U.S. officials. Full Story

The Bush administration said Tuesday it would allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to keep an office in Washington for another six months, but warned that it could be kicked out and have funds cut off in future if Yasser Arafat fails to crack down on terrorism. Full Story

Israel has no Sept. 11, a single, cataclysmic episode of terror. It has been more like water torture, one suicide bomb after another, slowly eating into the nation`s soul. The result is the same. Full Story

The Bush administration, under criticism for its role in the ouster of President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela, acknowledged today that a senior administration official was in contact with Mr. Chávez`s successor on the very day he took over. Full Story

Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) outlined legislation yesterday that would set national standards for state-issued driver`s licenses, permitting rapid data-sharing among certain government agencies. Full Story

One of America`s best hopes to handle a terrorist attack effectively lies in West Virginia coal country, down a dirt road and past a speck of a town cradled between huge shoulders of mountainside. Full Story

The Pentagon is revamping its worldwide command structure, underscoring the new priorities of defending against terrorist attacks and injecting more innovation into how the military trains, equips and fights. Full Story

A group linked to Osama bin Laden`s Al Qaeda network has claimed responsibility for an explosion at a historic synagogue in Tunisia last week that killed 16 people, including 10 German tourists, according to two London-based Arabic newspapers. Full Story

An explosion damaged several buildings in downtown San`a on Tuesday, including one that witnesses said houses a Yemeni intelligence office. A group saying it backs the al-Qaida terror network has claimed responsibility. Full Story

The U.S. Embassy in Ukraine has said experts with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) invited to help investigate the death of a reporter have left the country after they were denied access to evidence. Full Story

The Kurdish terrorist group that carried out a 15-year terrorist campaign against Turkey announced a name change and shift in strategy on Tuesday, claiming it now wants to campaign peacefully for greater Kurdish rights. Full Story

The Norwegian Deputy Foreign Minister, Vidar Helgesen, is in rebel-controlled northern Sri Lanka to discuss the logistics of holding peace talks. Full Story

Authorities are beefing up security at the Panama Canal, enlisting more guards to patrol the waterway and building an automated system that will better identify approaching vessels. Full Story

Dissident republicans are suspected of having carried out a bomb attack on a police training centre in east Belfast, a senior police officer said today. Full Story

A U.N. expert panel has recommended the Security Council retain some sanctions against Liberia, although it acknowledges Monrovia is no longer fueling a civil war in neighboring Sierra Leone. Full Story

At least five persons, including two school boys, were killed and two were injured in a shootout by three gunmen at Balhama-Rafiabad in Baramulla on Tuesday evening, official sources said on Wednesday. Full Story

Former guerilla and poet Jose Alexandre Gusmao has won a landslide victory to become the first president of a soon-to-be independent East Timor. Full Story

Osama bin Laden probably got away during the battle for Tora Bora late last year because the US military failed to commit ground troops to the mountainous region in eastern Afghanistan, The Washington Post said quoting US intelligence officials. Full Story

The conflict in the Middle East is being fought in cyberspace as well as on the ground, showing that hacking is developing into a recognised form of international warfare, according to a leading security analyst. Full Story

Israel has been suffering a barrage of hack attacks since the start of the Palestinian uprising in September 2000. Full Story

Internet Cafes Struggle With Issues of Terrorism vs. Privacy. Full Story

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APRIL 16, 2002. ISRAEL. Independence Day APRIL 16, 2002. ITALY. The three major labor unions in Italy have called for a general strike. The eight hour stopage is expected in most Italian cities and could cause transportation delays. The unions claim 12 million members. Full Story and More Dates

Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden was shown in an undated videotape excerpt aired on Monday, sitting silently alongside a top aide who praised the September 11 attacks on America as a “great victory.” Full Story

Al-Jazeera television aired on Monday what it said was the videotaped will of one of the men who carried out the September 11 attacks, pledging to die as a “martyr.” Full Story

British-based men will be at the centre of the biggest trial of al-Qaida suspects since September 11, when it starts tomorrow in Frankfurt. Full Story

Two men who helped run the Virginia branch of a Somali-based financial network accused by the Bush administration of giving money to Osama bin Laden`s terrorist network pleaded innocent Monday to charges of evading federal banking rules. Full Story

Amnesty International published a report hitting out at violations of the rights of prisoners being held by the US army in Cuba and Afghanistan. Full Story

A powerful explosion in downtown San`a on Tuesday damaged several buildings, including one housing a Yemeni intelligence office, witnesses said. No injuries were reported. Full Story

Ukrainian police say eight people are being questioned in connection with an attack on the city`s main synagogue on Saturday. Full Story

The Kurdish rebel group that waged a 15-year war against Turkey announced a name change and shift in strategy Tuesday, saying it now wants to campaign peacefully for greater Kurdish rights. Full Story

For its alleged failure to pay the revolutionary tax, a Zamboanga-based firm lost 15 million pesos worth of heavy equipment in Samar when 30 armed men believed to be communist rebels set them on fire the other day. Full Story

The Maoists blasted the Coca Cola factory of Bottlers Nepal based in Gondrang of Chitwan district and six other local government offices causing a loss of property worth millions of rupees, the Nepal Samacharpatra daily reported quoting its local correspondent. Full Story