Macedonian Prime Minister Ljubco Georgievski distanced himself from a newly agreed peace deal on Friday after seven soldiers died in a mine attack near Skojpe and fierce fighting was reported near the border with Kosovo. Full Story

Large crowds chanting “Death to Israel&#039&#039 and “Death to America&#039&#039 marched in cities across Iran on Friday in a day of solidarity with a Palestinian uprising against Israel. Full Story

Britain said on Friday it was suspending Northern Ireland&#039s devolved government to give feuding Protestant and Catholic politicians more time to try to settle their differences over guerrilla disarmament. Full Story

The was no respite from violence in troubled Kashmir on Friday as a string of grenade attacks rocked the region a day after Indian forces were given virtually unlimited powers to deal with suspected lawbreakers. Full Story

Three months ago, running for re-election and anxious to improve public confidence in his government&#039s agricultural policy, Prime Minister Tony Blair boldly declared that Britain&#039s foot-and-mouth crisis had turned the corner and was “in the home straight.” Full Story

There is clear evidence that the Special Criminal Court – which sits without a jury – does nothing to get rid of subversive or organised crime, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties claimed yesterday. Full Story

Imagine how a shady businessman longs to get the home address of the detective investigating his case. Or how delighted a car accident victim would be to find the address of the hit-and-run driver who left him without a bumper. Or what great things a creative con man could do with a list of all…

Macedonian police raided a house in Skopje Tuesday and killed five alleged ethnic Albanian guerrillas, Interior Minister Ljube Boskovski said. Full Story

Unidentified gunmen shot dead an Israeli man in the Jordanian capital Amman Tuesday, an Israeli embassy spokesman said. Full Story

Australia Tuesday rejected accusations that two Australians among 24 aid workers arrested by Afghanistan&#039s ruling Taliban were in Kabul to spread Christianity and demanded immediate access to them. Full Story

An explosion rocked a residential area in the East Java capital of Surabaya early on Tuesday, killing one and injuring another, Indonesian police said. Full Story

Two Real IRA terrorist cells are operating in London and are intent on launching further attacks in the wake of last week&#039s Ealing bombing, intelligence sources revealed last night. The cells are believed to number up to 12 members. Most are suspected to be &#039cleanskins&#039 or &#039lilywhites&#039 – young and with no previous known connections…

In one of the more brazen strikes at Israel&#039s heart, a Palestinian man stepped out of a car today and sprayed automatic rifle fire outside the Israeli Defense Ministry here, wounding 10 people, most of them soldiers on their lunch break. Full Story

A recent explosion in a Caracas church has heightened alarm over a series of bomb threats in this South American capital, where terrorism is an unfamiliar problem. Last week&#039s bomb injured a 25-year-old woman and destroyed a confessional in a colonial church in downtown Caracas. On Friday, police deactivated a bomb in the Caracas home…

A leading Palestinian activist in the West Bank, Marwan Barghouti, has narrowly escaped with his life after Israel launched a missile strike on a convoy of cars he was travelling in. One of two missiles fired hit a bodyguard&#039s car in front of Mr Barghouti, who heads Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat&#039s Fatah movement in Ramallah.…

Burundian government officials on Friday accused rebels of killing 10 civilians in cold blood, fanning a growing climate of fear gripping residents caught up in the country&#039s eight-year civil war. Full Story

Israel has marked seven Palestinians on a most-wanted list that could herald more track-and-kill operations likely to strain relations with its guardian ally, the United States. Full Story

Afghanistan&#039s ruling Taliban said on Monday that 24 foreign and local staff from an international aid agency were safe after being arrested for propagating Christianity and their fate would be decided under Islamic law. Full Story

India said on Sunday it would not tolerate “cross-border terrorism&#039&#039 and would crush it without hesitation as 17 more people were killed in escalating violence in Kashmir. Full Story

Northern Ireland&#039s leading pro-British Protestant politician David Trimble said on Sunday IRA guerrillas must take steps toward giving up their weapons if the peace process is to be salvaged. Full Story

In its first high-level meeting with Afghanistan&#039s ruling militia, the Bush administration told the Taliban on Thursday that they must stop supporting terrorists before any serious progress can be made in relations with the United States. Full Story

Three Columbia County emergency workers will get to watch stuff blow up for three days. And they&#039ll learn ways to combat terrorism at the same time. Full Story

Watching young children pedaling their bikes through the sparkling new subdivision of Island Estates, you&#039d never guess that four of these suburban dream homes were torched by arsonists in the predawn chill on December 30. Nor can you tell which cheery white house on Casey Lane had threatening graffiti sprayed across its exterior in red…

At least six people were injured when a car bomb ripped through a busy area of west London late on Thursday, and informed security experts pointed a finger at the dissident Northern Irish Real IRA guerrilla group. Full Story

Guatemalans armed with machetes, rocks and sticks torched property and battled police in a provincial town on Thursday, injuring 20 officers, police said. Full Story

Palestinian President Yasser Arafat called Thursday for a halt to all violence in the Middle East and the immediate appointment of international observers to the region. Full Story

Macedonia&#039s divided politicians will try Friday to sketch out a future police force as part of efforts to defuse an ethnic Albanian insurgency. Full Story

Bioterrorism is a very real possibility that has come to people&#039s minds recently, with all the foot-and-mouth disease problems in European livestock. A national committee led by an Iowa State University researcher is studying the United States&#039 preparedness in dealing with agricultural bioterrorism. Full Story

Three National Guard units were certified yesterday as the nation&#039s first fully mission capable Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams (WMD-CST). These teams are designed to support incident commanders responding to a terrorist use of a weapon of mass destruction. The three weapons of mass destruction civil support teams are the 8th WMD-CST, Aurora,…

Government and private security officials are trying to spur action to stamp out an infectious computer worm they say could disrupt the operations of the entire Internet starting on Tuesday evening. Representatives from the FBI and other federal agencies are warning that the “Code Red” computer worm, which infected 300,000 computers and disrupted several U.S.…

A car bomb exploded in northern Jerusalem yesterday afternoon, as police combed parts of Tel Aviv for a suspected bomb amid continued warnings of terror attacks inside the Green Line.

A car parts store blew up early Monday, killing six Palestinian activists in Yasser Arafat&#039s Fatah movement. It was one of the deadliest single episodes in 10 months of Mideast violence. Full Story

Masked gunmen took hostage 41 people on a bus in southern Russia on Tuesday and the interior minister was quoted as saying that they wanted the release of jailed Chechen guerrillas. Full Story

Israeli police deployed in force in public places in Jerusalem on Tuesday in response to what they said was information that Palestinians planned bombing attacks in the city. Full Story

Some 500 Mexican rebel sympathizers blocked roads in the southern state of Chiapas on Monday to protest against a recently ratified indigenous-rights law they say fails to protect Indians. Full Story

The European Union warned on Monday its role in Colombia&#039s 2-1/2 year-old peace talks with FARC rebels was “gravely compromised&#039&#039 by violence against foreigners and violations of international law. Full Story

We are still accepting registrations for our Win Against Terrorism Training to be held in Northern Virginia on August 21-22, 2001. For those requiring information on nearby hotels, please email us directly at [email protected]. Class enrollment is still below expectations, so we are extending the $300 price through next week. For more information please see…

Security agencies from three countries are currently working on material for the forthcoming trial of the alleged former leader of the Real IRA, Dublin&#039s Special Criminal Court heard today. Full Story

At Port Canaveral, the presence of drug smuggling, illegal immigration and cargo theft is “very minor,” Canaveral Port Authority spokeswoman Dixie Sansom said. “But minor doesn&#039t mean there&#039s not a high level of concern about it.” Full Story

Four people, including a Briton and a German, received prison terms Wednesday of up to two and a half years for their roles in rioting during last month&#039s European Union summit in Goteborg. Full Story

A small bomb exploded inside a church in the center of Venezuela&#039s capital just opposite the nation&#039s legislative building on Wednesday and at least one person was treated for shock, police said. Full Story

The 13 men who were dressed like travelers waited at a roadside stand where they drank tea, ate snacks, chatted, read newspapers and waited for 9:45 p.m. Full Story

Soldiers fired five ground-to-ground missiles at a senior Hamas terrorist driving in his car in Nablus yesterday, killing him and foiling his preparations for a large terror attack. Full Story

Like ghosts at a funeral, 10 would-be Palestinian suicide bombers in white robes and masks took pride of place at the burial on Thursday of a Hamas militant hunted down and killed by Israel. Full Story

The Italian government on Thursday came under increased pressure at home and abroad to respond to allegations that demonstrators at last week&#039s G8 summit in Genoa were brutally beaten and denied their human and legal rights. Full Story

Bosnia&#039s Muslim-Croat federation said Thursday it had arrested two Egyptians and a local newspaper said the pair were suspected of being close associates of Saudi fugitive Osama bin Laden. Full Story

Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said Washington&#039s decision to abandon efforts to strengthen a 30-year ban on germ warfare was an enormous setback. Full Story

The Basque separatist rebel group ETA claimed responsibility on Thursday for 15 attacks in Spain between March and July this year, including five killings. Full Story

A protest over the expansion of a hotel on the Caribbean island of Antigua turned violent Tuesday, with residents throwing bottles and stones and police responding with tear gas and rubber bullets, witnesses and radio broadcasts said. Full Story

U.S. seaports urgently need to bolster security to defend against terrorist attack, drug trafficking, smuggling and up to $12 billion in cargo theft each year, government and industry officials said on Tuesday. Full Story

Anti-Western violence and fierce street firefights in Macedonia have left prospects for a peaceful end to ethnic strife in the former Yugoslav republic looking their thinnest for weeks. Full Story

Masked gunmen killed India&#039s “Bandit Queen&#039&#039 outside her home on Wednesday, closing a turbulent life that began in poverty and rape, turned into a quest for revenge and ended in parliament. Full Story

Israel killed a Palestinian activist from the militant Islamic group Hamas on Wednesday, a move Palestinians said would set back international efforts to end 10 months of bloodshed. Full Story

A commander of the Hizbul Mujahideen guerrilla group was shot dead by security forces in Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said on Wednesday. Full Story

Spanish police sifted through the remains of an apartment in a busy beach resort on Wednesday where a suspected member of the Basque separatist group ETA blew herself up while handling explosives, officials said. Full Story

The reopening of Sri Lanka&#039s international airport was delayed on Wednesday as officials conducted investigations and cleared rubble a day after a rebel suicide attack killed 20 people and destroyed airliners. Full Story

Tens of thousands of people, many shouting &#039&#039killers, killers,&#039&#039 protested throughout Italy on Tuesday against the use of police force that left one person dead and more than 230 injured at the G8 summit in Genoa. Full Story

After the Oklahoma City bombing and several natural disasters in 1998, the General Services Administration (GSA) decided it needed a better tool to assess the risks that face government buildings. Now, after working with Regina Hunter and colleagues at Sandia National Laboratory for several years, the GSA has got its wish: a Risk Assessment Method—Property…

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has a list of 300 cities in the country that are likely targets of a terrorist attack. Full Story

The tranquil wilderness of Kananaskis will be shattered with security swarming forested mountains and choppers whirling overhead when Canada hosts G-8 world leaders next summer. Full Story