There are no confirmed reports of Pakistan&#039s ISI having any links with the LTTE, the Minister of State for Home, Mr. Vidyasagar Rao, informed the Lok Sabha today. Full Story

As Republicans gathered here last August to nominate George W. Bush for president, a drama played out in secret locations across the city as thousands of American soldiers stood poised for a catastrophic event. Along with a host of civilian emergency specialists, these specialized troops braced for a biological, chemical or nuclear terror attack on…

A federal judge in Manhattan agreed yesterday to sign a subpoena seeking testimony from former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright for a defendant in the embassy bombings trial, but prosecutors are expected to ask the judge to quash it. Full Story

here&#039s an international conference of terrorist organizations in Tehran next week, and guess who&#039s among the guests of honor? Not the elusive Osama Bin Laden. He doesn&#039t go out much these days. No, the big surprise personality is no one less than Nobel Peace Prize laureate Yasser Arafat. Full Story

After releasing dozens of hostages, suspected leftist guerrillas on Tuesday still held captive 27 Colombian contract employees of U.S.-based oil giant Occidental Petroleum, the company said. Full Story

Two explosions – both possibly caused by grenades – killed three women and injured 30 people in the southern province of Kampot, police and local officials said Tuesday. Full Story

Palestinians lobbed mortar bombs at Israeli targets and Israeli tanks blasted West Bank towns Wednesday after the Jewish state ended its brief but bloody re-occupation of Palestinian territory. Full Story

A night of violence in the Pakistani city of Karachi was followed by two bomb blasts on Wednesday that killed one person and wounded two, police and witnesses said. Full Story

At least 18 soldiers were killed on Wednesday in clashes between Indian and Bangladeshi border troops along the northern Kurigram frontier, Bangladesh security officials said. Full Story

The man who confessed to setting a series of dormitory blasts that killed 108 people in northern China last month, was sentenced to death Wednesday, Xinhua news agency reported. Full Story

Federal emergency officials are preparing for a U.S. outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, a prospect they see as highly likely. About 75 federal officials from agencies ranging from the Agriculture Department to the CIA met Wednesday to review plans for addressing an outbreak of the highly infectious animal virus. The group also included officials from the…

A jury pool three times larger than normal was summoned Monday for the trial of a former Ku Klux Klansman accused in one of the most notorious crimes of the civil rights era: a 1963 church bombing that killed four black girls. Thomas Blanton Jr., 62, entered the courthouse without comment. Full Story

Marsha and Tom Kight had been married 10 years when a massive truck bomb ripped open the federal building in Oklahoma City, killing Marsha’s 23-year-old daughter, shattering their lives and contributing to the demise of their marriage. The Kights remain close friends who speak daily, console each other and agree on much, including their devotion…

A lawyer for a defendant in the embassy bombings trial told a federal judge in Manhattan yesterday that his client&#039s defense was being compromised because he could not find experts willing to testify about the United States&#039 intervention in Somalia in 1993. He said the experts were scared off because of the terrorism allegations in…

In an apparent move to lend support to President Abdurrahman Wahid&#039s opposition movement, Ikhwanul Muslimin chief Habib Husein Al-Habsy called on all Muslims to overthrow President Abdurrahman&#039s administration that “has committed all vices and evil things.” Full Story

A trail of violence has continued to rock Aceh province, leaving at least 12 people killed and scores injured, officials said on Tuesday. Deputy spokesman of Cinta Meunasah II operation Comr. Sudarsono said on Tuesday that four people, including a military seargant were killed during a blitz launched by the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) separatist…

Neo-Nazis beat up an American at a fast-food restaurant in eastern Germany, breaking his nose, police said Monday. Two men, ages 22 and 23, were detained in connection with the attack Sunday in Wittstock. Police were seeking a third suspect. Full Story

Israeli troops took back parts of the Palestinian-ruled Gaza Strip Tuesday after a withering hail of fire from land, sea and air killed one person, wounded 30 and left life in the area in disarray. Full Story

Suspected leftist Colombian rebels kidnapped up to 92 workers from U.S. oil firm Occidental Petroleum Corp. but freed most of them hours later early on Tuesday, the army said. Full Story

The Philippines put its riot troops in the capital Manila on alert on Tuesday to quell any violence if deposed president Joseph Estrada is arrested on a charge of economic plunder — a crime punishable by death. Full Story

Liberia&#039s youth and sports minister died from gunshot wounds on Monday after being shot by dissidents during a visit to the north, the information ministry said. Full Story

Seven years have gone by, but Robert E. Precht still has nightmares about the World Trade Center trial. Mr. Precht was a defense lawyer in the landmark terrorism case. His client was convicted, but that was not the only pain he suffered. Full Story

Anti-terrorist police are hoping that laboratory tests will help them catch those responsible for the bombing of a London postal sorting office. Full Story

Fighting between separatist terrorists and security forces in southeastern Turkey has killed nine militants while five soldiers die because of mine explosion, a military official said on Sunday. Full Story

Six people were wounded in the northern Russian city of St. Petersburg when a quarrel spiraled out of control and one of the men involved threw three grenades, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported Sunday. Full Story

Israel Monday bombed a Syrian radar station in Lebanon, raising the military stakes in the Middle East and setting off warnings of a wider conflict. Full Story

NATO-led peacekeepers arrested a Bosnian Serb army commander on Sunday who had been indicted by a U.N. war crimes tribunal for alleged involvement in the 1995 massacre of thousands of Muslims in Srebrenica. Full Story

Colombia&#039s state prosecutor is investigating the disappearance and possible murder of at least 32 peasants by far-right paramilitaries in the remote locality of Naya, local television said on Sunday. Full Story

The deputy leader of Afghanistan&#039s ruling Taliban, Mullah Mohammad Rabbani, died in a Pakistani hospital Monday, the Taliban ambassador to Pakistan said. Full Story

The radical Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas says 100 suicide bombers are ready to avenge the death of one of its activists who it says was assassinated by Israel. Full Story

The most dangerous aspect of a biological attack is its stealth. Initially, it might show up as five or six isolated cases of odd symptoms in emergency rooms or family physician offices. If it&#039s not recognized and reported early, it could quickly mushroom into 25 cases, then 500 cases, 5,000 cases. Full Story

The Japanese Red Army&#039s jailed founder Fusako Shigenobu said Saturday she was disbanding the group behind several international terrorist attacks in the 1960-70s. Full Story

Federal authorities plan to increase security at an FBI satellite office in Harford County next week after agents discovered menacing graffiti on a bureau parking space. Full Story

Justice Minister Michalis Stathopoulos is considering significant changes to the new legislation aimed at combating terrorism and other forms of organized crime. These will concern the use of DNA to identify suspected criminals, the abrogation of witnesses&#039 anonymity and the surveillance of suspects. Full Story

Now that the government has authorized a closed-circuit feed of Timothy McVeigh&#039s execution, it wants to ensure that would-be hackers can&#039t grab the signal and make it public. Full Story

The Philippine military rescued U.S. hostage Jeffrey Schilling on Thursday from Muslim rebels who had threatened to behead him last week, military officials said. The 25-year-old Oakland, Calif., resident was rescued in good shape 10 days of assaults on the southern island of Jolo, said Brig. Gen. Diomedio Villanueva, in charge of a 10-day-old series…

When prison authorities in Terre Haute, Ind., strap 32-year-old Timothy McVeigh down May 16 and send a lethal injection into his bloodstream, his will be the most public execution in the history of the United States. Thanks to a ruling by Attorney General John Ashcroft expected later this week, McVeigh’s execution will be broadcast on…

Hacking is no longer about ego and theft. Today, hackers want to make their political voice heard. Enter the hacktivist. Full Story

The scheduled execution of Timothy McVeigh has prompted higher security at an Army chemical depot stocked with tons of a lethal nerve agent. Full Story

Republicans opposed to the Northern Ireland peace process have threatened a fresh campaign of violence. Full Story

Radical environmentalists are adopting increasingly extreme tactics in what they say is a battle to save America&#039s desert landscapes from destruction. Full Story

Alluding to Thoreau&#039s admonition to simplify, a federal judge in Manhattan said yesterday that the government should consider paring down the mammoth indictment in the embassy bombings trial. Full Story

The EU has adopted a set of guidelines setting out the best practices that police can use to deal with terrorist attacks, the Foreign Ministry and the British Embassy in Athens have announced. This is the result of a joint Greek-British initiative following the murder in Athens last June of the British military attache, Brig.…

A deputy head of the pro-Russian administration in Chechnya has been killed in a bomb attack. They have killed somebody who was trying every means possible to restore normal live to Chechnya Administration chief, Akhmad Kadyrov The man, Shamalu Deniyev, had been giving a live television address at a television studio in the town of…

Municipal transport strikes hobbled traffic in dozens of French cities Thursday, compounding frustration for thousands of passengers already beset by two weeks of strikes by national rail workers. Full Story

Bowed down by crosses and carrying candles flickering in empty drink bottles, Christian pilgrims on Friday retraced Jesus&#039s walk to crucifixion in subdued Holy Land Easter celebrations. Full Story

A five-day truce to mark Sri Lanka&#039s traditional new year holiday got off to a shaky start on Friday with the government accusing Tamil Tiger rebels of planning to use the cease-fire to lay land mines. Full Story

White extremists congregating in Yahoo clubs and chat rooms will now be greeted with banner ads urging them to “fight hate and promote tolerance.” Full Story

Attorney General John Ashcroft will permit victims of the Oklahoma City bombing and their relatives to watch a closed-circuit telecast of Timothy McVeigh’s execution next month, NBC News learned on Wednesday. Full Story

Mayor Charles Luken says he may call in the National Guard to help quell violent protests sparked by the shooting death of an unarmed black man by police. Full Story

A daring militant attack on high security North Block housing Home and Finance ministries, was nullified by the Delhi Police on Wednesday as it defused a chemical explosive planted by suspected militants. Full Story

The Russian mafia does it. So does deposed President Slobodan Milosevic. Now, fugitive Saudi billionaire Osama Bin Laden joins the club of those who keep their money in the Republic of Cyprus. Full Story

India is not the only country that Iran plans to join in the war against international terrorism. At the end of this week, Iran and Saudi Arabia are expected to sign a treaty focussing on cooperation against crime, terrorism, narcotics- trafficking, and money laundering. Full Story

Osama bin Laden, the Saudi dissident wanted by the United States on terrorism charges, urged hard-line Islamic activists yesterday to prepare the next generation for a jihad, or holy war. Full Story

Fighting between the army and rebels northwest of the capital left at least 11 civilians dead and forced thousands to flee their homes, a local government official said Wednesday. Full Story

A worldwide hunt for money allegedly looted by Belgrade&#039s former strongman Slobodan Milosevic has failed to nail down any assets of the indicted war criminal, officials and investigators said on Thursday. Full Story

Scattered violence involving both Israelis and Palestinians swept the Gaza Strip and other areas Thursday after both sides&#039 security chiefs failed to agree on ways to halt their fighting at a U.S.-hosted meeting. Full Story

The IRA&#039s political ally Sinn Fein expressed concern Thursday that a widely tipped British general election on June 7 could put hard-line Protestants in a position to wreck the Northern Ireland peace process. Full Story

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said in remarks published Thursday he believed Palestinian President Yasser Arafat was beginning “to soften,&#039&#039 giving Israelis cause for optimism about peacemaking. Full Story

Proclaiming a significant political convergence, India and Iran today condemned international terrorism, called for a broad-based Government in Afghanistan, supported tolerance and pluralism, and agreed to quickly find a viable mechanism to transport natural gas from the Gulf to the Subcontinent. Full Story