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  • Bomb Blasts Belgrade Representative”s Kosovo Home

    One person died from injuries sustained in a bomb attack early on Wednesday at the residence of Yugoslavia&#039s chief representative in Kosovo, the U.N.-led administration of the province said. Full Story

  • Armed Myanmar Convicts Hold Hostages in Thai Jail

    The governor of a Thai provincial prison and six other prison officers were being held hostage by a group of eight armed Myanmar prisoners on Wednesday, police said. Full Story

  • Militants Kill Five in Kashmir After Truce Call

    Five people were killed and six wounded when suspected separatist guerrillas in Kashmir stopped a truck convoy, in the first major attack in the troubled region since New Delhi announced a cease-fire for the coming holy month of Ramadan. Full Story

  • Germany Reports Sharp Upturn in Hate Crimes

    The German government said on Tuesday neo-Nazi activity was on the increase, with more hate crimes ranging from displaying Nazi symbols to vandalism, beatings and murder. Full Story

  • Indonesia Threatens Aceh with Possible Emergency

    Indonesia said on Wednesday it would impose a state of emergency in the restive province of Aceh unless separatists agreed to resume peace talks with the government. Full Story

  • Suspected ETA Attack Wounds Spanish Policeman

    Suspected members of the Basque separatist group ETA fired grenades at a Spanish Civil Guard police barracks in the Basque region on Tuesday, slightly wounding one police officer, officials said. Full Story

  • Details sharpen picture of Cole attackers

    In a portrait emerging from Yemen, the plotters who attacked a U.S. warship in the port of Aden came from across the region, inspired by hatred, hardened by war and determined enough to try again and again until they were able to strike a mighty target. Full Story

  • Sudan Reportedly Bombs Rebel Town, Killing 10

    At least 10 people were killed and dozens of others injured when a Sudanese air force plane bombed a market in the rebel-held southern town of Yei on Monday, an aid organization said. Full Story

  • Grenade Attack Injures Cop in Spain

    A hit-and-run grenade attack on a police station in the northern town of Irun slightly injured a policeman Tuesday, a police spokesman said. Officials blamed the attack on Basque separatists. Full Story

  • Anti-Sharif Rebels Take Over Party HQ

    A deep rift in deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif&#039s Pakistan Muslim League turned nasty yesterday when rebel members took over the party headquarters to demand Sharif&#039s removal as party boss. Full Story

  • Mob Attacks Australian Ambassador in Jakarta

    A pro-Jakarta East Timorese mob attacked Australia&#039s ambassador to Indonesia on Tuesday and witnesses said police stood by and did nothing. Full Story

  • Egypt Recalls Israel Envoy After Gaza Air Strike

    Egypt recalled its ambassador from Israel on Tuesday in protest at “Israeli aggression&#039&#039 against the Palestinians, dealing the Jewish state its biggest diplomatic blow since the start of a Palestinian uprising eight weeks ago. Full Story

  • Lockerbie Prosecution Winds Up Its Case

    The prosecution in the Lockerbie bomb trial ended its case on Monday with its last witness, a U.S. reporter, being lectured after demanding a chance to “tell the truth.&#039&#039 Full Story

  • Israel Missiles Hit Gaza Police, Security Buildings

    Israeli helicopter gunships fired missiles into Palestinian security and police buildings in Gaza City on Monday but did not hit Palestinian President Yasser Arafat&#039s office, witnesses said. Full Story

  • Israel launches retaliatory attack in Gaza City

    Israeli military forces fired missiles on the Gaza City headquarters of Fatah, the political movement of Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat, in response to the bombing earlier of a school bus carrying Jewish settlers.

  • Yemen Detains Possible Accomplices in Cole Bombing

    Authorities have detained some alleged accomplices, all Yemenis, in the Oct. 12 suicide bombing of the USS Cole, a Yemeni security official said today. Full Story

  • Defiance, fear on rumor of U.S. attack

    Latifullah, a 14-year-old with hard, blue eyes, had just arrived at Shamshatoo refugee camp after traveling for 10 days by foot and mule from Takhar province in northeastern Afghanistan. Full Story

  • Remains of 1 Cole bomber found, U.S. officials say

    Investigators have found remains of at least one person believed to have been on the small boat used to bomb the USS Cole, two U.S. administration officials told CNN on Friday. Full Story

  • Refugee acquitted of terrorism charge

    The RCMP were the big losers yesterday after an Egyptian refugee was acquitted of terrorism charges. A Montreal judge said he puts more faith in refugee Tarek Khafagy&#039s story than that of the Mounties&#039 star witness against him. Full Story

  • Saddam stockpiling deadly chemical weapons

    Saddam Hussein has been illegally stockpiling an arsenal of deadly chemical and biological weapons in schools and hospitals, Western intelligence reports say. Full Story

  • British police arrest two for international terrorism

    Police have arrested two men in Birmingham in connection with international terrorism, a police spokeswoman said Saturday. Full Story

  • Colombia Rebels Blamed for Attack on Civilians

    Marxist rebels, who suspended peace talks with the government earlier this week, killed up to 15 civilians in the latest round of political bloodletting across Colombia, authorities said Saturday. Full Story

  • Bomb Defused in Russian Town

    A bomb designed to spray metal shards through a busy market in a Russian town was discovered and defused Sunday just hours before it was timed to go off, the ITAR-TASS news agency reported. Full Story

  • Angolan Rebels Pose No Threat — Army Chief

    Angola&#039s UNITA rebels lack the capacity to threaten the government in Luanda despite an increase in guerrilla activity, the country&#039s army chief said in a radio interview on Monday. “Contrary to what may be thought, these guerrillas are not increasing their actions, but decreasing them,” General Joao Batista de Matos told state-owned Radio Nacional. “It…

  • The invisible enemy

    On March 20th 1995, members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult placed containers of nerve gas in five Tokyo subway cars during the morning rush hour. As many as 6,000 people were exposed to the gas, and more than 3,000 flocked to hospital emergency rooms as word of the attack leaked out. When it was over,…

  • Cohen Meets in Kuwait on Terrorism

    Defense Secretary William Cohen met with Kuwait&#039s leaders Sunday, in part to discuss terrorism in a country that is holding at least six suspected terrorists accused of plotting attacks against the United States and other western forces here. Full Story

  • Saudi blast “baffles” investigators

    An explosion which killed a British engineer has baffled investigators in Saudi Arabia. Christopher Rodway died when his car exploded as he drove through the capital Riyadh with his wife Jane. Full Story

  • Two Israelis Die in Gaza School Bus Bomb Attack

    A bomb exploded in front of a Jewish settlers&#039 school bus in the largely Palestinian-ruled Gaza Strip Monday, killing two adults and wounding nine others including children. Full Story

  • Fugitive indicted in Olympics blast

    Fugitive Eric Rudolph was indicted Wednesday for the bombing at the 1996 Olympics that killed one woman and injured more than 120 people, as well as two other Atlanta-area explosions and a deadly Alabama abortion clinic bombing. Full Story

  • U.N. OKs major treaty on crime

    The U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday passed a major treaty aimed at thwarting international criminal rings engaged in drug trafficking, human smuggling and other trans-border crimes. Full Story

  • U.S. Cites Cooperation by Yemen

    U.S. officials, indicating that friction between the FBI and Yemeni authorities has eased, said yesterday that the two sides were now working more closely in the investigation of last month&#039s bombing of the USS Cole. Full Story

  • Bulgaria Minister Says Two Dead In Hotel Blast

    Two people were killed in an explosion on Wednesday at a hotel in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, Interior Minister Emanuil Yordanov said on Thursday, calling the incident “a terrorist attack”. Full Story

  • Barrack Blast Injures 21 Croat Soldiers-Minister

    Twenty-one soldiers were injured in a blast of undetermined nature on Thursday inside an army barracks in central Croatia, Defense Minister Jozo Rados said. Full Story

  • Colombia Rebel Leader Rules Out Peace Deal

    A top commander of Colombia&#039s leading Marxist rebel army has said its guns will not fall silent anytime soon, even if it ultimately seizes power, authorities said on Wednesday. Full Story

  • Israeli Troops Kill 3 Palestinians

    Israeli troops shot and killed three teenage Palestinian protesters today, as Israel tightened its blockade of Palestinian-ruled West Bank towns after four Israelis were killed in drive-by shootings on Monday. Full Story

  • Gunmen Launch Fresh Attack in Guinea, Say Security Sources

    Gunmen launched a fresh attack on a Guinean village not far from the border with Sierra Leone, security sources said on Tuesday. Full Story

  • Israeli Minister Says “Policy of Restraint” to End

    Israel said Wednesday it was preparing to drop its “policy of restraint&#039&#039 to prevent more Jewish blood from being spilled in the conflict with Palestinians. Full Story

  • Indian Movie Star Released by Bandit Veerappan

    Indian film star Rajkumar was released by a jungle bandit on Wednesday after 108 days in captivity, a senior government official in the southern state of Karnataka said. Full Story

  • Terrorist plot suspects face prosecution in Kuwait

    Prosecutors have been authorized to prepare charges against six Kuwaitis suspected of plotting terrorist attacks against U.S. and other Western forces in Kuwait, the Interior Ministry reported Tuesday. Full Story

  • Were Cole sentry guns loaded?

    The Pentagon said Tuesday it would not confirm or deny a report that sailors guarding the USS Cole did not have ammunition in their weapons when the warship was bombed in Yemen last month. Full Story

  • FARC says peace process with Colombian government frozen

    The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the country&#039s largest left-wing guerrilla group, Tuesday declared the peace process with the government “frozen” until Bogota takes steps to clamp down on right-wing paramilitaries. Full Story

  • Iranians Hijack Plane to Go to United States

    Members of four Iranian families tried to hijack a small airliner on Monday and force it fly to the United States, Kayhan newspaper said on Tuesday. Full Story

  • Lockerbie defense tries to blame Palestinian

    Defense lawyers at the Lockerbie trial Tuesday called a key witness with links to a radical Palestinian group a liar and a murderer in a bid to torpedo the prosecution&#039s case against two Libyans. Full Story

  • USS Cole Guards Told Not to Fire First Shot

    The sailors on sentry duty aboard the USS Cole when it was bombed last month did not have ammunition in their guns and were not authorized to shoot unless fired upon, according to members of the ship&#039s crew. Full Story

  • Harvard dinner may benefit alleged Hamas supporters

    Harvard&#039s Islamic and Arab student groups held a fundraising dinner Thursday night to raise money for medical relief in the Palestinian Authority territories. Full Story

  • Uzbek prosecutor asks for death sentences for 10 suspected extremists

    Uzbekistan&#039s public prosecutor asked Monday that 10 suspected members of a banned Islamic extremist group be sentenced to death for alleged crimes including murder, terrorism and a bid to seize power. Full Story

  • Bomb Hurts Zanzibar Election Official

    Attackers lobbed a bomb Monday into the bedroom of a senior Zanzibar election official, seriously injuring him, police said. Full Story

  • Colombian Army Launches Offensive

    The army said Monday that it has killed 22 rebels in a campaign to wrest control of a southern cocaine-producing province from rebels who have paralyzed it with blockades for weeks. Full Story

  • Angola Rebels Attack Central Stronghold–Agency

    UNITA rebels launched an attack near the central Angolan gateway town of Kuito, killing 19 people and wounding 27, the Portuguese news agency Lusa said on Tuesday. About 150 heavily-armed rebels on Sunday attacked Catala, about 30 km (20 miles) from Kuito, which was the scene of bloody clashes when fighting resumed in late 1998…

  • Cohen Delays Trip to Persian Gulf

    Defense Secretary William Cohen has delayed by at least one day his trip to the Persian Gulf, where U.S. forces have been on a heightened state of alert since the Oct. 12 terrorist bombing of the USS Cole. Full Story

  • Russian commandos late for hijacking”s end

    Russia&#039s premier counter-terrorist group, “Alpha,” rushed to Israel yesterday to take part in any rescue operation of the hijacked airliner, but arrived long after the incident was over, a Russian official said. Full Story

  • Israel – Palestinians Adopt “Death on the Roads”

    Israel erected blockades around Palestinian-ruled towns in the West Bank on Tuesday after gunmen killed four of its citizens, accusing the Palestinians of adopting a new strategy called “death on the roads.&#039&#039 Full Story

  • Muslim Leaders Slam Israel, Reject Terror

    Leaders of the world&#039s 1.2 billion Muslims ended a summit meeting on Monday with a strong condemnation of Israel but rejected attempts by hard-liners to call for a jihad, or holy war, against the Jewish state. Full Story

  • U.S. Hostage in Philippines Says Hopes Fading

    An American man held hostage by Muslim rebels in the southern Philippines for over two months said on Tuesday his hopes of being freed were dwindling because of the political crisis in the country. Full Story

  • Iran Foils Hijack Attempt, Arrests Three

    Security guards foiled an attempt to hijack an Iranian passenger plane in southern Iran on Monday, arresting the three would-be hijackers, the official news agency IRNA reported. Full Story

  • ETA Convict Uses Bedsheets to Flee French Police

    A convicted member of the Basque separatist group ETA tied bedsheets together to form a makeshift rope and slide to freedom through the window of a hotel where French police had him under 24-hour watch, police said on Monday. Full Story

  • USS Cole attack cost 10,000 dollars at most — report

    The suicide attack which crippled the US destroyer Cole in a Yemeni harbour a month ago, killing 17 sailors, cost 10,000 dollars at most, a newspaper reported Sunday, quoting an Islamic radical. Full Story

  • Israeli army chief accuses Palestinians of opting for terror

    An Israeli army commander accused the Palestinians Monday of seeking to turn their “guerrilla war” against Israel into a terrorist campaign. Full Story

  • A Bomb Injures 11 In a Basque Town

    Eleven Spanish police officers were injured, five seriously, when a bomb exploded today in the latest incident attributed to the Basque separatist group ETA. Full Story

  • Bombs Rock Athens

    At least four bombs exploded in the suburbs of the Greek capital, Athens, on Sunday. The far-left group Revolutionary Nuclei claimed responsibility for the blasts, which targeted branches of the US bank Citibank, the UK bank Barclay&#039s and the studio of a Greek-American sculptor. Full Story