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  • 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

  • Bin Laden denies link with Kuwait”s “terror” group

    Osama Bin Laden, the man most wanted by the United States, has denied any link with alleged Kuwaiti terrorists and said he is not planning any attacks on US forces in the region, a newspaper reported Monday. Full Story

  • Kuwait Probe Into Islamist Bomb Plot Widens

    Kuwaiti authorities have broken up a sabotage ring that had planned a bombing campaign against U.S. installations in the Gulf Arab state and its neighbors, government officials and sources said. Full Story

  • Russian Hijacker, Hostages Arrive Safe in Moscow

    A Russian hijacker and his 58 hostages from a commandeered Russian passenger jet arrived in Moscow from Israel on Sunday night to end the 24-hour drama, Russia&#039s Interfax news agency reported. Full Story

  • Real Ira London Bomb Plot Thwarted-Paper

    Britain&#039s security services have foiled a plot by a dissident Irish republican guerrilla group to detonate a huge bomb in central London, the Sunday Telegraph reported. Full Story

  • Britain warns of terrorist attacks as Christmas approaches

    The British government warned people Sunday to be wary of terrorist attacks by republican Northern Ireland paramilitary groups as Christmas approaches. Full Story

  • Cole Attack Said Planned Outside Yemen

    Last month&#039s deadly USS Cole attack was masterminded by an Arab man who telephoned the bombers from the United Arab Emirates, a source close to the investigation said Sunday. Full Story

  • U.S. Warship Targeted In Failed January Attack

    Some of the same terrorists thought to have attacked the USS Cole botched a similar attack 10 months ago against another ship in Yemen&#039s Aden harbor, an intelligence official said. Full Story

  • College students seek solutions to terrorism

    Recent terrorist attacks in places like the Middle East and Yemen have sparked many students to ask: Why does terrorism occur, and what can I do to stop it? Full Story

  • The Phantom Menace

    Could terrorists attack the United States with weapons of mass destruction? Highly unlikely, say defense experts. So why is the Clinton administration spending billions to foil a most improbable threat? Full Story

  • A Policy Behind the Times

    When Bill Clinton leaves office in January, he can claim credit for having done more than any other president to ensure that the United States is prepared to counter the threat of terrorism. Overall spending on preparedness and response measures nearly doubled, and terrorism was elevated to the top of the list of security threats…

  • Suspected terrorists planned to attack U.S. Army camp and residences

    Kuwaiti terror suspects in custody here had planned to attack a U.S. Army camp as well as residences and vehicles of Western military officers, Al-Watan newspaper reported Friday. Full Story

  • German far-right ban supported

    Germany&#039s upper house of parliament has backed a ban against the far-right National Democratic Party (NPD), warning that the fringe movement posed a danger to the nation. Full Story

  • Bomb Attempts Follow Arrests in Basque Region

    The homes of a journalist and a policeman were the targets of bombing attempts in Spain&#039s Basque region on Friday after police arrested four people suspected of links to the Basque separatist group ETA. Full Story

  • Tirana”s “Artist Mayor” Escapes Sniper Attack

    Edi Rama, colorful newly-elected mayor of the Albanian capital Tirana, escaped unhurt after a sniper shot twice at the window of his apartment late on Thursday, police said on Friday. Full Story

  • Cole attack was terrorists” second try, U.S. officials say

    Terrorists tried, but failed, to attack another U.S. warship in Yemen some 10 months before the October 12 attack on the USS Cole, U.S. officials told CNN. Full Story

  • US seeking details about terrorism arrests from Kuwait

    The United States said Thursday it was seeking details from authorities in Kuwait about the arrests of four people alleged to have been plotting terrorist attacks in the Gulf. Full Story

  • On Fated Day, Germans Rally Against New Nazi Threat

    Two hundred thousand Germans marched in Berlin Thursday to show the world they oppose an upsurge in neo-Nazi violence that has shed a spotlight on racism and anti-Semitism in a nation still atoning for the Holocaust. Full Story

  • Spanish terror suspects arrested

    French police have arrested seven suspected members of a Spanish extreme left movement including the man believed to be its leader. Full Story

  • Report: Suspects in USS Cole bombing fled Yemen

    Four suspects in the deadly bombing of the USS Cole are believed to have fled Yemen shortly afterward, The Associated Press reported Thursday, citing a source close to the investigation. Full Story

  • Explosion Rocks Tibetan Capital

    An explosion, reportedly caused by a bomb, rocked a courthouse in the Tibetan capital Lhasa, briefly disrupting traffic and prompting police security checks, a monitoring group said Thursday. Full Story

  • Bomb Blast at Laos Airport Injures at Least Three

    A bomb exploded at the airport in the Laotian capital of Vientiane on Thursday, injuring at least three people and raising fears about security ahead of a visit at the weekend by Chinese President Jiang Zemin. Full Story

  • Kuwait Arrests Bin Laden Linked Plotters – Paper

    Kuwait has arrested a group of Arab suspects allegedly linked to Saudi Arabian dissident Osama bin Laden on charges of planning to attack several U.S. interests in the Gulf region, security sources were quoted as saying on Thursday. Full Story

  • Suspect in Cole bombing “talking his head off”

    U.S. officials say Yemen authorities are holding two suspects believed directly involved in the attack on the USS Cole, and at least one of the suspects is “key to the operation, and talking his head off,” NBC News reports. Full Story

  • Canada Police Say Air India Probe on Track Canada Police Say Air India Probe on

    Canadian police remain upbeat about their probe into the 1985 Air India bombing that killed 329, and the investigation is going according to plan, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday. Full Story

  • Canada to send more investigators to India as bombing probe continues

    Canadian authorities plan to send more investigators to India as their probe into the 1985 Air India bombing continues, a spokeswoman for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said Wednesday. Full Story

  • Lockerbie Judges Ask Syrian Favor

    Scottish judges on Wednesday asked Syria to hand over a mysterious document that might help them figure out who blew up Pan Am Flight 103. Full Story

  • Lockerbie trial resumes but key witness must wait

    The appearance of a key prosecution witness at the Lockerbie trial was delayed again Wednesday when the judges said the defense should be allowed more information before his testimony was heard. Full Story

  • Japan Red Army Woman Held After 3 Decades on Run

    The 30-year reign of a woman dubbed the &#039&#039empress&#039&#039 for her long leadership of one of the world&#039s most notorious extremist groups ended on Wednesday with her capture outside a hotel in western Japan. Full Story

  • Chronology of events related to Japanese Red Army members

    Following is a chronology of major incidents involving members of the Japanese Red Army. Chronology

  • Bomb explodes in office of Latvian magazine

    A bomb ripped through the editorial offices of a Russian-language business magazine based in the eastern Latvian city of Daugavpils, the Baltic News Service reported Wednesday. Full Story

  • Lockerbie court paralyzed over new evidence on Palestinians

    The Lockerbie trial was paralyzed Tuesday as the defense sought more time to investigate new evidence relating to Palestinian terrorists initially suspected in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. Full Story

  • Warlord frees kidnapped Colombian lawmakers

    A high-profile kidnap drama, staged by Colombia&#039s right-wing paramilitary warlord to press for a role in peace talks between the government and Marxist rebels, ended peacefully on Tuesday with the release of six captive lawmakers, authorities said. Full Story

  • Yemen denies any of its officials were involved in USS Cole attack

    Senior Yemeni officials denied Tuesday accusations that government officials from their nation aided in the attack on the USS Cole. Published reports in the region said Yemeni government officials provided a car to the bombers in the October 12 attack that killed 17 U.S. sailors. Full Story

  • German government to move for ban on far-right party

    German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder&#039s centre-left government decided to ask the country&#039s highest court to ban the far-right National Democratic Party (NPD) for its suspected link to extremist violence, the government press office said. Full Story

  • TRC Special: The Next President”s Terrorism Policy

    Today we elect the next President of the United States. This person will inherit many of the same national security threats that bedeviled the Clinton Administration. However, the next President will also face a unique opportunity to craft a 21st Century policy to fight terrorism–a policy that recognizes the reality of terrorism in the context…

  • Boat Blast near Gaza Appears Suicide Bomb Attack: Israeli Navy

    Israeli Navy announced Tuesday that preliminary investigation showed that a failed bombing attempt on an Israeli Navy vessel off the Gaza coast overnight was apparently a suicide bomb attack. Full Story

  • Sources: Yemeni authorities question 9 about Cole attack

    Yemeni officials have detained and questioned nine people in connection with the explosion that damaged the USS Cole, Yemeni sources told CNN on Tuesday. Full Story

  • Lockerbie trial resumes after assessment of new evidence

    The trial of two Libyans accused of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing resumes with new evidence allegedly linking the downing of a Pan Am jet over Scotland with a Palestinian group and the Balkans. Full Story

  • India Court Says No to Bandits-For-Film Star Deal

    India&#039s highest court on Tuesday squarely rejected a move by two southern states to release the comrades of a notorious forest bandit who has held a movie star captive for 100 days. Full Story

  • Spanish Police Arrest Five ETA Suspects

    Spanish police arrested five suspected members of ETA on Tuesday in a government attempt to fight back against the Basque separatist group&#039s bloodiest offensive in recent years. Full Story

  • South African police charge four men linked to bombing campaign

    Four men who police have linked to an ongoing bombing campaign in Cape Town appeared in court Monday to face charges including attempted murder. Full Story

  • ETA member says Spanish judge will “pay” for actions against Basques

    A member of an ETA unit threatened a Spanish judge again on Monday, saying in a letter the judge would “pay” for his actions against the Basques, authorities said. Full Story

  • Killings Put Spaniards on Edge

    The tree-lined Villa de Paris plaza is a peaceful little oasis in hectic Madrid, its playground swings and slides attracting dozens of children and their parents each day. Full Story

  • Rabin”s assassin shows no remorse in first remarks from prison

    Five years after he assassinated Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, Jewish extremist Yigal Amir said Monday he would do it all over again. Full Story

  • Iraq Grants Asylum to Hijackers

    Iraq has granted asylum to two Saudis who hijacked a London-bound Saudi plane last month and surrendered in Baghdad, Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf said Monday. Full Story

  • Swede Says He”s Ready to Testify in Lockerbie Trial

    A Swede linked to a Palestinian guerrilla group said in a newspaper interview published on Monday that he had been called to testify at the trial of two Libyans accused of the 1988 Lockerbie airliner bombing. Full Story

  • Report: Four arrests in USS Cole attack

    Four men have been arrested and are being questioned about last month&#039s bombing in Yemen that killed 17 sailors aboard the USS Cole, sources close to the investigation told The Associated Press on Monday. Full Story

  • Car bomb narrowly misses ardent pro-Moscow Chechen

    A car bomb exploded Monday in Chechnya&#039s second- largest city, narrowly missing a pro-Moscow official known for her strong anti-rebel stance, an official said. Full Story

  • 4 Questioned in Yemen in Cole Probe

    Four men arrested over the past two days are being questioned about the fatal bombing of the USS Cole last month, sources close to the investigation said Monday. Full Story

  • Three killed, five injured in Karachi explosion

    At least three people were killed and five injured when a bomb exploded inside a media group&#039s building in this troubled Pakistani port city, police and hospital sources said. Full Story

  • Greek hijacker kills self after freeing Japanese

    A Greek gunman arrested Saturday evening after hijacking a busload of Japanese tourists in southern Greece jumped to his death Sunday from a police building, Japanese embassy officials said. Full Story

  • Tajik president calls on CIS to counter threat of terrorism

    Not a single republic of the Commonwealth of Independent States, including those in Central Asia, can cope, single-handed, with the threat of international terrorism, religious extremism and other new geopolitical challenges of the 21st century. Full Story

  • Bomb explodes in Athens

    A home-made bomb exploded outside a tax office in Athens on Sunday causing serious damage, police said. Full Story

  • Sixty two Tamil Tiger rebels killed in aerial and naval raids

    The Sri Lankan army claimed Saturday that 62 Tamil Tiger rebels had been killed in a week of aerial and naval attacks in the island&#039s northeast. Full Story

  • Greece-Hijacking-Chronology

    A chronology of events in Saturday&#039s hijacking of a tour bus. Chronology

  • Thousands rally in Tehran against US on anniversary of hostage taking

    Chanting “Death to America,” thousands of Iranians took to the streets outside the former US embassy here Friday to mark the anniversary of its 1979 seizure in the wake of the Islamic revolution. Full Story