Five police were wounded in a grenade attack Sunday in continued trouble between Georgia and its breakaway region of Abkhazia, ITAR-TASS said according to Abkhaz authorities. Full Story

In recent violence surrounding a nine-year rebel insurgency, 22 Islamic militants were killed by security forces, and a clash between two rebel groups claimed the lives of 20 others, news reports said Sunday. Full Story

The first week of Ahmed Ressam&#039s trial ended Friday with 47 witnesses having offered bits and pieces of a puzzle that federal prosecutors say will fit together to reveal the face of a terrorist. Full Story

Palestinian gunmen shot dead a Jewish settler on a West Bank road Monday, and the Israeli army immediately reimposed its blockade of the town of Bethlehem where the attackers were believed to have fled. Full Story

A car bomb blamed on the Basque separatist group ETA killed a policeman in northern Spain late Saturday and police deactivated a second bomb on the country&#039s southeastern coast early Sunday. Full Story

Bangladeshi kidnappers released on Saturday three Europeans who had been held hostage for a month in a dense forest in the country&#039s southeast, security officials said. Full Story

A device planted between two buses at a garage in the Iraqi capital exploded early Friday, killing two people, the official Iraqi News Agency (INA) reported. Full Story

Three people were killed when Saudi commandos stormed a Russian airliner and freed more than 100 passengers on Friday from hijackers claiming to be Chechens who had threatened to blow up the plane. Full Story

When you walk into clouds of poisonous gas for a living, it helps to have a sense of humor–even a morbid one. That&#039s why fire department hazardous-materials specialists often call their police colleagues “blue canaries.” It&#039s a reference to the songbirds that old-time miners took with them underground as living–or dying–indicators of bad air in…

Seven people suspected of soliciting money from airport travelers to buy weapons for an anti-Iranian terror group have been indicted by a federal grand jury. Full Story

Canada&#039s passport security system was depicted yesterday as a shambles that allowed Ahmed Ressam to almost effortlessly get a Canadian passport using forged documents. Full Story

A Colombian hijack suspect is free to leave Venezuela because there are no local charges against him, Venezuela&#039s attorney general said Wednesday in comments sure to fan fierce debate here over the case. Full Story

An Egyptian tour guide early Thursday released four German tourists he had held for more than three days in a desperate bid to end a child custody dispute, police said. He then surrendered without incident. Full Story

A Russian airliner carrying 162 people was hijacked by two people claiming to be Chechens after leaving Istanbul on Thursday and at least one person was injured, Turkey&#039s transport minister said. Full Story

The Irish Republican Army (IRA) said on Wednesday one of its representatives had met Northern Ireland&#039s disarmament commission for talks. Full Story

Palestinian President Yasser Arafat arrived in Libya on Wednesday for talks with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, Palestinian officials said. Full Story

In a meeting with leaders of the Jewish communities in Judea, Samaria, and the Gaza Strip yesterday, Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer promised to maintain an open channel of communications and adopt a more active role in quelling terrorism. Full Story

It was Elizabeth Slater&#039s third day on the job. At 10 a.m., she was sitting in her office at one of her first official meetings. Forty minutes later, she was trapped there, buried in rubble up to her chest. Full Story

A man suspected of terrorism arrested with a carload of explosives shortly before New Year&#039s Day 2000 is either a careless militant who left behind a trail of incriminating evidence or a naive “lost soul” who was used by extremists bent on attacking the United States, a federal jury was told Tuesday. Full Story

U.S. civilian pilots are carrying out “risky&#039&#039 missions in Colombia&#039s drug war, flying fumigation planes low sometimes through guerrilla fire, the country&#039s defense minister says. But he insists U.S. troops here face minimal danger. Full Story

Federal prosecutors opened their case today against an Algerian man accused of transporting bomb-making equipment into the United States from Canada in the trunk of a rented car 15 months ago. Full Story

Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian in the Gaza Strip Wednesday while Palestinians in the West Bank took to the streets in mass demonstrations to protest against an Israeli blockade. Full Story

The ruling Taliban expelled the British Broadcasting Corp. from Afghanistan Wednesday for transmitting criticism of the group&#039s destruction of all ancient statues, including two large Buddhas in Bamiyan. Full Story

France&#039s highest court ruled on Tuesday that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi could not be prosecuted for the 1989 bombing of a French DC-10 airliner over Niger that killed 170 people. Full Story

The Pentagon&#039s inspector general says the National Guard&#039s terrorism response teams in Missouri, Illinois and eight other states are ill-trained, ill-equipped and far from ready. Full Story

A jury was seated Monday in the trial of an Algerian national accused of plotting to bomb Seattle and other U.S. cities during millennium celebrations. Full Story

The horrifying spectre of the Oklahoma City bombing enveloped the start of the trial Monday of accused Algerian terrorist conspirator Ahmed Ressam, inside and outside a heavily secured courtroom. Full Story

Reports from Sudan say the government is working to release four aid workers who were abducted last week in the war-ravaged south of the country. Full Story

A separatist group in the Angolan enclave of Cabinda has said it&#039s holding five Portuguese construction workers who were abducted in the area last week. Full Story

Five civilians and 18 suspected Islamic militants have been killed in clashes in Algeria, wracked by a bloody, nine-year insurgency, newspapers reported Monday. Full Story

An Algerian man arrested crossing the Canadian border 15 months ago with a carload of explosives was part of a terrorist “sleeper cell” activated by Islamic militant Osama bin Laden, U.S. intelligence officials believe. Full Story

An Egyptian tour guide has taken four foreign female tourists hostage, security sources said on Tuesday. At least three are believed to be German nationals, and according to a police source, one woman may be Spanish. Full Story

Gunmen opened fire at a Muslim prayer meeting at a mosque in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Monday night, killing seven people and wounding 18 in what police said was the latest in a wave of sectarian violence. Full Story

Director of Central Intelligence George J. Tenet last week created a unit with 500 analysts, scientists and support personnel to focus on nonproliferation and arms control issues, calling the spread of missile technology and “weapons of mass destruction” a growing global threat. Full Story

In the last decade, terrorism has emerged as one of the most important political issues in the United States. Unlike its European partners, the US virtually escaped the horror of terrorism during the Cold War era. This is no longer true. Terrorists now select targets in the United States itself. Full Story

The Pentagon&#039s Defense Science Board (DSB) has set up several task-force groups to study an array of issues over the coming months ranging from outlining intelligence needs for homeland defense to defining problems with precision target weapons. Full Story

Ahmed Ressam, the Algerian man accused of helping to plot a terrorist bomb attack on U.S. cities celebrating the millennium, goes on trial in Los Angeles Monday. Ressam’s case, in which prosecutors will try and document his ties to Osama bin Laden, will focus on his alleged attempt to smuggle explosives from Canada into Washington…

Russian interrogators are to begin questioning a Chechen rebel leader about the kidnap and beheading of three British telecommunication engineers and a New Zealander in 1998. Full Story

Chechen separatists said Sunday they have hanged two Russian soldiers they captured in a town near the Chechen capital of Grozny. Full Story

Israeli soldiers fired rubber-coated bullets and tear gas Monday at hundreds of Palestinians using a bulldozer to try to break through an Israeli army blockade, part of a new chokehold on Ramallah. Full Story

An elite U.S. Delta Force team was poised to attempt a rescue of four kidnapped Americans being held in Ecuador&#039s jungle by a band of ex-guerrillas who had already killed an American hostage and declared their intention to kill another, U.S. officials say. Full Story

Riku Yazaki of Yazaki Corp., left, speaks to reporters Saturday in Toyko. FARC rebels have demanded millions for the release of Chikao Muramatsu, 52, vice president of Yazaki&#039s Colombia-based joint venture. Full Story

Security forces killed 10 suspected rebels in a sweep operation, part of an ongoing hunt for Islamic militants who have waged a violent nine-year insurgency, an Algerian newspaper reported Sunday. Full Story

An Algerian man arrested crossing the Canadian border 15 months ago with a carload of explosives was part of a Montreal “sleeper cell” activated by accused terrorist leader Osama bin Laden, U.S. intelligence officials believe. Full Story

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon took off the gloves yesterday and accused members of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat&#039s presidential guard of taking part in “terrorist activities.” Full Story

Triads have been described as one of the world&#039s biggest and most feared organised crime networks. Full Story

An Algerian man arrested in New York in connection with the arrest of Ahmed Ressam has pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges and is cooperating with authorities investigating an alleged millennium terrorist bomb plot. Full Story

William Patrick describes himself as an “old fossil” who hasn&#039t quite made it into the 21st century. Nevertheless, he&#039s on a mission to educate “first responders” about the awful prospect of bio-terrorism. Full Story

An Algerian accused of helping smuggle explosives into the United States in a 1999 case that stirred fears of a terrorist attack during the millennium celebrations has pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate with the government. Full Story

A suspect in the bombings of U.S. embassies in Africa said they were intended to weaken the United States so targets inside its borders would be easier to hit, an FBI agent testified Wednesday. Full Story

Testimony wrapped up Wednesday in a civil case in which a former Iraqi contractor brought to the United States to testify in a terrorism trial is suing the government for $10 million for allegedly reneging on promises of a passport. Full Story

Riot police fired tear gas to quell violent protests against the United Nations east of Dili following the arrests of three men over an alleged plot to kill the independence leader Mr Xanana Gusmao. Full Story

An Algerian man has pleaded guilty to charges that he aided the effort to smuggle explosives into the United States as part of an alleged millennium plot to bomb U.S. landmarks, and has agreed to testify against other suspects, officials said yesterday. Full Story

A Serbian policeman was killed in an ethnic Albanian guerrilla attack in southern Serbia close to the volatile boundary with Kosovo on Friday, Yugoslav Interior Minister Zoran Zivkovic said. Full Story

A car bomb blamed on the Basque separatist group ETA killed one policeman in Spain&#039s northern Basque region and injured another on Friday after the officers were lured into a trap, officials said. Full Story

The British and Irish prime ministers have applauded a surprise disarmament move by IRA guerrillas and vowed to keep up a dogged quest for stability in volatile Northern Ireland. Full Story

The United States is the world’s sole remaining super power. America faces challenges and threats that span the spectrum of warfare, said Vice Adm. Thomas Wilson, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. Full Story

Americans view terrorism with such abhorrence that about a fifth of those who usually oppose the death penalty would support the execution of a defendant convicted of a terrorist attack, survey results show. Full Story

Dissident IRA groups are asserting their strength in parts of Northern Ireland traditionally dominated by the Provisionals and are seeking to take over their role as the bombers of targets in London. Full Story

Traditional peace-making has not reduced the number of nationalist-based conflicts in the world. It has had the opposite effect. Full Story