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  • Ex-terrorist suspect sentenced

    A Montreal woman once at the center of an international terrorist conspiracy investigation has been sentenced in Vermont on two felony alien smuggling charges. Full Story

  • Armed Groups Kills, Beheads 11 in Nicaragua

    An armed gang massacred and then beheaded 11 members of a family in a remote region of Nicaragua&#039s Caribbean coast, leaving their heads impaled on fence posts, the police said. Full Story

  • Israelis, Palestinians Clash on 2nd “Day of Rage”

    Israeli soldiers shot and wounded 12 Palestinians on Saturday during a second Palestinian &#039&#039day of rage,&#039&#039 witnesses said. Full Story

  • Negotiators Meet Kidnappers in Philippines

    Negotiators held talks on Saturday with Muslim rebels holding 21 mostly foreign hostages in the Philippines and won agreement for more detailed discussions within the next few days, one of the envoys said. Full Story

  • Fiji Premier Beaten, Faces Second Night As Captive

    Fiji Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry faced a second night under armed guard on Saturday after reportedly being ordered beaten by a failed businessman holding him and cabinet ministers hostage in the national parliament. Full Story

  • Germany condemns terrorism

    Germany today condemned terrorist attacks in India and favoured return to the Lahore process for an Indo-Pak dialogue to find solutions to the problems between the two nations. Full Story

  • Terrorism bill no TADA version: Advani

    The Union Home Minister, Mr. L.K. Advani, today said the Government was examining the draft bill, prepared by the Law Commission, with a view to replacing the elapsed Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA). Full Story

  • What if . . . ? A terror drill will test three U.S. cities

    Brig. Gen. Bruce M. Lawlor knows this: Within the next several days, three U.S. cities will be attacked by terrorists using chemical or biological weapons. Full Story

  • Belated bombing arrests help U.S. confront ugly past

    Persistent investigators in Birmingham, Ala., have done the nation a favor: Their arrest of two former Klansmen for a 1963 church bombing in which four young girls died is a reminder that there can be no statute of limitations in the fight against hatemongering and terrorism. Full Story

  • Three Wounded in Rocket Attack in Kashmir

    Three people, including a child, were wounded in Srinagar when a rocket was fired by suspected separatists in what police believe was an attempt to target the state&#039s legislative assembly building. Full Story

  • CIS security chiefs to present anti-terrorism proposals.

    Nikolai Patrushev, Director of Russia&#039s Federal Security Service (FSB), stated here on Friday after his meeting with Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev that practical proposals on the establishment of a common anti-terrorist centre of the Commonwealth of Independent States (VIS) are to be presented to CIS Heads of State in June. The proposals have been drawn…

  • Karimov asks for Putin”s protection against terrorism in Uzbekistan

    Uzbek President Islam Karimov Friday called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to defend his Central Asian state from the threat of Islamic extremism and international terrorism. Full Story

  • Hezbollah man killed, civilians, others hurt

    The Shiite Muslim Hezbollah guerrilla group said one of its men had been killed in an Israeli air raid Thursday, on a day when nine people including five civilians and a UN peacekeeper were wounded in heavy fighting in southern Lebanon. Full Story

  • Two Bombs Explode in Estonia Store

    Two bombs exploded today in a department store in the center of Estonia&#039s capital, injuring four people, police said. Full Story

  • Fiji Coup Attempt Continues

    Coup leader George Speight has hit out at President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara for declaring a state of emergency. He told a presss conference a few minutes ago that the President should listen to what he says “are the wishes of the indigenous Fijians”. Speight also claims support of the military. This has not been…

  • The real terrorist threat

    `The primary terrorist threats to the United States,&#039&#039 reports the State Department in its latest survey of global terrorism, &#039&#039emanate from two regions, South Asia and the Middle East.&#039&#039Full Story

  • Armed Men Reportedly Take Over Fiji Parliament

    Armed men took over Fiji&#039s parliament in Suva Friday morning, locking Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry and other cabinet ministers in upstairs chambers, Australian Broadcasting Corp radio reported. Full Story

  • Explosions Kill 5 in Philippines

    Explosions tore through a fish market and a restaurant today, killing at least five people and wounding more than 50 in the southern Philippines near where Muslim rebels hold 21 Western and Asian hostages, authorities said. Full Story

  • TERRORISM AND THE NEWLY INDEPENDENT STATES

    Scanning the Spring 2000 news from Russia&#039s North Caucasus region might suggest that terrorism and insurgency there are on the run: Chechen resistance leader Shamil Basayev lost a leg to a mine while fleeing a Russian assault; Chechen &#039president&#039 Aslan Maskhadov and Chechen Mujahedin leader Ibn al-Khattab are at large; and Chechen warlord Salman Raduyev…

  • Highlights of President Clinton”s Counterterrorism Funding Request

    President Clinton announced a plan today to invest an additional $300 million in critical programs to strengthen the Nation&#039s counterterrorism efforts. Full Story

  • Tracking Bin Laden

    The Kafkafa security prison sits high on a summit among the craggy hills of northern Jordan. It&#039s visiting hour, and Khalil Deek is smiling broadly through an iron-mesh screen dividing prisoners from their families. “Thank you for taking an interest in the case,” he says, fingering his bushy black beard. The “case” places Deek, a…

  • Clinton Says Bin Laden in Y2K Plot

    President Clinton today accused the terror network allegedly operated by Saudi fugitive Osama bin Laden of plotting to harm Americans gathered for millennium celebrations. Full Story

  • Explosion rocks Manila shopping center; at least 10 injured

    A bomb exploded Wednesday inside an upscale shopping mall in Manila&#039s financial district, injuring at least 10 people, officials said. Full Story

  • Two million demand for German hostage: Filipino FM

    Muslim rebels holding 21 hostages in the Philippines have demanded two million dollars to free a sick German hostage, Philippines Foreign Secretary Domingo Siazon said Wednesday. Full Story

  • 23 killed in fresh sectarian violence in Ambon

    At least 23 people were killed and more than 50 injured, many shot by security forces, in fresh sectarian violence in Ambon in Indonesia&#039s Maluku islands, reports and residents said here Wednesday. Full Story

  • S. Leone rebel leader captured, UN hostages freed

    Cheering crowds filled the streets of Freetown Wednesday as rebel leader Foday Sankoh was captured and his rebels began freeing the last of 500 UN peacekeepers taken hostage two weeks ago. Full Story

  • TRC RealNews Subscription (Beta)

    The Terrorism Research Center is developing a capability to provide daily mailings of our RealNews stories to counterterrorsim professionals and researchers. We invite you to subscribe to this service (free of charge) to help us test the system. You will then start receiving RealNews stories in digest form once per day. Subscribe here.

  • Control tower tapes from EgyptAir crash released Tuesday

    Audio tapes and a transcript released Tuesday provide new insight into the final, dramatic moments of doomed EgyptAir Flight 990 — but they do not shed light on the cause of the airline crash that claimed 217 lives. Full Story

  • Terrorists At War In The Philippines

    Two terrorist groups, Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) have been waging war in the southern Philippines since early March 2000. This special edition of the ERRI Weekly Summary of International Terrorism contains the latest information surrounding the conflict, including recent intelligence profiles of the main terrorist groups and a…

  • Terror Fears Take Chemical Plant Info Offline

    Federal regulators plan to limit the amount of online information available on chemical disasters to keep terrorists and other criminals from accessing it. Full Story

  • Hostages in Philippines speak to families

    Hostages held by Islamic rebels in the southern Philippines have spoken to their families for the first time since their capture 24 days ago, but there appeared to be little hope for their early release. Full Story

  • Frozen Asset – Editorial

    THE SENATE soon will take up a bill to allow victims of terrorism and their families to seize the frozen assets in this country of the governments that sponsored the harmful attacks. The legislation by Sens. Frank Lautenberg and Connie Mack is a response to administration efforts to block the tapping of Cuban and Iranian…

  • Tools to fight terrorism

    A Spokane firefighter learning about potential domestic terrorism nightmares probably echoed the sentiments of 450 other students. “I&#039ve learned to recognize that I need to be afraid,” the firefighter whispered Tuesday as he walked into a large training room lined with equipment. Full Story

  • Training focuses on domestic terrorism

    Those who would arrive first at the scene of a domestic terrorist attack are training this week to detect and deal with its deadly aftermath: nuclear, biological or chemical agents. Full Story

  • Terror Suspect Being Detained By Palestinians

    A Palestinian militant suspected of masterminding some of the bloodiest terror attacks against Israel in recent years has been taken into custody by the Palestinian Authority, Israeli and Palestinian sources said tonight. Full Story

  • Gunman Takes 35 Hostage at Norway Nursery School

    A man believed armed with a shotgun took about 35 children and staff hostage at a Norwegian nursery school today, police said. Full Story

  • Hamas-Linked Group Sued by Teen Kin

    The parents of an American teen-ager slain on the West Bank have filed suit in a federal court in Chicago against Islamic groups and charities, claiming they raised money in the United States for Hamas, a radical Islamic group that has carried out dozens of suicide bombings against Israelis. Full Story

  • U.S. Warns of Terrorism in Israel

    The State Department today warned Americans in Israel, on the West Bank and in Gaza there is an increased possibility of terrorism. Full Story

  • Fight with terrorism debated at Prosecutor-General”s Office

    A meeting of top executives of Russian federal law enforcement bodies on struggle against terrorism started at the Russian Prosecutor-General&#039s Office on Friday. Opening the meeting, acting Prosecutor-General Vladimir Ustinov noted that “the situation is difficult in this case”. Full Story

  • Struggle against financing of terrorists to be intensified.

    The Russian law enforcement agencies are going to tighten control over the putting into effect of special measures, aimed at eliminating sources of financing of terrorist groups and at blocking the channels of the illegal supply of weapons, munitions and communication facilities to them. This decision was made at a coordinating conference of heads of…

  • Real Bombers Seldom Call Ahead

    These days, bomb threats are a popular tactic. It&#039s amazing how much fear can be caused by a single phone call; it might compel an organization to evacuate a building, close for the day or enact restrictive security procedures. A single call might cause a school to send all its students home. Full Story

  • Japanese Cult May Pay $37 Million

    The doomsday cult whose leaders have been convicted in the 1995 gas attack on Tokyo subways will pay $37.4 million in compensation to the victims, Japanese media reports said Thursday. Full Story

  • EgyptAir Crew Overpowers Hijacker

    An Egyptian man tried Thursday to hijack an EgyptAir plane by claiming a jar of hair gel was a bomb, but was overpowered by the crew and handed over to police in southern Egypt, airport officials said. Full Story

  • INDIAN GOVERNMENT: Prevention of Terrorism Bill, 2000

    The Law Commission of India, headed by Shri Justice B.P. Jeevan Reddy, has put its 173rd report on Prevention of Terrorism Bill, 2000, which is intended to succeed the already lapsed TADA, on its website here. Full Story

  • Tamil Rebels Press Attack On Key Sri Lankan City

    Fresh attacks by heavily armed Tamil separatist rebels brought them to within a few miles of the northern city of Jaffna today, raising the possibility that the Sri Lankan army may have to surrender the strategically important site. Full Story

  • Canada, U.S. Push for Security

    Faced with increasingly sophisticated crime rings and terrorist networks, Canada and the United States are working together to increase security across North America. Full Story

  • Terrorism May Unite Them

    Algerians and Moroccans continue to talk. They&#039ve been doing that for years and as of today nothing has been achieved in spite of all the speeches of good will and discourse of brotherhood. Full Story

  • Guerrillas Attack Israeli Troops

    Guerrillas attacked a string of military posts in the Israeli-occupied zone of south Lebanon early today, provoking airstrikes and artillery shelling, Lebanese security officials said. Full Story

  • How Five Foreign Countries Are Organized to Combat Terrorism

    The General Accounting Office has released a report entitled “Combating Terrorism: How Five Foreign Countries Are Organized to Combat Terrorism”. The report looks at the following countries: Canada, France, Germany, Israel, and the United Kingdom. The document has been archived on the TRC server in PDF format. Full Document. There is also an HTML Version

  • Abductors drive through military cordon with hostages

    Muslim extremists have driven through a military cordon in Jolo island in the southern Philippines with all 21 mostly foreign hostages, a senior police official said Tuesday. Full Story

  • Russian Touts Computer Virus as Weapon

    Ultranationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky has suggested that the computer virus could be a useful tool for Russian foreign policy. Full Story

  • “Love Bug” virus infects four classified DoD networks

    The Defense Department reported Friday that four classified networks were infected with the “love bug” virus. Full Story

  • Lower Profile Has Not Diminished Bin Laden

    Reports circulated recently in this city near the Afghan border that posters with a message from Osama bin Laden, the fugitive Saudi millionaire wanted by U.S. authorities on terrorism charges, had appeared calling on Muslim youths to wage holy war against the West. Full Story

  • Dartmouth one of two locations for anti-terrorism institute

    Dartmouth has become home to a high-tech antiterrorism initiative, and the timing couldn&#039t be better. Full Story

  • Japanese Police Arrest Cult Leader

    The founder of a rapidly growing religious cult was arrested today for allegedly swindling followers with false claims that he heard divine voices and wielded power over people&#039s fates through examining their feet. Full Story

  • France to Continue Cooperation With Spain in Fighting Terrorism

    French President Jacques Chirac said Tuesday that France will continue to cooperate with Spain in fighting terrorism perpetuated by the Basque militant group ETA. Full Story

  • 2 Others Charged in Embassy Bombing

    Two Egyptians being held in London were added Monday to the indictment stemming from the deadly bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa in 1998. Full Story

  • US: Albright Says Terror Threat Remains

    U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright says she is “heartened” overall by strides made in the United States&#039 fight against global terrorism in 1999. But as RFE/RL&#039s correspondent Lisa McAdams reports, Albright urged continued pressure and Congressional funding to keep up the fight. Full Story

  • Terrorism”s Real Locale

    Global terrorism has a new face: its practitioners are less the well-organized, state-sponsored groups of old and increasingly part of “far-flung and loosely structured webs of terror.” So said Secretary of State Madeleine Albright last week as she released a report on global terrorism. Full Story

  • GAO Report – Eliminate Duplicate WMD Training

    The General Accounting Office has made available the following report entitled “Combating Terrorism: Need to Eliminate Duplicate Weapons of Mass Destruction Training.” The document is available in PDF form. Full Document