The Olympic security clamp is closing on Sydney. Armed police with sniffer dogs and specialist searching equipment began sweeps through the main Olympic precinct Wednesday, searching for bombs and other contraband in preparation for a security “lockdown” of Olympic Park which comes into force on Friday. Full Story

The CIS anti-terrorist center is bound to prevent the proliferation of terrorism and drug contraband, Kazakh Ambassador to Russia Tair Mansurov told Itar- Tass on Tuesday. Full Story

At least seven people suffered light injuries when a car bomb exploded at Heerengracht here yesterday afternoon — the latest in a series of explosions to rock the city. Full Story

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev called on Tuesday for vigilance to counter the threat of insurgency by Islamic rebels who have already fought government forces in two neighboring Central Asian states. Full Story

Olympic officials have said that a maverick attacker acting alone would pose a bigger threat to next month&#039s Sydney Games than any organised terrorist group. Full Story

A bomb exploded in the home of Armenia&#039s top military prosecutor, but no one was hurt, officials said Wednesday. Full Story

Tensions escalated in Northern Ireland Wednesday after a man was injured in a shooting and 20 homes were attacked following more than a week of violence linked to a feud between Protestant guerrillas. Full Story

Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar Wednesday led a second funeral service in just over a week for victims of a wave of killings blamed on the Basque separatist group ETA, which shows no sign of easing its attacks. Full Story

The United States said Wednesday it would give no concessions to Muslim rebels holding an American hostage in the southern Philippines but formally asked Manila for help in securing his release. Full Story

British troops were rushed to a Northern Ireland town on Tuesday after an 11-year-old girl was wounded in a gun attack believed to be linked to a vicious feud between Protestant guerrilla groups. Full Story

Suspected terrorist Osama bin Laden sent 400 Arab fighters to the Russian breakaway republic of Chechnya with explosives and weapons to help the war against Russian forces, a military instructor in his organization says. Full Story

Greece and the United States are expected to sign a joint anti-crime memorandum focusing on anti-terrorism efforts in Washington next week, a Greek government spokesman said Monday. Full Story

Indian police are searching for a gang of men who brutally attacked a British man and killed his Spanish fiancee and her teenage son while they were trekking in the Himalayan foothills. Full Story

Gunmen shot dead a young Spanish politician in the troubled Basque country Tuesday, the latest in a string of killings blamed on the separatist group ETA. Manuel Indiano Azaustre, 29, a town councilor with Spain&#039s ruling conservative Popular Party, was declared dead in hospital around 11 a.m., an hour after he was shot at the…

The following TRC Threat Assessment on the terrorism threat to the Olympics was written prior to last weekend&#039s events, but is considered to be valid at this time. Should our assessment change, we will release additional analysis. Olympic Threat Assessment

The Terrorism Research Center has released two new essays by TRC Associate Chris Quillen. The first entitled “State Sponsored WMD Terrorism: A Growing Threat?” is a well-researched analysis of WMD terrorism. The second entitled “Chemical and Biological Terrorism: Can You Trust Your Umbrella?” is a light and humorous essay on the role of umbrellas in…

The head of security for the Sydney Olympics said on Monday a reported plot to blow up Australia”s only nuclear reactor during the games had been exaggerated and he did not think there was any threat. Full Story

The number of FBI intelligence officers has grown almost fivefold during the Clinton administration, but internal security and terrorism cases accounted for only 45 of the FBI&#039s 12,730 convictions in 1998, a Syracuse University research center reported yesterday. Full Story

Police in Tokyo blamed leftist guerrillas after a bomb exploded under the car of a mid-level Transportation Ministry official. Full Story

At the nuclear reactor at the center of an Olympics terrorism scare, a lone security guard patrolled the main gate Monday checking workers&#039 credentials before allowing them in. Full Story

Shogo Kawakita Japanese Red Army Faction members in Pyongyang denied the possibility that they could be deported from North Korea due to U.S. pressure on the country to expel them, a U.N. official said Sunday. Full Story

Israel will continue to fight all kinds of terrorist activities despite the heavy prices it has to pay, Prime Minister Ehud Barak said here on Sunday. Full Story

The police yesterday reported that five more Jamaicans were killed between Saturday and yesterday as the “carnival of violence” continued unabated throughout the country. Full Story

At least three people including two policemen were killed and eight others injured here Monday when a rally to protest a steep hike in power rates turned violent in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad. Full Story

New Zealand detectives have foiled a possible terrorist plot to target a nuclear reactor in Sydney, venue for next month&#039s Olympic Games. Full Story

Six foreign hostages released by Muslim rebels after months in their jungle lair left the Philippines on Monday for a handover ceremony in Libya, their last stop before going home and getting on with their lives. Full Story

Ethnic Hutu rebels killed five people in an overnight attack on Burundi&#039s capital even as the central African nation&#039s main political parties tried to thrash out a peace deal. Full Story

A small homemade bomb exploded after being thrown into the front carpark of the Malaysian embassy in the Indonesian capital Jakarta late on Sunday, but no one was injured, police said. Full Story

The Act reforms and extends previous counter-terrorist legislation, and puts it largely on a permanent basis Full Story

Police arrested a former army paratrooper who says he has formed a revolutionary group in Brazil to carry out bold robberies and stockpile arms and cash in a bid to overthrow the government. Full Story

A cache of explosives has been found in a wood in southern England, police announced Saturday. Full Story

British commanders in Sierra Leone prepared on Sunday to pursue a search for a group of British soldiers abducted in the West African country, amid uncertainty over the captors&#039 identity and their motives. Full Story

Russia&#039s secret services have launched a probe into two Dagestanis who were aboard the Kursk nuclear submarine when it sank on August 12, media reports quoted Federal Security Service (FSB, ex-KGB) chief Nikolai Patrushev as saying Thursday. Full Story

The head of Germany&#039s domestic intelligence agency warned in an interview Friday that the “first signs” of organized right-wing terrorism were surfacing in the country, which has seen a rash of racist incidents this summer. Full Story

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhu Bangzao today condemned armed bandits who invaded two central Asian countries. Full Story

If you are a skier, the word &#039Vail&#039 probably conjures up an area of perfect snow and bright sunshine. Colorado&#039s Rockies are now the most sought-after skiing destination in the world. But this seemingly pristine mountain playground is at the centre of America&#039s latest environmental controversy. Full Story

Law enforcement bodies thwarted terrorist acts in 36 Russian cities over the past 10 days alone. They seized great quantities of explosives and over 3,000 firearms. These data were cited on Thursday by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, opening a meeting of the federal anti-terrorist commission. Full Story

Muslim rebels threatened to call off a deal to free six hostages after police arrested two men carrying bundles of money believed to be part of a ransom payment, officials said Friday. Full Story

Greek anarchists set fire to a car belonging to the defence attache of the Yugoslav embassy in Athens early on Friday, but nobody was injured, police said. Full Story

Suspected militants set off a bomb in India”s insurgency-racked northeastern state of Assam on Friday, killing four people and injuring four, police said. Full Story

The State Department has asked the Agency for International Development to withdraw its registration from one of the largest Muslim charities in the United States, saying it has ties to the terrorist group Hamas, government officials say. Full Story

Israeli officials said security forces will remain on alert after their success at cracking a network of militants linked to Saudi-born dissident Osama bin Laden. Israel disclosed Monday that, over the past few weeks, it had arrested 23 suspected guerrillas allegedly planning bombing attacks on Israelis. Full Story

ABC online is running a series of stories on terrorism. The special section is located at the following web site: ABC Feature

Security Council members issued a new call on Wednesday for an end to fighting in civil war-torn Afghanistan and said extremists may be using it as a base to destabilize other states in the region. Full Story

The Australian government has agreed to amend proposed legislation that would allow troops to respond to Olympic terrorist threats. Full Story

The CRS Report entitled “Terrorism: Middle Eastern Groups and State Sponsors, 1999” has been archived on the TRC site. Full Report

Two bomb blasts shook this elegant coastal city early Thursday while another two devices went off in the nearby town of Irun, in what were seen as the latest incidents in the increasingly violent separatist campaign in Spain&#039s Basque region. Full Story

Northern Irish police arrested six men Thursday in the Shankill Road area of Belfast after a man was gunned down overnight in a vicious turf war between Protestant guerrilla groups. Full Story

Environmental activists on Tuesday started carving the word “Toxic” into a vacant field adjacent to Sydney Olympic Park to highlight the failure of Sydney 2000 organizers to meet key “Green Games” promises. Full Story

A grenade explosion in a crowded market in the Burundian capital, Bujumbura, has killed at least three people and seriously wounded eight others. An unidentified attacker flung the grenade at a group of traders who were busy organising their goods for sale. Full Story

Four people were killed and up to 38 injured on Tuesday in a clash in Mexico&#039s troubled southern state of Chiapas, where the opposition ousted the ruling party in a weekend state governor&#039s election, the Televisa network reported. Full Story

Britain said Wednesday it ordered the arrest of Johnny “Mad Dog&#039&#039 Adair, the prominent Northern Irish former Protestant guerrilla leader, because he was a threat to peace in the province. Full Story

A survivor of the Soho pub bombing may launch legal action against the brewers next month over injuries he sustained in the neo-Nazi attack, lawyers said Wednesday. Full Story

Libya has agreed to pay $1 million for each of the 12 foreign hostages held by Muslim rebels in the southern Philippines, clearing the way for their release fairly soon, sources close to the negotiations said on Tuesday. Full Story

Basque police arrested two more people Tuesday in an ongoing crackdown against Basque separatist group ETA, Spanish state radio said. Full Story

Supporters of Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden may be planning attacks in Israel to try to thwart the Middle East peace process, a U.S. congressional report warned on Monday. Full Story

The National Transportation Safety Board begins two days of public meetings Tuesday to review its investigation into 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800. Full Story

Massachusetts police closed the airport on Martha”s Vineyard on Monday night when a suspicious bag that later proved to contain high explosives was left on the tarmac, authorities said. After X-raying the bag, police on the popular resort island off Cape Cod called for the state police bomb squad, which determined the luggage contained two…

Senior diplomatic sources in Sri Lanka have warned of an escalation in military and political violence as the country approaches general elections in October. Full Story

The Shin Bet security service has uncovered a terrorist ring established in the territories by the extremist Islamic organization headed by Osama Bin Laden, the elusive Afghanistan-based multimillionaire who is wanted by the United States for perpetrating a series of terrorist attacks against American nationals. The members of the ring planned to carry out a…