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  • Gadhafi Bids To Release Hostages

    Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has been trying to grab the world&#039s attention ever since international sanctions against his country were suspended last year. Full Story

  • Bomb Rips Through Political Offices in Kosovo

    A bomb exploded early Friday in a building in the Kosovo capital Pristina housing the offices of political parties and Serbian authorities in the province, the U.N. said. Full Story

  • Bomb attack on Latvian department store

    Two bombs exploded in a popular department store in Riga on Thursday evening, injuring at least 19 people, police said. Full Story

  • Car bomb blast in Chechnya kills two

    Two local residents were killed and four Russian policemen injured when a car bomb exploded in the Chechen capital Grozny, Interfax news agency said on Thursday. Full Story

  • OSCE says democracy needed in Central Asia in fight against terrorism

    The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Wednesday urged Central Asian states currently afflicted by Islamist rebel attacks to implement democratic and economic reforms to combat the threat. Full Story

  • Nigeria approves UN rights, terrorism, genocide conventions

    The Nigerian cabinet on Wednesday approved the signing of UN conventions on terrorism, genocide and human rights, subject to ratification by the National Assembly, a minister said Wednesday. Full Story

  • Bomb Hits Near Russian Oil Giant

    A small bomb exploded outside the Moscow headquarters of the influential Russian oil company Sibneft on Thursday. No casualties were reported. Full Story

  • Israel Upset Over U.S. Warning About Terrorist Attacks

    Israel took the United States to task on Thursday over a warning to U.S. citizens of a heightened threat of “terrorist” attacks in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. Prime Minister Ehud Barak&#039s security adviser Danny Yatom said he tried to talk U.S. Ambassador Martin Indyk out of issuing an announcement when informed of it…

  • Blast at Police Station Kills One, Injures 15

    An explosion at a police station in Batkhela today killed a prisoner and injured 15 other people, including seven policemen, police sources said. Full Story

  • Bomb Detected, Rail Disaster Averted in Assam

    A major rail disaster was averted on Wednesday when two alert employees detected two explosive devices planted on the tracks near a railway bridge in central Assam&#039s Karbi-Anglong district minutes before the Calcutta-bound DN Kamrup Express was to pass. Full Story

  • Greek Anarchists Burn Italian Diplomat”s Car

    A Greek anarchist group set fire to an Italian diplomat”s car in Athens early on Thursday, seriously damaging the vehicle, police said. They said unknown assailants doused the car with a flammable liquid and then set it on fire. Full Story

  • U.S. Warns of Heightened “Terror” Threat in Israel

    The United States warned its citizens Wednesday of a heightened threat of “terrorist&#039&#039 attacks in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. Full Story

  • Robbers Hijack Brazilian Airliner for Getaway

    Eight armed men robbed almost $3 million in cash from an armored car in Brazil on Wednesday then hijacked an aircraft with 72 people aboard to make their getaway, police said. Full Story

  • CIA director in Bucharest

    CIA Director George Tenet arrived in Bucharest Tuesday for talks on combatting terrorism, Romanian officials said. Full Story

  • Bomb Scare Makes Indian Plane Land

    An Air India flight from New York to Bombay was forced to make an unscheduled landing in New Delhi after a caller told Indian authorities there was a bomb on board, airline officials said. Full Story

  • Nine Western Hostages Expected To Be Freed Today

    Nine Western hostages held by the extremist Abu Sayyaf for 115 days in the jungles of Sulu will be released today under a deal brokered and bankrolled by Libya, government negotiators said. Full Story

  • A modern day plague – Editorial

    The threat of biological warfare attack on the United States is getting quite a bit of play in the press, but it is not a new menace. Full Story

  • Grenade Attack Wounds 11 in India”s Kashmir

    Eleven people were wounded Wednesday when unidentified militants hurled a grenade at a crowded market in India&#039s insurgency-torn Jammu and Kashmir state, police said. Full Story

  • North Korea”s Kim says only terrorism list preventing ties with U.S.

    The leader of long-reclusive North Korea said he would open ties with the United States right away if it removes his country from a list of terrorism-sponsoring nations, South Korea&#039s state media reported Sunday. Full Story

  • Omagh bombing anniversary brings renewed appeal for information

    Britain and Ireland have issued a joint plea for new information about the 1998 Omagh bombing in Northern Ireland which killed 29 people. Full Story

  • Russia: Analysis From Washington — Demonization And Its Discontents

    Tuesday&#039s explosion in Moscow has thrown into high relief the gulf that exists in Russia between those who are prepared to play on prejudices against the Chechens and those who recognize the dangers of demonizing an entire people. Full Story

  • Terrorism suspect makes initial court appearance in United States

    An Algerian accused of conspiring to support an alleged bombing plot in the United States pleaded innocent as he made his first appearance Monday in a U.S. court. Full Story

  • Berlin gas explosion wounds nine

    Nine people were injured, three of them seriously, in an explosion at a Berlin apartment block on Monday morning after the building”s gas supply had been tampered with, police said. Full Story

  • Basque separatists accused of advocating terrorism

    Three leading Basque separatists were formally accused Monday with advocating terrorism, Spanish prosecutors said. Full Story

  • Yugoslavia closes probe into arrested Britons, Canadians: lawyer

    A Yugoslav military investigation into two British policemen and two Canadians arrested earlier this month has been closed with accusations of terrorism not upheld, a defence lawyer said Monday. Full Story

  • Johnny Adair Survives Pipe Bomb Explosion

    Former Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF) commander Johnny &#039Mad Dog&#039 Adair survived an assassination attempt in the early hours of this morning when a pipe bomb was thrown at his car. Full Story

  • Nine Dead, Dozens Wounded in Indian Train Blast

    Nine people were killed and 37 wounded when a bomb ripped through the last carriage of a night train in northern India, officials said. Full Story

  • Basque Threat Dims Spain”s Future

    The spectacular Bilbao Guggenheim Museum, an architectural triumph rising from the rusty site of a bankrupt shipyard, has been pictured around the world as a symbol of Spain&#039s transformation from the sick child of Europe to a vibrant and unified economic superstar. Full Story

  • India heightens security ahead of Independence Day

    As tensions mounted across the country, Indian troops implemented an intensive security operation ahead of Tuesday — the nation&#039s Independence Day. Full Story

  • Subway blast victim dies, bringing death toll to 12

    A woman who was severely burned in a bomb blast died Monday, bringing the death toll from the rush-hour explosion to 12, a hospital official said. Full Story

  • Attackers lob explosive onto EU official”s property in Haiti

    Attackers lobbed a firebomb into the garden of a European Union official”s home, a diplomat said Saturday, in the latest attack against foreign officials and their property. Full Story

  • Tanzania, US renew pledge to fight terrorism

    Tanzania and United States have renewed their pledge to work closely to ensure that those who bombed US embassies in East Africa two years ago are brought to justice. Full Story

  • Another CT Bomb Scare

    Another Cape Town radio station received an anonymous call yesterday morning claiming that there would be another bomb blast soon. Full Story

  • 12 Injured in Okara Blast

    Twelve people were injured, three of them seriously, when a bomb, planted under a fruit vendor&#039s cart, went off in the busy Rail Bazaar here on Sunday, damaging several shops and vehicles. Full Story

  • Car Bomb Blasts Corsican Agency

    A car bomb has exploded in the Corsican capital of Ajaccio slightly injuring several people and causing extensive damage to the island&#039s Agency for Economic Development (ADEC), police said. Full Story

  • Bogota Car Bomb Caps Weekend

    A car bomb exploded outside a police station on the capital&#039s outskirts Sunday, injuring a civilian, amid rural clashes between troops and guerrillas that left at least 17 dead over the weekend, police said. Full Story

  • Kidnapped Colombian Newsman, Four Others Rescued

    Army troops rescued a 73-year-old Colombian newsman and four other people during a raid on a rebel hide-out on Sunday, officials said. Full Story

  • Kashmir Violence Flares Ahead of Independence Day

    Twenty-two people died and 52 were wounded in a string of land mine explosions and gun battles in troubled Jammu and Kashmir state on Sunday, ahead of Indian independence day ceremonies next week. Full Story

  • Freed Red Cross Hostages Reunited with Families

    Two Red Cross workers released by kidnappers in former Soviet Georgia arrived in Geneva to an emotional reunion with their families Sunday, more than a week after they were taken hostage near the border with Chechnya. Full Story

  • Car Bomb Explodes in Colombian Capital

    A car bomb exploded on Sunday in a working class neighborhood of the Colombian capital as an army convoy passed through the area, and RCN television said a soldier was wounded and several buildings were damaged. Full Story

  • Co-Pilot Chanted “I Rely on God” As Jetliner Dived to the Ocean

    The co-pilot of EgyptAir Flight 990 showed no evidence of increased psychological stress as his Boeing 767 dived toward the Atlantic on Oct. 31, calmly repeating in Arabic the phrase “I rely on God,” according to data released yesterday by the National Transportation Safety Board. Full Story

  • Northern Ireland Cops Recover Bomb

    Police said Friday they believe they thwarted a major bomb attack when soldiers discovered half a ton of homemade explosives in a van that crossed the border from Northern Ireland into the Irish Republic. Full Story

  • Army chief says arrested Westerners not necessarily terrorists

    The arrest itself of four Westerners in Montenegro on suspicion of terrorism “does not necessarily mean they are terrorists,” the Yugoslav army chief of staff was quoted Thursday as saying by the Montenegrin daily Vijesti. Full Story

  • UN Council Calls Moscow Bombing Act Of Terrorism

    UN Security Council members on Thursday strongly condemned a bomb blast in central Moscow on Tuesday that killed eight and wounded more than 90 people, calling it an act of terrorism. Full Story

  • Study Group Kidnapped in Colombia

    A German college student and an American professor were among a 26-member group from the University of Bogota kidnapped in northwestern Colombia, the German Foreign Ministry said Friday. Full Story

  • Germany Considers Far-Right Ban, Party Vows Fight

    German officials began a legal process on Friday that could lead to a fringe far-right party being outlawed as a neo-Nazi threat to democracy. Full Story

  • Group Threatens “Biggest” Bombing in Kashmir

    A Moslem guerrilla group that claimed responsibility for a deadly bomb attack on Thursday in Indian-ruled Kashmir was quoted as threatening to launch its heaviest bombing in 10 years against India. Full Story

  • Car Bomb in Busy Cape Town Shopping Center

    A bomb exploded in a car parked outside a busy Cape Town shopping center on Friday, police said. There were no reports of any injuries. Full Story

  • ETA Claims Recent Killings in Spain

    Armed Basque separatist group ETA, currently in the middle of an intense offensive, claimed responsibility Friday for a series of recent attacks in Spain including two assassinations. Full Story

  • Security in Moscow Tight After Bombing

    Russian officials pledged today to apprehend those responsible for Tuesday&#039s deadly bomb blast in central Moscow, but residents were skeptical and began taking their own precautions. Full Story

  • Car Bomb Kills 10 in Indian Kashmir

    A powerful car bomb exploded in the Kashmiri city of Srinagar Thursday, killing 10 people and wounding several, including journalists, Star News television reported. Witnesses said the dead included seven Indian security personnel. Full Story

  • Canada gets Russian help to raise fate of arrested Canadians at UN

    Foreign Minister Lloyd Axworthy revealed Wednesday that he had succeeded in getting assistance from Moscow in the ongoing crisis over two Canadians and two Britons being held on suspicion terrorism in Yugoslavia. Full Story

  • Up to 15 Islamist Rebels Killed in South Uzbekistan Says Ministry

    Uzbek troops on Wednesday killed up to 15 heavily-armed Islamist rebels who had crossed the border from Tajikistan and shot dead several soldiers, according to the Uzbek defense ministry. Full Story

  • Thousands Join Kidnappers in Philippines Hostage Island

    Thousands are joining the Abu Sayyaf kidnappers in the southern Philippines, lured by the huge ransoms the Muslim group has sought for some of its mostly foreign hostages, officials said Thursday. Full Story

  • Kuwait Alert After Saddam “Threat”

    Kuwait has put part of its army on alert following a hostile speech by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein on the 10th anniversary of Iraq&#039s invasion of Kuwait. The Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Sheikh Salim al-Sabah said Kuwait could not trust the Iraqi regime and had to remain vigilant – although he said the…

  • Car Bomb Kills 10 in Srinagar

    A car bomb ripped through the main shopping district here after a smaller decoy explosion on Thursday, killing at least 10 people and injuring 20 others. Several journalists filming a car damaged in the first explosion were among those wounded when the second blast went off. Home ministry officials in New Delhi said the explosions…

  • Spain Politicians Seek Unity Against ETA Onslaught

    Spain&#039s government, facing its fiercest ETA offensive in a decade, met opposition leaders on Thursday to discuss the crisis as opponents and supporters of the Basque separatists prepared to take to the streets. Full Story

  • Moscow blast hurt two Americans, boy in hospital

    The blast which rocked central Moscow on Tuesday injured two Americans, including a 13-year-old boy who was in hospital on Wednesday, the U.S. embassy said. Full Story

  • Father of arrested Canadian says: “I don”t understand what happened”

    The father of one of two Canadians arrested by the Yugoslav army on suspicion of terrorism admitted Tuesday that he couldn&#039t fathom what happened. Full Story

  • US urges Central Asian cooperation in combatting Islamic rebels

    The United States on Tuesday called on Central Asian governments to cooperate in combatting Islamic rebels in the region but urged caution as Uzbekistan and Tajikistan mount operations against them. Full Story