Colombia's hardline government said Friday it is willing to meet with members of the country's main leftist rebel group in an unprecedented offer aimed at freeing dozens of rebel-held hostages, …
Analysts: Thai Riot Tragedy Will Further Radicalize Southern Muslims
The death of 84 protestors will fuel a separatist insurgency and increase tensions between Thailand's Muslim south and a deeply mistrusted government, analysts and religious leaders say. Anger in …
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Sudan Agrees to Allow 3,500 African Union Troops Into Darfur
Sudan has agreed to allow 3,500 African Union troops into war-ravaged western Darfur as a means of building confidence among civilians who, United Nations officials have repeatedly said, no longer …
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Blair Makes Partial Iraq Apology to Win Back Party
Tony Blair offered his Labour party on Tuesday a partial apology for waging war in Iraq, striving to pull angry supporters behind him ahead of an election next year. But as two more British soldiers …
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Herndon, N.Y. Cyber-Security Firms to Merge
TruSecure Corp., a Herndon provider of network security systems, agreed to merge with Betrusted Holdings Inc., a New York company that offers similar services. Financial terms of the all-stock deal, …
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Terror response study spurs concern
Large numbers of Americans say they would probably ignore official instructions for how to respond to a terrorist attack involving a radiological dirty bomb or a smallpox attack, according to a new …
India, Pakistan End Talks Stalemated Over Kashmir
The Indian and Pakistani foreign ministers ended two days of peace talks Monday with promises of more negotiations on trust-building measures but no sign of progress toward resolving their pivotal …
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Kony Men Call Off Talks
The LRA rebels have temporarily called off plans for peace talks with the government following an attack by the UPDF in which a rebel emissary was killed. The leader of the government negotiating team …
Horn of Africa Lauds Counterterror Success
The East African Horn--comprised of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Yemen--was the focus of two major counterterrorism policy developments this week. First, …
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Central Asian Insurgency Endures
by Ali M. Koknar, TRC Terrorism Research Associate August 3, 2004 In the mid 1990s, Turkish Islamists supported the various Wahhabi Islamic fundamentalist movements in the Central Asian states, …