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Jonathan seeks Global Action against Terrorism
Posted on: Thu 22 Sep, 2011.
President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday in New York called for global response to combat terrorism and armed conflicts. Read more...
Kenyans arrested 'on way to join Somalia's al-Shabab'
Posted on: Wed 24 Nov, 2010.
Kenyan police have been given until Friday to charge six Kenyans arrested allegedly on their way to join an al-Qaeda linked group in Somalia. Read more...
Men held at New York's JFK Airport face terror charge
Posted on: Tue 08 Jun, 2010.
Two men arrested at New York's John F Kennedy Airport have been charged with conspiring to commit an act of international terrorism. Read more...
Megrahi trade deal untrue - Straw
Posted on: Mon 31 Aug, 2009.
Justice Secretary Jack Straw has said reports that the Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi was released over an oil deal are "wholly untrue". Read more...
US terror watchlist has 35% error rate
Posted on: Thu 07 May, 2009.
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Obama shields CIA terror interrogators
Posted on: Fri 17 Apr, 2009.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama granted immunity to CIA officers involved in tough terror interrogations as he released graphic memos detailing harsh methods approved by ex-president George W. Bush. Read more...
Suspect denies targeting Morocco government
Posted on: Fri 03 Apr, 2009.
RABAT (AFP) - A Belgian-Moroccan national suspected of spearheading a presumed 35-member terrorist ring denied in court Thursday that he undertook actions intended to target the Moroccan government. Read more...
US, Afghans, Pakistan see 'common threat'
Posted on: Fri 27 Feb, 2009.
WASHINGTON, (AFP) - Afghanistan, Pakistan and the United States vowed to fight a common threat of terrorism, pledging to chart out a new strategy despite sharp differences simmering below the surface. Read more...
Kenya says it faces terror threats
Posted on: Wed 18 Feb, 2009.
NAIROBI (AFP) - Kenyan authorities said Tuesday they were on alert for possible terrorist attacks and intensified security at airports and borders. Read more...
Iraq suicide bomber kills dozens of Shiite pilgrims
Posted on: Fri 13 Feb, 2009.
HILLA, Iraq (AFP) - A black-clad woman suicide bomber blew herself up in a crowd of Shiite pilgrims south of the Iraqi capital on Friday, killing at least 30 people, police said. Read more...
Wave of Taliban attacks kills 19 in Kabul
Posted on: Wed 11 Feb, 2009.
KABUL (AFP) - Taliban militants attacked three government buildings in the Afghan capital with suicide bombs and gunfire on Wednesday, killing at least 19 people and sowing panic across the city. Read more...
Suicide bomber strikes Sri Lanka refugee camp: military
Posted on: Mon 09 Feb, 2009.
COLOMBO (AFP) - A female suicide bomber attacked a camp for civilians fleeing the island's war zone on Monday, killing 17 people and wounding 45, the defence ministry said in a statement. Read more...
Pakistan's spy agency behind Mumbai attacks: India
Posted on: Fri 06 Feb, 2009.
NEW DELHI (AFP) - India has for the first time directly accused Pakistan's powerful military intelligence agency -- the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) -- of involvement in last year's Mumbai attacks. Read more...
Al-Qaeda figure surrenders in Algeria: reports
Posted on: Mon 02 Feb, 2009.
ALGIERS (AFP) - A leading member of Al-Qaeda's North African branch has surrendered to Algerian authorities, several newspapers reported Sunday, citing security sources. Read more...
Rwandan genocide court hands ex-minister life sentence
Posted on: Tue 20 Jan, 2009.
KIGALI, (AFP) - A Rwandan court has passed a life sentence on a former justice minister accused of ordering the killing of a Tutsi official who opposed Rwanda's 1994 genocide, sources said. Read more...
UN and AU in bid to speed up Darfur deployment
Posted on: Tue 20 Jan, 2009.
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - United Nations and African Union officials met Monday in Addis Ababa to explore ways of speeding up the sluggish deployment of their joint peacekeeping force in Sudan's Darfur region. Read more...
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