70 injured in clashes in front of US embassy in Egypt (Lead)
September 13th, 2012 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, Sep 13 (IANS) At least 70 people were injured Thursday in clashes in front of the US embassy in the Egyptian capital, the health ministry said.Among the injured ... Read more...
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Toll in Nigeria village massacres touches 90
July 9th, 2012 - 1:29 pm ICT by IANS
Jos (Nigeria), July 9 (IANS) At least 90 people have been killed in attacks on villages in Nigeria's Plateau state, security sources said Monday.The attacks took place in villages in ... Read more...
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Kidnapped soccer star Obodo released in Nigeria
June 11th, 2012 - 9:40 am ICT by IANS
Abuja, June 11 (IANS) Kidnapped Nigeria-born international soccer star Christian Obodo was released Sunday evening, according to a top-level security source.Obodo was kidnapped in Delta state Saturday. The source, ... Read more...
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Blast in Nigeria kills bomber
April 2nd, 2012 - 10:01 am ICT by IANS
Kaduna (Nigeria) April 2 (IANS) A bomb explosion in Nigerian city of Kaduna left a suspected bomber as killed while seriously injuring two others, said police.The blast caused panic in ... Read more...
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Osama’s bodyguard freed by Pakistan: Report
September 30th, 2011 - 7:36 am ICT by IANS
London, Sep 30 (IANS) Pakistan has freed a senior Al Qaeda commander who served as a bodyguard to Osama bin Laden, a media report said.Amin al-Haq was detained in Lahore ... Read more...
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18 killed in UN building bombing in Nigeria
August 26th, 2011 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
Abuja, Aug 26 (IANS) At least 18 people were killed Friday when a suicide car bomb rocked the UN building in Nigerian capital Abuja, officials said.
The attack took place around ... Read more...
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Militants escape from Libyan jails
August 26th, 2011 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
Tripoli, Aug 26 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A group of convicted militants have escaped Libyan jails after rebels seized power in most of the country, Algeria-based El Khabar paper reported Friday.A security ... Read more...
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13 killed, 74 injured in series of blasts in Baghdad
May 22nd, 2011 - 10:09 pm ICT by BNO News
BAGHDAD (BNO NEWS) -- At least 13 people were killed and 74 others were injured on Sunday in a series of explosions that ripped through the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, Aswat al-Iraq ... Read more...
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Six soldiers killed in terrorist attack in central Yemen
May 15th, 2011 - 12:40 am ICT by BNO News
SANAA, YEMEN (BNO NEWS) -- At least six security men were killed early on Saturday by suspected terrorists in Yemen's central province of Baidha'a, a security source said.The state-run Saba news agency ... Read more...
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Ex-Egyptian president Mubarak has heart attack during questioning
April 13th, 2011 - 9:28 am ICT by ANI
Cairo, Apr. 13 (ANI): Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak suffered a heart attack during questioning by prosecutors investigating graft and abuse allegations which prompted his admission to the hospital overnight.State television reported ... Read more...
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Gunmen kill family of seven in northern Iraq
March 28th, 2011 - 3:39 pm ICT by BNO News
MOSUL, IRAQ (BNO NEWS) -- A group of unknown gunmen killed a family of seven in northern Iraq on Monday morning, local media reported, citing security sources.The Aswat al-Iraq news agency cited ... Read more...
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‘Al-Qaeda snatched missiles in Libya’
March 27th, 2011 - 2:48 pm ICT by ANI
Tripoli, Mar 27(ANI): Al-Qaeda's offshoot in North Africa has snatched surface-to-air missiles from an arsenal in Libya during the civil strife there, Chad's President Idriss Deby Itno has said.Itno did not say ... Read more...
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Four killed in al-Qaeda ambush in south Yemen
March 11th, 2011 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
Sana'a, March 11 (IANS) At least four policemen were killed in an ambush set by al-Qaeda militants in Yemen's southeast province of Hadramout Friday, a provincial security official told Xinhua."A ... Read more...
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US, Brit spies puts 10 million pounds bounty on Gaddafi
March 6th, 2011 - 1:31 pm ICT by ANI
Tripoli, Mar 6 (ANI): British and US spies are reportedly secretly trying to lure Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's closest bodyguards and aides with 10 million pounds so that they could hand over the ... Read more...
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Four die in Iraq clashes between protesters and security (Lead)
February 25th, 2011 - 5:26 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Feb 25 (IANS) Three protesters were killed in Iraq's Mosul town while another died in Kirkuk province during demonstrations in Iraq, a media report said.Three protesters were killed and five ... Read more...
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15 wounded in Yemen clashes (Lead)
February 17th, 2011 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
Sanaa, Feb 17 (IANS) At least 15 people were injured in clashes between pro- and anti-government protesters in Yemen's capital Sanaa Thursday, Xinhua said. The demonstrations against President Ali Abdullah Saleh continued ... Read more...
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Prince William and Kate wedding ‘wide open to terror attack’
January 2nd, 2011 - 12:36 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 2 (ANI): Grapevine has suggested that Prince William's wedding to Kate Middleton is wide open to a terror attack.It has been revealed that London's Westminster Abbey has shocking security ... Read more...
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Woman strangles her newborn baby in Dubai airport
December 28th, 2010 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 28 (IANS) In a horrific crime, a woman strangulated her newborn baby after giving birth in an airport toilet in Dubai and then took a flight after dumping the tiny ... Read more...
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UK airports on alert over dummy bomb warnings
December 18th, 2010 - 4:48 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 18 (ANI): UK counter-terrorism officials have said that terror scouts are testing airport security amid fears that regional airports have been targeted for dummy bomb runs.According to the Guardian, counter-terrorist ... Read more...
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Security tightened on UK streets to combat Mumbai-style terror attacks before Christmas
November 27th, 2010 - 12:36 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 27 (ANI): Security has been tightened on Britain's streets ahead of Christmas over fears that the country could be targeted by terrorists to carry out Mumbai-style attacks on the public ... Read more...
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Mumbai-style attacks on European countries ‘not a case of if- but when’
November 18th, 2010 - 6:36 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 18 (ANI): The nightmare scenario of a Mumbai-style massacre in Europe has loomed closer to reality, with the German Interior Minister having issued a warning that there were "concrete indications ... Read more...
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MI6 boss red-faced over daughter’s Facebook pics
November 1st, 2010 - 5:24 pm ICT by ANI
Wellington, Nov 1 (ANI): Britain's Secret Intelligence Service chief John Sawers is facing public humiliation after his daughter posted a photo of herself posing with a gold Kalashnikov rifle on Facebook.Oxford ... Read more...
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Ten Mumbai-style terror attackers plotting to hit Europe before Christmas: US Intelligence
October 9th, 2010 - 5:07 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 9 (ANI): US secret agents have reportedly been hunting for ten terrorists, who they believe were recruited to carry out a Mumbai-style terror attack in Europe before Christmas this ... Read more...
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Briton killed in US drone attack in Pak dreamed of bringing holy war to UK
October 8th, 2010 - 5:28 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 8 (ANI): Abdul Jabbar, a Briton killed in a US drone attack in Pakistan was reportedly a resident of Birmingham, who boasted he would bring holy war to Britain. ... Read more...
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Briton killed by US drone attack in Pak was ‘Islamic Army of Great Britain’ chief
October 6th, 2010 - 1:38 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Oct 6 (ANI): The British terror suspect, Abdul Jabbar, killed in a Pakistan drone strike in September was elected leader of an al-Qaeda group called The Islamic Army of Great Britain, ... Read more...
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Security on ‘No1 terror target’ Prince Harry doubled
October 3rd, 2010 - 11:43 am ICT by ANI
London, Oct 3 (ANI): Armed security has been doubled on Prince Harry amid fears he is the main target for a new wave of Islamic and Irish terrorists.Harry, third in line ... Read more...
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Cameron orders 26/11 Mumbai-style terror dummy-run after intelligence warning
September 30th, 2010 - 1:07 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 30(ANI): British Prime Minister David Cameron has responded to the threat of a 26/11 Mumbai-style terror attack in the country by secretly ordering a full-scale dummy-run.According to the Sun, ... Read more...
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Brit ‘terror suspects’ might sue police for false detention over unproven plot against Pope
September 20th, 2010 - 4:38 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 29 (ANI): Six terror suspects arrested over an alleged plot to attack the Pope Benedict XVI, could sue the police after being released without charge, detectives fear.According to the ... Read more...
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Wayne Rooney’s threesome hookers’ boyfriends are gangsters
September 10th, 2010 - 5:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 10 (ANI): Love-rat Wayne Rooney is in further trouble - both vice girls who had a threesome with the player have boyfriends who are gangsters.Jenny Thompson's lover Jared Jones, 27, ... Read more...
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Asian cricket betting rings directly funding al-Qaida terrorism
September 6th, 2010 - 3:15 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept.6 (ANI): Shady Asian cricket betting rings are reported to be directly funding al-Qaida terrorism.The new accusations have alarmed Britain's security services. Muslim extremists are deeply rooted in Pakistan's shady underworld, ... Read more...
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Iraqi-US forces arrest four suspected Al Qaeda men
August 28th, 2010 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Aug 28 (DPA) Four suspected Al Qaeda in Iraq members were arrested Saturday in joint Iraqi-US forces operations, the US military in Iraq said.
"Iraqi security forces and US advisors searched a ... Read more...
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Lebanese Army kills two Al Qaeda-linked militants
August 15th, 2010 - 5:36 am ICT by IANS
Beirut, Aug 15 (DPA) Lebanese Army troops Saturday killed two militants loyal to Al Qaeda in eastern Lebanon, security sources said.
The two men were a part of Fatah al-Islam, a fundamentalist Palestinian ... Read more...
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Russian spook Anna Chapman rejected MI6 deal
August 8th, 2010 - 7:07 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug.8 (ANI): Spooks at Britain's MI6 tried to broker a deal with Russian spy Anna Chapman minutes before she flew to Moscow, a security source has claimed.Intelligence officers approached the secret ... Read more...
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Two Lebanese soldiers killed in Israel-Lebanon clash (Lead)
August 3rd, 2010 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
Beirut, Aug 3 (DPA) Clashes erupted Tuesday between Israeli troops and the Lebanese army in southern Lebanon, killing at least two Lebanese soldiers and wounding two Israelis, a Lebanese security source said.
An ... Read more...
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Six killed in Iraq helicopter crash
July 28th, 2010 - 6:53 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, July 28 (IANS) An Iraqi military helicopter crashed near the holy city of Karbala, killing all six crew members, a security source said Wednesday.
The incident took place overnight when a sandstorm ... Read more...
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