Osama top aide not to be deported from Britain
January 17th, 2012 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 17 (IANS) The right-hand man of slain Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in Europe may be released after a court ruled he could not be deported from ... Read more...
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Mumbai blasts: BJP hits out at government’s ‘policy failure’ (Lead)
July 14th, 2011 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Mumbai, July 14 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party Thursday slammed the government on the Mumbai blasts, calling it a failure of policy and not just intelligence.While Leader of ... Read more...
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Brit Muslim cleric warns royal wedding ‘prime target’ of al-Qaeda, aspiring ‘jihadis’
April 26th, 2011 - 3:11 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 26 (ANI): A British Muslim cleric has warned that the upcoming royal wedding is a prime target for al-Qaeda operatives, and aspiring 'jihadis'.The cleric, Anjem Choudary, who plans to ... Read more...
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UK to outline changes in controversial terrorism laws
January 26th, 2011 - 3:34 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan.26 (ANI): The British Government is to outline a controversial reform of control orders for terrorism suspects, following a review of security laws.Home Secretary Theresa May is expected to announce significant ... Read more...
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Stop and search powers to be re-introduced in UK
January 10th, 2011 - 6:22 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan.10 (ANI): Police powers to stop and search people at random are likely to be revived under new counter-terrorism legislation.According to The Telegraph, the controversial measures under section 44 of the ... Read more...
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Seven Indonesian men sentenced to prison for terrorism
December 28th, 2010 - 8:54 pm ICT by BNO News
JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) -- Seven Indonesians linked with the Aceh terror group have been sentenced for targeting foreigners and government leaders, prosecutors said on Tuesday.According to investigations, the individuals were planning ... Read more...
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India keen to send panel to Pak to question 26/11 suspects
December 23rd, 2010 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) With Pakistan dragging its feet over the Mumbai attacks probe, India is keen to send a panel to Islamabad to question top Lashkar-e-Taiba mastermind of 26/11, ... Read more...
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Jihadi ‘joker’ turns television host with ‘The Zaky Mallah Show’
December 19th, 2010 - 3:35 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Dec 19 (ANI): The first person charged and acquitted under Australia's anti-terrorism laws, Zaky Mallah, has now become a television host.The 27-year-old, once deemed at risk of becoming a suicide bomber, ... Read more...
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Indonesian Islamic cleric faces death penalty on terrorism charges
December 14th, 2010 - 12:25 am ICT by BNO News
JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) -- An Indonesian Islamic cleric now faces the death penalty after new terror charges were brought against him, officials said on Monday.72-year-old Abu Bakar Bashir, who is the ... Read more...
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Al-Qaeda bombs too sophisticated to be detected by x-rays, says Brit counter-terrorism expert
November 1st, 2010 - 2:07 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 1 (ANI): A senior British counter-terrorism official has said that the al-Qaida bomb inside a computer printer discovered at East Midlands airport on Friday, was too sophisticated to be detected ... Read more...
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Failure to find bomb at East Midlands airport a “weakness”, says counter-terrorism expert
November 1st, 2010 - 12:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 1 (ANI): Lord Carlile, the independent reviewer of counter-terrorism laws has said that the initial failure to find the bomb on a plane at East Midlands airport was a "weakness"."The ... Read more...
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‘Jihad’ Jack Thomas calls for peace deal with Taliban in Afghanistan
August 26th, 2010 - 12:57 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Aug 26(ANI): Jack Thomas, an Australian citizen who once trained with Taliban militia in Afghanistan, has said that the coalition forces in that country should strike a peace deal with ... Read more...
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Watchdog says websites pose biggest terror threat to UK
July 23rd, 2010 - 12:55 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 23 (ANI): The official reviewer of the British Government's anti-terrorism laws, Lord Carlile, has warned Prime Minister David Cameron to his attention instead to websites that openly advocate violence.A ... Read more...
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Religious intolerance on rise in South Asia: Report
July 1st, 2010 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) Religious intolerance is on the rise in South Asia, including in India, leading to discrimination and violent attacks against minorities, says a new report by Minority ... Read more...
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Pak ATC summons Sufi Muhammad to appear in court on June 29
June 22nd, 2010 - 6:37 pm ICT by ANI
Swat, June 22(ANI): Reopening the pending cases against detained Tanzim Nifaz Shariat-e-Muhammadi (TNSM) chief, Maulana Sufi Muhammad, an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan's Swat District has summoned him along with his nine ... Read more...
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Pak anti-terrorism laws grossly inadequate to meet menace: Editorial
June 15th, 2010 - 7:17 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, June 15(ANI): The Pakistan government has been boasting about its seriousness to deal with terrorism on every possible national and international stage, however an editorial in a leading Pakistan newspaper has ... Read more...
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UK Govt. to review controversial stop-search counter-terrorism laws
June 11th, 2010 - 1:46 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 11 (ANI): The British Government has said it will review counter-terrorism laws after it emerged that security and law enforcement forces across the country have misused the controversial powers.Police ... Read more...
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First Tamil to be jailed in Canada for funding LTTE
May 12th, 2010 - 10:34 am ICT by IANS
Vancouver, May 12 (IANS) In the first case of its kind in Canada under its terrorism laws, a Sri Lankan Tamil has pleaded guilty to raising funds for the banned Liberation Tigers ... Read more...
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Pak court adjourns hearing in case against five US nationals
April 27th, 2010 - 11:51 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Apr 27(ANI): A Pakistan Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of the case against five US nationals arrested from Sargodha till May 6.The hearing was held at ... Read more...
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Five American terror suspects facing trial in Pak ’set up’ by police, say lawyers
April 12th, 2010 - 6:06 pm ICT by ANI
Sargodha (Pakistan), Apr 12(ANI): Lawyers for five American men facing trial in Pakistan on terrorism charges claim that they can show that the police had fabricated evidence.The five men, Umer ... Read more...
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Saudi Arabian goes on trial for hotel bombings in Indonesia
February 24th, 2010 - 7:09 pm ICT by IANS
Jakarta, Feb 24 (DPA) A Saudi Arabian citizen went on trial Wednesday for his alleged role in financing the bombings of JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels in Jakarta last year.
Prosecutors charged Al ... Read more...
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Australian jihadists jailed over terrorism plot
February 15th, 2010 - 1:23 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Feb 15 (DPA) Five Sydney men jailed for stockpiling chemicals and plotting a terrorist attack were supporters of Osama bin Laden and showed no remorse during their trial, a court was ... Read more...
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Delhi High Court approves new parole guidelines
January 21st, 2010 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday gave its nod to the amended parole guidelines submitted by the Delhi government and asked it to implement them right away.
A division ... Read more...
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Farooq Abdullah hopeful about ‘quiet dialogue’ with Kashmir separatists
December 3rd, 2009 - 5:07 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec.3 (ANI): Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah has said that the supposed 'quiet dialogue' between the Kashmiri separatists and the Home Ministry would be fruitful."There ... Read more...
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European Union team meets separatist Kashmir leaders
November 25th, 2009 - 1:05 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, Nov 25 (ANI): A five-member European Union (EU) delegation that arrived here on a two-day visit to assess the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, met various separatist leaders on Tuesday.Led by ... Read more...
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Australian jihadists found guilty of terror plot
October 16th, 2009 - 11:27 am ICT by IANS
Sydney, Oct 16 (DPA) Five Australians face the prospect of life in prison after being convicted in a Sydney court Friday of plotting a terrorist attack.
The five Muslim men, aged 25 to ... Read more...
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Kerry Lugar Bill ‘big success’ for Pak Government: Gilani
October 7th, 2009 - 1:28 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Oct.7 (ANI): Defending the Kerry Lugar Bill, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has termed the controversial aid package as a 'big success' of his government.Addressing a meeting of government ... Read more...
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Suspected terrorist cell busted in Australia
August 4th, 2009 - 7:45 am ICT by IANS
Sydney, Aug 4 (DPA) Police swooped on a suspected Islamic terrorist cell Tuesday in Melbourne to forestall a possible suicide attack on an Australian Army barracks, authorities said.
More than 400 police raided ... Read more...
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Britain jails two who knew July 2005 suicide bombers
April 29th, 2009 - 11:59 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 29 (DPA) Two British Muslims described as friends of the suicide bombers behind the July 2005 attacks on London's transport system were Wednesday jailed for seven years each for plotting ... Read more...
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Canada jails terrorist who had Pakistan links
March 13th, 2009 - 9:36 am ICT by IANS
Toronto, March 13 (IANS) Canada Thursday jailed its first terrorist - who had links with a terror camp in Pakistan - for ten and a half years under the new anti-terror law ... Read more...
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Ottawa terrorist to be first to be tried by Canada’’s post-9/11 terrorism laws
March 12th, 2009 - 5:38 pm ICT by ANI
Ottawa, Mar 12 (ANI): An Ottawa man, convicted of building bomb components will become today the first person to be sentenced under Canada''s post-9/11 terrorism laws.
The landmark case of Mohammed Momin ... Read more...
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Britain outraged as compensation ordered for terror detainees
February 19th, 2009 - 10:32 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 19 (IANA) Britain-based radical Muslim preacher Abu Qatada was Thursday awarded 2,500 pounds in compensation by the European Court of Human Rights - less than 24 hours after a British ... Read more...
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Australian Muslims jailed on terrorism charges
February 3rd, 2009 - 1:29 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Feb 3 (DPA) An Australian cleric and six of his followers were jailed Tuesday for forming a terrorist cell that police allege plotted to bomb the 100,000 spectators at the 2005 ... Read more...
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Jesus branded terrorist by Muslim website
December 30th, 2008 - 12:57 pm ICT by ANI
London, December 30 (ANI): A Muslim website has branded Jesus a terrorist who would have been arrested and jailed in Britain if he were presently alive.
The website even goes on ... Read more...
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Council used anti-terror powers to spy on paperboys!
December 7th, 2008 - 1:05 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 7 (ANI): Council bosses in Cambridgeshire, UK, used anti-terrorism laws to spy on paperboys to investigate whether a village newsagent had obtained work permits for them.Cambridgeshire County Council ... Read more...
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