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Megrahi Funeral Due To Take Place In TripoliThe funeral of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al Megrahi, who died on Sunday, is expected to take place at Tripoli's main cemetery later today, according to a Libyan news agency.
topix.net | 21-May-2012 08:42
Two men face terrorism charges
Two more men have been charged with planning to make Molotov cocktails to be used during the NATO summit.
topix.net | 21-May-2012 04:37
Yemen troops clash with al-Qaida in south; 17 dead
Fresh clashes between al-Qaida fighters and government forces in Yemen left 17 dead on Sunday, military officials said, as the army pushed on with an offensive to regain a key town in the county's south that fell to the militants more than a year ago.
topix.net | 21-May-2012 00:18
Alpha cites coal-dust changes since mine disaster
Coal producer Alpha Natural Resources says it has taken steps to avoid coal-dust violations of the kind that investigators say caused the 2010 Upper Big Branch Mine explosion that killed 29 men, according to a letter the Bristol, Va.-based company sent to federal prosecutors last week.
topix.net | 20-May-2012 20:09
Lockerbie Bomber Dies
Abdelbeset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi, the only person convicted in connection with the Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people, died Sunday, the Libyan government and a family member said.
topix.net | 20-May-2012 16:04
Detained protesters accused of Chicago terror plot
Prosecutors say three men arrested in a raid on a Chicago apartment had planned to attack President Barack Obama's campaign headquarters, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's home and other targets, including police stations and... Prosecutors say three men arrested in a raid on a Chicago apartment had planned to attack President Barack Obama's campaign ... (more)
topix.net | 20-May-2012 11:59
3 NATO Summit Protesters Hit With Terrorism-Related Charges
Police outside a Bridgeport neighborhood apartment building that was raided by officers on suspicion that the occupants were making Molotov cocktails.
topix.net | 20-May-2012 07:50
UK force 'may stay in Afghanistan'
A Chicago police officer monitors the area during a march on Montrose Avenue during a Nato summit demonstration in Chicago Small numbers of British troops could remain in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of the main force in 2014 to combat international terrorism.
topix.net | 20-May-2012 03:45
Police: 3 Terror Suspects At NATO Summit Were Plotting To Hit Obama's Campaign HQs
Three men charged with conspiring to commit domestic terrorism during the NATO summit were plotting to attack President Obama's Chicago campaign headquarters, the Chicago mayor's home and police stations, authorities said Saturday.
topix.net | 20-May-2012 01:35
3 accused of planning terror at NATO summit
An Illinois judge set bail at $1.5 million for each of the three suspects accused of traveling to Chicago "to commit acts of domestic terrorism" during the NATO summit.
topix.net | 19-May-2012 21:26
Suicide blast in Syria hits military compound; 9 dead
If you are a fan of Southern literature, it's hard not to think of the Bundren family from William... BEIRUT - A car bomb tore through the parking lot of a military compound in an eastern Syrian city on Saturday, killing nine people in the latest in a series of blasts in recent months targeting security installations, the country's state media ... (more)
topix.net | 19-May-2012 19:21
Colin Duffy relative charged in court on terrorism charges
Three relatives of dissident republican Colin Duffy have appeared in court on terrorism charges.
topix.net | 19-May-2012 16:06
Grenade attacks wound 14 in Indian-held Kashmir
Jurors in the John Edwards' campaign corruption trial are taking a break for the weekend and their requests for evidence and office supplies may be a sign that they are in for detailed discussions when they reconvene on... Jurors in the John Edwards' campaign corruption trial are taking a break for the weekend and their requests for evidence and ... (more)
topix.net | 19-May-2012 11:52
Seven face court on terror charges
Seven people are due to appear in courts across Northern Ireland charged with serious dissident republican offences following an intelligence operation by the police and MI5.
topix.net | 19-May-2012 07:32
Mikati blasts Syrian charges of arms smuggling
A Syrian army truck is seen at a checkpoint for the Syrian army in the northeastern town of Hosh al-Sayyed Ali, Lebanon, Sunday, Dec.
topix.net | 19-May-2012 03:23
3 Irish dissidents arrested on terror suspicions
Three senior Irish dissidents were arrested and charged with a range of serious and rarely used terror offenses, Northern Irish police said Friday.
topix.net | 18-May-2012 23:08
Yemeni troops kill 11 al-Qaida militants in south
In this Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010 file photo, an anti-terrorist unit from the Central Security Forces of the Ministry of Interior trains in the Sarif area on the eastern outskirts of the capital Sana, in Yemen.
topix.net | 18-May-2012 22:03
House OKs detention of suspects
A divided House on Friday endorsed the indefinite detention without trial of terrorist suspects, even for U.S. citizens seized on American soil.
topix.net | 18-May-2012 17:49
Why The U.S. Is Aggressively Targeting Yemen
U.S. intelligence officials announced last week that they had broken up a plan by al-Qaida's affiliate in Yemen to blow up a plane headed toward the United States.
topix.net | 18-May-2012 14:44
U.S. Justice Dept urges terror label for Nigerian militants
The Justice Department is pressing the State Department to designate Boko Haram, a Nigerian militant group alleged to be responsible for hundreds of deaths, as a "foreign terrorist organization," according to a document obtained by Reuters.
topix.net | 18-May-2012 10:34
House OKs continued war in Afghanistan
The House endorsed the continued war in Afghanistan on Thursday despite acknowledgment from Republicans and Democrats that the American people are war-weary after more than a decade of conflict.
topix.net | 18-May-2012 06:25
Toll climbs in Yemen's fight against al-Qaeda
ADEN, Yemen - Samir al-Mushari pushed his wheeled walking frame down the hospital corridor.
topix.net | 18-May-2012 06:25
APNewsBreak: Affidavit says Minn. man plotted attack against Mexican consulate
Paul, believing it would stir debate on immigration amnesty issues ahead of the 2012 presidential election, according to a federal affidavit obtained Thursday by The Associated Press.
topix.net | 18-May-2012 03:25
Algeria Elections Look Good Abroad, Bad At Home
Algeria overturned the Arab Spring's revolutionary narrative with elections that bolstered the longtime ruling party and dashed Islamists' hopes of gaining power.
topix.net | 17-May-2012 23:15
American Terrorist's Mom Wants Him Back Home
An Alabama mother whose son joined an al Qaeda group in Africa said she can't turn her back on her boy even though he advocates attacking America and hasn't been in direct contact with her in years.
topix.net | 17-May-2012 23:15
Steve Chapman on the Implausibility of Nuclear Terrorism
"Death tugs at my ear and says, 'Live, I am coming.'" Were Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
topix.net | 17-May-2012 18:55
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
NATO has been the foundation of transatlantic security for more than sixty years, but despite its longevity, critics question whether the alliance can stay relevant in the face of emerging threats, limited funding, and debates over its mission.
cfr.org | 17-May-2012 16:42
Crown announces new charges against suspects in alleged Ottawa terror cell
Members of an alleged Ottawa terror cell are facing new charges, the Crown prosecution service said on Wednesday.
topix.net | 17-May-2012 14:40
Al-Qaida calls for Yemen uprising
Al-Qaida's leader is calling for the Yemeni people to rise up against the country's new president, portraying him as the stooge of the unpopular former president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, and the United States.
topix.net | 17-May-2012 10:36
Counterterrorism Director Addresses Terror Threats, Media Leaks, Wiretapping
Matthew Olsen, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, broadly addressed counterterrorism issues speaking before the American Bar Association's standing Committee on Law and National Security Wednesday in Washington, D.C. Olsen used his speech to push for renewal of sections of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which will expire ... (more)
topix.net | 17-May-2012 06:32
Syria's neighbours warned against 'sowing chaos'
Amman - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Wednesday that countries trying to "sow chaos" in Syria could be infected with it themselves, an apparent warning to Arab Gulf nations that back the insurgency aimed at forcing him from power.
topix.net | 17-May-2012 05:27
NY judge finds law's impact unconstitutional
Citing a threat to journalists and scholars, a judge on Wednesday struck down as unconstitutional a portion of a law giving the government wide powers to regulate the detention, interrogation and prosecution of suspected terrorists.
topix.net | 17-May-2012 01:22
Official: 1 dead from attack on Kenya's coast
Attackers fired shots and detonated four grenades outside a nightclub in Kenya's coastal town of Mombasa after they were denied entry, killing a security guard and wounding five people, including one of the assailants, police officials said Wednesday.
topix.net | 16-May-2012 21:13
Yemen: 19 killed in clashes with al-Qaida fighters
Clashes between government troops and al-Qaida fighters left 19 people dead in southern Yemen on Wednesday, military officials said.
topix.net | 16-May-2012 16:53
German sues Macedonia in EU human rights court
Europe's human rights court is hearing the case of a German citizen who says the CIA illegally whisked him to a secret prison in Afghanistan in one of the biggest embarrassments of the U.S. war on terrorism.
topix.net | 16-May-2012 14:53
Somali pirate boat blown up by chopper as Navy frigate crew arrest 12
Flames erupt into the sky from a skiff floating adrift in the Indian Ocean, a powerful demonstration of the Royal Navy's might as it fights the scourge of Somali piracy.
topix.net | 16-May-2012 10:49
Refugees' ASIO despair
Julian Burnside: "The fact that a person has been adversely assessed by ASIO does not mean they are a terrorist." ASYLUM seekers branded security threats by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation have been involved in a spate of suicide attempts inside the nation's detention network.
topix.net | 16-May-2012 06:28
Why Do Terrorists So Often Go For Planes?
Despite the multiple layers of security at airports, terrorists still often target planes.
topix.net | 16-May-2012 02:14
Bomb targeting former Colombian minister kills two
In a rare attack in the Colombian capital Bogota, a bomb targeting a former interior minister on Tuesday killed his driver and a police officer, President Juan Manuel Santos said.
topix.net | 15-May-2012 23:04
CRS: Comparison of Rights in Military Commission Trials and Trials in Federal Criminal Court
This Congressional Reseach Service report briefly summarizes the legal issues raised by the choice of forum for trying accused terrorists, and provides a chart comparing selected military commissions rules under the Military Commissions Act to the corresponding rules that apply in federal court.
cfr.org | 15-May-2012 22:02
Kenya official: Refugee camp blast kills policeman
A Kenyan official says a policeman has died after the car he was traveling in was hit by a suspected improvised bomb at the world's largest refugee camp, near the border with Somalia.
topix.net | 15-May-2012 20:59
Defense seeks 4 year sentence for German terrorism suspect caught in Afghanistan
Michael Rosenthal told a Koblenz state court in closing remarks Tuesday that Ahmad Wali Siddiqui had been at terrorist training camps on the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan, German news agency dapd reported.
topix.net | 15-May-2012 16:55
Two suspected U.S. drone strikes reported in Yemen
Two suspected U.S. drone strikes killed seven al Qaeda militants and eight civilians in the southern part of Yemen on Tuesday, three Yemeni security officials said.
topix.net | 15-May-2012 15:54
Man executed for attack on Iranian nuclear scientist
Iran has executed a man who was convicted of killing one of its nuclear scientists, state-run Press TV reported Tuesday.
topix.net | 15-May-2012 14:49
Court in Va. to hear NC terror-support appeal
A North Carolina man convicted of supporting a terrorist organization is asking an appeals court for a new trial, or at least a new sentencing hearing.
topix.net | 15-May-2012 10:40
Rebels kill 23 Syrian soldiers, opposition snubs Arab talks
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topix.net | 15-May-2012 08:39