Peshawar bomb rips through bus station – video
Footage of the aftermath of an explosion at a bus station in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Thursday
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Iraq attacks kill at least 55 people
Baghdad and other cities are rocked by bombs and shootings believed to have been aimed at security forcesAt least 55 people have been killed across Iraq in attacks mostly aimed at security forces....
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Landlord tells of 'worst day' after Abu Qatada was found at his house
Judge restricts media reporting on landlord who says he did not realise he had rented a house to freed cleric's relativesA landlord did not realise that he had rented a house to a family related to...
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Somalia urged to unite behind stable government
London conference seeking solution to 20-year conflict calls for dissolution of weak transitional regime in MogadishuWorld leaders have pledged more help to combat terrorism and piracy in Somalia, but...
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Two of five Bangkok bombing suspects are Iranian, embassy confirms
Iranian embassy has confirmed authenticity of suspects' passports, says Thai foreign ministryThe Iranian embassy in Bangkok has confirmed that two of the five suspects in the bomb blasts that struck...
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Yemen car bomb blast leaves 25 dead
Suicide bomber strikes hours after new president Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi was sworn in and vowed to fight al-QaidaAt least 25 people were killed in a car bomb attack outside the gate of a presidential...
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Somalia promises west oil riches as diplomats vow to defeat al-Shabaab
Somali prime minister says his country will give west a share of natural resources in return for help with task of reconstructionThey expect the oil to flow within weeks. Coming from two miles...
View ArticleOsama bin Laden's former Pakistan compound is demolished
Under cover of darkness, demolition workers began destroying the buildings in Abbottabad, which served as the al-Qaida leader's hideout for more than five years
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Three more Iranian arrests over Bangkok bombings
Three people detained in same apartment building as suspect linked to house that blew up earlier this monthThai authorities have detained three more Iranians over the 14 February Bangkok blasts after...
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Vladimir Putin assassination plot foiled, report says
Pro-government TV station says two people detained in Odessa over plan to kill Russian prime minister after presidential electionThe Russian and Ukrainian special services have foiled a plot to...
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Lockerbie relatives urge inquiry into 'suppressed evidence'
New material revealed in book is said to raise doubts about the conviction of Abdelbaset al-MegrahiLockerbie bombing victims' relatives have urged the Scottish government to stage a public inquiry into...
View ArticleOsama bin Laden's Pakistan compound demolished – video
Pakistani forces have begun demolishing the compound in Abbottabad where al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was killed by US special forces in May 2011
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Putin assassination plot denounced as Russian election 'spectacle'
Opponents describe the news of the allegedly foiled Odessa plot as overplayed, but the Kremlin calls the claims blasphemousThe Kremlin has been accused of playing up a purported assassination attempt...
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Lockerbie book is 'third-hand hearsay', says Scottish government
Justice secretary Kenny MacAskill to address Holyrood refuting claims that Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was advised to drop appealThe Scottish justice secretary, Kenny MacAskill, is to make a statement to...
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Remains of September 11 victims ended up in landfill, says Pentagon report
Partial remains came from two of the three sites of the attacks: the Pentagon and the Shanksville, Pennsylvania crash sitePartial remains from victims of the September 11 attacks in 2001 ended up in a...
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7/7 bomber's widow sought over Kenya terror plot
Kenyan police investigate whether wife of Germaine Lindsay was part of unit planning Mombasa attackThe wife of one of the 7 July 2005 suicide bombers is being sought for questioning in Kenya over a...
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Egyptian Islamist mistaken for al-Qaida commander and held at Cairo airport
Mohamed Ibrahim Makkawi – whose name is used as an alias by an al-Qaida leader – says he cut ties with the group in 1989An Egyptian Islamist, mistakenly identified as a senior al-Qaida commander...
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US resident accused of helping al-Qaida accepts plea deal
Majid Khan faced charges of planning attacks on US targets with 9/11 'mastermind' Khalid Sheikh MohammedA former Maryland resident has pleaded guilty to helping al-Qaida plot attacks from his native...
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We are fighting Islamism from ignorance, as we did the cold war | Simon Jenkins
The west wasted trillions in needless conflict with the USSR. Now we are being brainwashed into confrontation with IranWere we wrong? I have lived through two global conflicts: the west against Russian...
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John Yates's Michelin guide to counter-terrorism | Michael White
It seemed that the Met's ex-assistant commissioner would risk his cholesterol count anywhere in the interests of law and orderAlmost three hours into his testimony-by-satellite to Lord Justice...
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