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Yemen air strikes kill 45 militants linked to al-Qaida
Bombing raids on Bayda and Jaar include targeting of militant base south of capitalAt least 45 militants linked to al-Qaida, including a number of tribal leaders, have been killed by air strikes in...
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Nigeria hostages 'shot dead in a toilet' as special forces fought to free them
Guard's wife tells how Italian and British man were killed by kidnappers during failed rescue missionTwo hostages – one British and one Italian – killed during a failed rescue attempt in Nigeria were...
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At least 23 die as Ethiopian troops battle Somali Islamist insurgents
Witnesses say al-Shabab group forced to retreat after hours-long border clash with armyAt least 23 people have been killed in an attack on Ethiopian troops by al-Qaida-linked Somali insurgents near the...
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Nigerian kidnappers 'received ransom downpayment'
Extremists given part of ransom before failed attempt to rescue British and Italian hostages, agency reportsRansom money was paid to the Islamic extremists holding British and Italian hostages in...
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Suicide bomber kills at least 13 at funeral in Pakistan
Anti-Taliban politician unhurt after blast in Peshawar, where battle between security forces and extremists has intensifiedA suicide bomber has attacked a funeral attended by an anti-Taliban politician...
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Italian hostage killed in Nigeria was shot at close range
Autopsy carried out in Rome finds that Franco Lamolinara was shot four times, including a fatal shot in the headAn autopsy on the body of the Italian hostage killed in Nigeria during an unsuccessful...
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Afghanistan campaign: a fragile strategy easily derailed by lone gunmen?
Mass killing of Afghan civilians by US soldier, like the backlash against the Qur'an-burning, displays the fragility of this conflictThe mass killing of Afghan civilians by a US soldier in Kandahar was...
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Unearned respect is worthless | Andrew Brown
Irshad Manji raises key issues of free speech. If you want the truth, you don't need to respect people, but don't slight themTo Oxford, to a seminar organised by Timothy Garton Ash for Irshad Manji, a...
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Nigerian hostage rescue bid: Italians were consulted, says defence secretary
Failed mission to free Christopher McManus and Franco Lamolinara from terrorist group led to anger in RomeItaly's intelligence services were told by their UK counterparts that two hostages held by a...
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New York terrorism suspect Jose Pimentel pleads not guilty
Sources say FBI stayed out of state-prosecuted case because agents felt Pimentel may have been a victim of entrapmentA Dominican-born Muslim convert charged with plotting to attack police and soldiers...
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Somali doctor: 'They are taking my land so I can't welcome the poor'
Dr Hawa Abdi's camp, home for up to 90,000 displaced people, is threatened by al-Shabaab militantsA delicate woman wearing a white scarf over her head, Dr Hawa Abdi speaks in halting English,...
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Vehicle bursts into flames on runway as Leon Panetta flies into Afghanistan
US defence secretary had just landed in Camp Bastion in Helmand when pickup truck drove on to airfieldNato has ordered a security lockdown at its massive base in central Afghanistan after a car surged...
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Spielberg's Munich: earnestly searching for truths that refuse to be found
The contentious story of the Mossad cell searching for perpetrators of the Munich Olympics massacre in 1972 is stylish and well acted, but the subject is nearly impossible to scaleMunich...
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UK arrest linked to Italian Facebook terror investigation
Woman questioned over possible links to Moroccan suspect and web page dedicated to weapons training and Milan synagogueA 40-year-old woman has been arrested in London by a British counter-terrorism...
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Indian police make Iran link to New Delhi bomb and Bangkok explosions
Police call for extradition of Iran-linked suspects and cite connections with car bomb that wounded Israeli diplomat's wifeIndian police have said a bomb attack that wounded an Israeli diplomat's wife...
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Syrian city of Aleppo hit by car bomb
Several people reported dead after explosion close to security office in country's second cityA car bomb has hit Syria's second city, Aleppo, a day after 27 people were killed when blasts rocked...
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Al-Qaida linked militants behind American teacher's killing in Yemen
Ansar al-Sharia claims the killing was in response to west's campaign of Christian proselytisingAn al-Qaida linked militant group has claimed responsibility for the killing an American teacher in city...
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Bali police shootout leaves five terror suspects dead
Indonesian authorities say group linked to 2002 nightclub bombers had been planning robberies to fund attacksIndonesian police on Bali shot dead five suspected terrorists who had identified and...
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Eritrea is an easy target for Ethiopia | Simon Tisdall
The isolated, friendless regime of Isaias Afwerki will find few international protectors against Ethiopia's military incursionsEthiopia's military incursion into neighbouring Eritrea, reinforced by...
View ArticleIraq police station targeted in bomb blast – video
Iraqi soldiers and rescue workers guard the site of an explosion in Kirkuk, Iraq. The blast near a police station killed seven people and wounded 30. It was one of several car and roadside bomb attacks...
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