Toulouse shootings: prosecutor describes moments before Mohamed Merah's death...
Mohamed Merah was shot dead by a police sniper as he jumped out of the window of his flat
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Toulouse shootings: no evidence of al-Qaida involvement
French official says authorities have found no sign that Mohamed Merah had been in contact with jiahdistsA senior French official has said that authorities have no evidence that al-Qaida commissioned a...
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The Toulouse shootings have united France in grief | Eve Gani
French Jews and Muslims have come together to mourn, breaking easy links between their people and Israeli policies or jihadismWe were in a state of shock that Monday, early in the morning, when we...
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Toulouse shootings leave France confused and demanding answers
Questions over whether Mohamed Merah's killing spree could have been prevented put government on the defensiveAs police in balaclavas and forensic suits pored over the bullet-scarred ground-floor...
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Toulouse gunman's brother 'proud' of killings, say police
Mohamed Merah's brother Abdelkader transferred to Paris for questioning after explosives found in his carThe brother of a French gunmen who killed seven people before being shot dead has said he is...
View ArticleToulouse shootings: inside Mohamed Merah's flat - video
Footage of police in the flat where Mohamed Merah, the gunman who shot dead seven people in Toulouse, held a 30-hour standoff with police
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How the Merah massacre shook French politics – into silence
The murder of seven people jolted the 'technocratic' election campaign, so where is the debate about why it happened?It was two weeks ago; it already seems like a century. The election campaign was...
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US suspends Mali's military aid after coup
Move could strengthen hand of al-Qaida in the Maghreb and Tuareg militias returning from Libya after fall of GaddafiThe US has "paused" military aid to Mali, a key ally against Islamist militants in...
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'Taliban sympathiser' arrest prompts new questions about FBI tactics
Khalifah al-Akili emailed the Guardian shortly before his arrest to say he thought he was the target of an 'entrapment' stingThe arrest of a Pittsburgh man described as a Taliban sympathiser has...
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Toulouse shootings: Mohamed Merah sent video of killings to al-Jazeera
Broadcaster receives USB memory stick containing 25 minutes of video and a letter claiming responsibility for the murdersToulouse gunman Mohamed Merah, who killed seven people including three children,...
View ArticleToulouse gunman father criticised by Sarkozy over plans to sue France - video
French president dismisses a threat by the Algeria-based father of Toulouse gunman Mohamed Merah to take legal action over the death of his son
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Israel extends new border fence but critics say it is a sign of weakness
Doubts grow over the fortified frontiers the Jewish state says are needed as deterrents against terrorism and illegal infiltrationIt cuts a steel swath through the stark wilderness where Israel and...
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Dirty bombs traceable by DNA analysis, say ministers
Improvised nuclear or radiological devices can be traced by new forensic procedures developed by the Ministry of Defence"Dirty bombs" – improvised nuclear or radiological devices – could be traced back...
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Briton held in Mogadishu over suspected links to al-Shabaab
Suspect under investigation after being apprehended at Somali capital's airportA British man has been arrested in the Somali capital for suspected links to the Islamist rebel group al-Shabaab, the...
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Briton held in Mogadishu was 'carrying suspicious materials'
Man identified as Cleve Everton Dennis held in Somali capital for suspected links to Islamist rebel group al-ShabaabA British citizen who was detained at the airport in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, on...
View ArticleToulouse gunman's father says his son should not have been killed – video
Mohamed Merah's father says the gunman who admitted to killing seven in a shooting spree should have faced justice
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Bird flu: how two mutant strains led to an international controversy
The row over whether scientific journals can publish details of mutant strains of the H5N1 bird flu virus that can spread to other animals is about to come to a head in WashingtonOne Monday morning in...
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The reason I'm helping Chris Hedges' lawsuit against the NDAA | Naomi Wolf
By placing journalists in jeopardy for reporting on 'terrorists', the Homeland Battlefield Bill has had a chilling effect on media workI have discussed the terms of the Homeland Battlefield Bill – also...
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Why all our bird flu research should be published | Ab Osterhaus
Our experiments have sparked concerns about bio-terrorism. But fear must never stop researchH5N1 bird flu has caused serious disease and deaths in humans. More than half of the almost 600 patients have...
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Poland charges former intelligence chief over secret CIA prison site
First country to incriminate official in case related to alleged torture of terror suspects held at behest of CIAPoland has pressed the first charges in an investigation into a secret CIA prison on its...
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