Kandahar suicide bombs kills at least 20 Afghans - video
At least 20 civilians are dead after a pair of suicide bombers struck outside the airport in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar
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First the 'targeted killing' campaign, then the targeted propaganda campaign...
Officially, the CIA insists its drone war is a state secret, yet we're now seeing a concerted PR effort to sanitise its dubious legalityA story in last week's New York Times painted a remarkably...
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Man 'confesses to bombing Brindisi school'
Police say Giovanni Vantaggiato, 68, has admitted planting bomb that killed 16-year-old girl, but motive remains unclearA disgruntled fuel dealer has confessed to being the Brindisi school bomber,...
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Hamid Karzai shortens China visit over Nato air strike deaths
Afghan leader to return after report of civilian deaths in Logar province and suicide attacks on Nato base in KandaharHamid Karzai is cutting short an official visit to China following reports of...
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Abu Yahya al-Libi and this perpetually self-defeating 'war on terror' |...
Behind the killing by drone strike of al-Qaida's No 2 lies a story of the senseless brutality by which the US makes its enemies"A man for all seasons … He's a warrior. He's a poet. He's a scholar. He's...
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US losing patience with Pakistan over insurgent bases, warns Panetta
US defence secretary says on visit to Afghanistan that neighbour must take steps to tackle safe havens along borderThe US defence secretary has raised the pressure on Pakistan over insurgent bases...
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Al-Qaida leader's wife praises Arab spring women
Ayman al-Zawahiri's wife Omaima Hassan uses rare online message to congratulate women on their role in uprisingsThe wife of the al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has praised Muslim women for their role...
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Bomb blast at Nigerian police station kills officers
Witness says police vans have been loaded with dead bodies in focal area of Boko Haram's insurgencyA bomb blast at the entrance of the police headquarters of north-east Nigeria's Borno state has caused...
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How the Obama administration is making the US media its mouthpiece | Glenn...
Spoonfed national security scoops based on anonymous official leaks – did we learn nothing from Judith Miller's WMD reporting?Over the past several weeks in the US, there has been a series of...
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New Jersey Muslims sue to protect their rights from NYPD spying | Ayesha Kazmi
The US was founded upon religious freedom and pluralism, but now eight Muslim Americans must sue New York City to prove itThursday 7 June, in a historic move, eight Muslims from New Jersey filed a...
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French soldiers killed by suicide bomber in Afghanistan
Blast leaves four Nato troops dead and several wounded after man dressed as woman detonated explosives in Kapisa provinceA Taliban suicide bomber disguised as a woman and wearing a burqa has killed...
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Somali militants offer 10 camels for information on Barack Obama
Al-Shabaab mocks US bounty of up to $7m for whereabouts of group's leaders with offer of camels and chickensA Somali Islamist militant group is offering rewards of chickens and camels for information...
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Nigerian churches attacked by gunmen and suicide bomber
• 'Many killed and wounded' in north-east and central Nigeria• Attacks bear hallmark of Islamist terror group Boko HaramTwo churches in northern and central Nigeria have been attacked, one by gunmen...
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Obama's drone wars and the normalisation of extrajudicial murder | Michael Boyle
Executive privilege has seduced the president into a reckless 'kill first, ask questions later' policy that explodes the US constitutionIn his first campaign for the presidency, Barack Obama promised...
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Al-Qaida affiliates operating in Syria, says William Hague
Foreign secretary says more sanctions against Syrian regime are likely if UN-brokered peace plan continues to failBritain has for the first time raised the spectre of al-Qaida operating in Syria, while...
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Italian police arrest leftwing terror suspects
Ten held in Italy, Switzerland and Germany on warrant issued in Perugia over links to two shadowy revolutionary organisationsPolice in Italy, Switzerland and Germany have arrested 10 people suspected...
View ArticleIraq reels from bombs targeting Shia pilgrims and police – video
Scenes of devastation after bomb blasts in Baghdad and cities in southern Iraq in which at least 57 people were killed
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From Nobel to new low: Barack Obama's lost global prestige | DD Guttenplan
A poll shows how the US president has disappointed the hopes of many worldwide. Americans, though, have their own issuesWe have a lot of truisms in American politics, and some of them are even true –...
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Anders Breivik: paranoid, delusional and then he killed 77
Mother tells psychiatrists she feared her son was insane as medical report dates killer's difficult behaviour to childhoodThe mother of Anders Breivik told psychiatrists she feared her son was "insane"...
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Aum Supreme Truth: last Tokyo subway attack suspect is arrested
Katsuya Takahashi, accused of driving five Aum attackers to their targets in March 1995, caught in TokyoThe last member of the apocalyptic cult behind the worst act of terrorism on Japanese soil has...
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