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Carlos the Jackal given another life sentence for 1980s terror attack
French court convicts Venezuelan-born terrorist, who is already in prison for a 1975 triple murderA French court has convicted the Venezuelan-born terrorist known as Carlos the Jackal of organising...
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Venezuelan-born Ilich Ramírez Sánchez - alias Carlos the Jackal – has received a second life sentence by a French court
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US man convicted of conspiring to aid al-Qaida
Terek Mehanna convicted on four terror-related charges for distributing publications to promote violent jihadA Massachusetts man was convicted Tuesday of conspiring to help al-Qaida and plotting to...
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When it comes to bird flu, nature is the greatest bioterrorist | Mark Honigsbaum
I hope that fear of terrorism will not lead to the suppression of valuable research about engineering the H5N1 virusA few months ago, Dutch virologist Ron Fouchier made what he hoped would be a low-key...
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US government urges scientists to censor findings on new strain of bird flu
Scientists warn that redacting information from new research on H5N1 virus could hinder the discovery of a vaccineMoves by the US government to restrict the publication of papers describing potentially...
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Scotland lord advocate vows to continue investigating Lockerbie
Frank Mulholland believes Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, convicted for deaths of 270 people on Pan Am flight, did not act aloneScotland's most senior law officer has vowed to bring the perpetrators of the...
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Lockerbie bomber: 'I am an innocent man'
Abdelbaset al-Megrahi claims in 'final interview before death' that he never met shopkeeper who identified himThe only man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing has again protested his innocence as...
View ArticleBaghdad blasts kill scores – in pictures
A series of bomb attacks rocks the Iraqi capital. The bloodbath comes just days after US forces left the country
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Pakistan PM says conspiracies are being hatched to oust government
Yousuf Raza Gilani's speech exposes tensions between Pakistan government and army amid fallout from spy memo rowPakistan's prime minister has claimed there is a conspiracy to oust the country's...
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Baghdad bomb attacks leave scores dead and hundreds injured
At least 69 dead after series of co-ordinated attacks rock the city days after US forces leave the countryA wave of at least 14 bombings ripped across Baghdad on Thursday morning, killing at least 69...
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Baghdad blasts are latest in a country where stability remains an illusion
Attacks were predicted but nobody expected Iraq to deteriorate so soon after the US withdrawalAttacks such as the wave of bombings that have killed at least 72 people in Baghdad have been both dreaded...
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Baghdad car bomb attack rips through Iraq's already failing hopes
Soon after the pullout of US troops, an atrocity that has killed scores of people leaves an unravelling nation in deeper despairIn the wake of the pullout of American troops, Iraq had been braced for a...
View ArticleDamascus bomb attacks leave scores dead - in pictures
Two explosions in the Syrian capital have killed more than 40 people, with more than 150 inured, the government says
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Syria blames al-Qaida after two car bombs kill dozens in Damascus
Opposition activists dismiss official account, accusing Assad regime of plotting blasts that coincided with Arab League visitTwo huge explosions tore through the Syrian capital Damascus, leaving dozens...
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Obama's abysmal record on civil liberties | Mehdi Hasan
By signing the 'anti-terror' bill the president could end up being worse than his Republican predecessor on civil libertiesHere we are. More than 10 years after the 9/11 attacks, more than six months...
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Nigerian churches targeted by Christmas Day bombs
At least 35 people killed in explosion in Catholic church in Abuja suburb, while a second explosion rocked a church in JosA militant Islamist group has claimed responsibility for a series of...
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Al-Qaida leadership almost wiped out in Pakistan, British officials believe
Senior members of al-Qaida are feared to be moving to north Africa to open up a new front after being weakened in PakistanSenior British officials believe that a "last push" in 2012 is likely to...
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Stop looking for the next al-Qaida | Jason Burke
We've made progress fighting 'blame al-Qaida syndrome', but the search for new threats creates another dangerous disorderIn the last week there have been two good examples of a very familiar malaise...
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Iraq car bomb hits interior ministry
At least six people killed and 34 others wounded in suicide bomb attack in Baghdad following series of blasts on ThursdayAt least six people have been killed in a suicide car bomb attack on Iraq's...
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Ethiopia jails Swedish journalists on terrorism charges
Johan Persson and Martin Schibbye were found with rebel groupA court in Ethiopia has sentenced two Swedish journalists to 11 years in prison on charges of supporting terrorism after they illegally...
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