William Hague: Algerian hostage mastermind's death 'would be a blow to...
The UK foreign secretary says the death of Mokhtar Belmokhtar, believed to be behind January's raid on an Algerian oil plant, would be a positive step
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Al-Qaida 'deaths' raise fears for French hostages in Niger
Mokhtar 'Marlboro' Belmokhtar among two leading jihadist figures claimed to have been killedThere were fears for the safety at least four European hostages in the West African desert after reports of...
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Pakistan: car bomb kills dozens outside mosque in Karachi
Explosion as people leave evening prayers is latest in string of large-scale attacks on Shia Muslims this yearA car bomb exploded outside a mosque in Karachi on Sunday, killing dozens of people and...
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Kenyan elections marred by Mombasa violence
At least 13 killed in co-ordinated attacks by armed secessionists in Mombasa and Kilifi as rest of country votes peacefullyViolence has flared on election day in Kenya, with at least 13 people killed...
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Karachi bomb is unlikely to prompt decisive action against militants
Analysts say politicians are hamstrung by fear of confronting Sunni militant groups before electionsThe powerful bomb used in the latest assault by religious fanatics on Pakistan's embattled Shias left...
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Justice, security and pork-scratching politics
Defending the bill that would allow for secret courts, Ken Clarke favoured bracing pub rhetoric over fusspotty legal precedentThe Commons has debated the justice and security bill. That's the one that...
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Kenya sees huge election turnout but violence mostly limited to separatists
Uhuru Kenyatta leading rival Raila Odinga in early results but tight race could lead to runoff vote and rerun of 2007 clashesKenyans turned out in massive numbers on Monday to vote in a general...
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Abdel Hakim Belhaj, Auntie Maude and the art of saying sorry | Mark Vernon
An apology that is transformative and healing is a rare thing – whether about torture in Libya or spilling juice on a tableclothThe story about the Libyan politician who is asking for £3 and an...
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Britain and US asked to release secret torture reports
Allies accused by human rights lawyer of covering up the truth on kidnapping and torture of terrorist suspectsA UN human rights advocate has called on Britain and the US to release confidential reports...
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Obama gun control agenda helps fuel 'explosive' rise in extremist groups
Southern Poverty Law Center writes to government officials warning of serious potential for domestic terrorism in the USThe number of anti-government, far-right extremist groups has soared to record...
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US to end ban on airline passengers carrying pocket knives
For the first time since 9/11 attacks passengers will be allowed to carry knives with small bladesTravellers will soon be allowed to carry small pocket knives on board US planes for the first time...
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America's Transportation Security Administration announced that it will end its ban on some objects, allowing passengers to bring pocket knives on to planes for the first time since 9/11. Did TSA make...
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Dissident Irish republican shot dead outside pub
Security sources believe Peter Butterly may have been killed in an internal 'clean out' of suspected informers within Real IRAA dissident republican has been shot dead at a pub on the east coast of...
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Revealed: Pentagon's link to Iraqi torture centres
Exclusive: General David Petraeus and 'dirty wars' veteran behind commando units implicated in detainee abuseThe Pentagon sent a US veteran of the "dirty wars" in Central America to oversee sectarian...
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Bin Laden son-in-law detained in Jordan over links to al-Qaida
US government sources said Suleiman Abu Ghaith had appeared in al-Qaida videos praising the 9/11 attacksA son-in-law of Osama bin Laden who served as al-Qaida's spokesman has been detained in Jordan,...
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Pentagon investigating link between US military and torture centres in Iraq
Defense Department says 'it will take time' to respond to 15-month investigation by BBC Arabic and the GuardianThe Pentagon is investigating allegations linking the US military to human rights abuses...
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Obama must reveal legal memos on his administration's drone killing program |...
Brennan's confirmation hearing as CIA director was a crucial test of the Senate's exercise of oversight. It failed; now it's up to usThe American public still does not know how the Obama administration...
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US airline staff oppose plan to allow small knives on planes
Flight crews, pilots and air marshals join growing protest against TSA plans to allow pen knives and sporting goods in cabinsAmerican flight attendants, pilots, air marshals and insurance companies are...
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Osama bin Laden's son-in-law pleads not guilty in New York court
Kuwaiti Suleiman Abu Ghaith pleads not guilty of conspiring to kill Americans and gave 22-page post-arrest statementOsama bin Laden's son-in-law, Suleiman Abu Ghaith, appeared before a US federal court...
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Suleiman Abu Ghaith, the son-in-law of Osama bin Laden, pleads not guilty to charges of conspiring to kill Americans
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