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New method discovered to protect against chemical weapons
May 28, 2014 (SPX)
Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered that some compounds called polyoxoniobates can degrade and decontaminate nerve agents such as the deadly ...
Huge queues for commuters as Beijing steps up subway security
May 28, 2014 (AFP)
Tens of thousands of Beijing commuters are being forced to queue for up to an hour morning and night by stepped-up subway station security imposed this week aft...
House maintains obstacles to shuttering Guantanamo
May 22, 2014 (AFP)
The US House of Representatives passed a mammoth annual defense bill Thursday, thumbing its nose at President Barack Obama by including obstacles preventing him...
Brazil probes ex-soldiers over dictatorship-era killing
May 19, 2014 (AFP)
The Brazilian attorney general's office launched an investigation Monday into five retired soldiers accused of torturing and killing a congressman during the co...
Yemen air force strikes Qaeda targets in south
May 15, 2014 (AFP)
Yemeni warplanes on Thursday targeted Al-Qaeda positions in the southern province of Shabwa, causing "huge losses", as part of an offensive launched in late Apr...
Social media a key element for terror groups: study
May 14, 2014 (AFP)
Al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups have expanded their online presence with increased use of social media, creating new challenges for thwarting attacks, said ...
Study Validates Air Sampling Techniques To Fight Bioterrorism
May 13, 2014 (SPX)
Air and surface sampling techniques currently used by the US government are effective in fighting bioterrorism and potentially saving lives, a Saint Louis Unive...
Drone kills six Qaeda suspects in Yemen 'war on terror'
May 12, 2014 (AFP)
A drone strike killed six Al-Qaeda suspects in eastern Yemen on Monday, the first such raid since government troops launched their biggest offensive on jihadist...
Terahertz imaging on the cheap
May 07, 2014 (SPX)
Terahertz imaging, which is already familiar from airport security checkpoints, has a number of other promising applications - from explosives detection to coll...
In hunt for hostages, countries offer intel to Nigeria
May 07, 2014 (AFP)
An urgent international effort to help Nigeria find more than 200 girls kidnapped by Islamist militants is focused on providing intelligence as experts try to l...
France scrambles military plane after jetliner loses radio contact
May 04, 2014 (AFP)
France scrambled a fighter aircraft Sunday after a jetliner slightly veered from its course and lost radio contact with the ground over western France, military...
Beijing police in railway 'anti-terror' drill after attack
May 02, 2014 (AFP)
Beijing police said Friday they held an "anti-terror" drill at a rail station, a day after a deadly bombing in China's far west blamed on alleged attackers infu...
Retired Brazil colonel who admitted torture found dead
Apr 25, 2014 (AFP)
A retired Brazilian colonel who last month admitted carrying out torture during the country's 1964-1985 military dictatorship has been found dead following a br...
NY terror trial shown nuclear suits and pistols
Apr 24, 2014 (AFP)
The New York terror trial of British hate preacher Abu Hamza was shown Thursday a startling array of nuclear protective suits, seized along with pistols, dagger...
Yemen says 55 Qaeda suspects killed in Sunday air raids
Apr 21, 2014 (AFP)
A wave of air strikes on Al-Qaeda bases in south Yemen killed 55 militants, including three local chiefs, the interior ministry said Monday. The raids on Al-Qae...
Algeria army hunts Islamists behind deadly attack
Apr 21, 2014 (AFP)
Algeria's army was hunting on Monday for an armed Islamist group linked to an attack in the rugged Kabylie region in which 11 soldiers were killed, a security o...
Landmine kills Tunisian soldier in remote border area
Apr 18, 2014 (AFP)
A landmine blast killed a soldier on Friday in western Tunisia's Mount Chaambi area, the defence ministry said, after warning of the growing threat from jihadis...
5 dead, 29 wounded in Philippine gunbattle with Abu Sayyaf extremists: military
Apr 11, 2014 (AFP)
Three Muslim rebels and two soldiers were killed Friday in a day-long gunbattle between troops and Al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf extremists blamed for beheadings a...
Al-Qaeda claims deadly attack on Yemen army HQ: SITE
Apr 03, 2014 (AFP)
Al-Qaeda has claimed an attack on a Yemeni army headquarters in a tightly secured district of Aden in which 20 people died, most of them militants, a monitoring...
20 dead as 'Qaeda' attacks Yemen army headquarters
Apr 02, 2014 (AFP)
Al-Qaeda attacked a Yemeni army headquarters in a heavily patrolled district of Aden on Wednesday, sparking a gun battle that killed 20 people, most of them mil...
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