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US army judge declines Fort Hood shooter's guilty plea

Aug 15, 2012 (AFP)

A US soldier accused of killing 13 people at a Texas army base on Wednesday tried to plead guilty, but the judge refused to accept it and the trial was unexpect...

New substances 15,000 times more effective in destroying chemical warfare agents

Aug 14, 2012 (SPX)

In an advance that could be used in masks to protect against nerve gas, scientists are reporting development of proteins that are up to 15,000 times more effect...

Advanced explosives detector to sniff out previously undetectable amounts of TNT

Aug 14, 2012 (SPX)

With the best explosive detectors often unable to sniff out the tiny amounts of TNT released from terrorist bombs in airports and other public places, scientist...

Holder sued over botched US-Mexico arms operation

Aug 13, 2012 (AFP)

A US congressional committee filed a lawsuit Monday to force Attorney General Eric Holder to turn over documents related to a botched gun-running operation call...

Spain: ETA figure in arrested in France

Aug 09, 2012 (UPI)

One of most-wanted members of the Basque separatist group ETA has been arrested in southern France, the Spanish Interior Ministry announced this week. A stateme...

Outside View: Terror decline predictable?

Aug 07, 2012 (UPI)

A report issued by the U.S. Department of State last week cites a sharp decline in the number of worldwide terrorist incidents from 11,641 in 2010 to 10,283 in ...

Suicide bomber in Nigeria kills six soldiers, one civilian

Aug 06, 2012 (AFP)

A suicide bomber in a car rammed into a military patrol on Sunday in the northeastern Nigerian city of Damaturu, killing himself, at least six soldiers and a ci...

The 'lone wolf' terrorist

Aug 06, 2012 (SPX)

A mounting global threat is of terrorists who act as "lone wolves". Locating and preventing such terrorist activity is more complicated than organizational terr...

DHS Funded Study Finds Conciliatory Tactics More Effective Than Punishment In Reducing Terrorism

Aug 03, 2012 (SPX)

Policies that reward abstinence from terrorism are more successful in reducing such acts of violence than tactics that aim to punish terrorists, suggests a new ...

Terrorism fears grow over Mali jihadists

Jul 30, 2012 (UPI)

Western and Arab security specialists say they fear jihadists who have taken over northern Mali will turn it into a base for Islamist terrorism across the Sahel...

US police federation chief urges stricter gun laws

Jul 26, 2012 (AFP)

A US police federation chief called for tougher checks on gun buyers Thursday, almost a week after a shooter used four weapons, including an assault rifle, to k...

London Olympics fiasco a lesson for Brazil

Jul 25, 2012 (UPI)

The security fiasco at London Olympics is seen by analysts as a timely lesson for Brazil, which is preparing as the site of the FIFA World Cup in 2014 and the O...

Olympics: Britain to deploy 1,200 more troops

Jul 24, 2012 (AFP)

Britain will deploy an extra 1,200 troops to the London Games, Olympics minister Jeremy Hunt announced Tuesday, following a shortfall in the numbers of guards p...

Assad regime capable of using chemical weapons: opposition

Jul 23, 2012 (AFP)

Syria is capable of using chemical weapons, a leading opposition leader warned on Monday after President Bashar al-Assad's regime said it could do so against "e...

Britain begins Olympics airspace security

Jul 17, 2012 (UPI)

British military and civilian authorities have imposed airspace restrictions over London and southeastern England ahead of the 2012 Summer Olympics. The Ministr...

Army reinforcements drafted over Olympic security fears

Jul 11, 2012 (AFP)

Britain's army will supply extra troops to guard the Olympic Games over fears that private security firm G4S will not be able to provide sufficient personnel, t...

Olympics: Londoners lose fight to prevent rooftop missiles

Jul 10, 2012 (AFP)

London residents on Tuesday lost their court battle to prevent the government placing surface-to-air missiles on the roof of their apartment block during the Ol...

Mali jihadists threaten North Africa

Jul 09, 2012 (UPI)

Algerian jihadists are reported to have reinforced Islamist fighters linked to al-Qaida in their self-declared state in northern Mali amid signs the conflict th...

London residents fight Olympic missiles at high court

Jul 09, 2012 (AFP)

London residents went to court on Monday to stop the government placing surface-to-air missiles on top of their apartment block during the Olympics, saying it c...

Homeland Security's BioWatch still flawed

Jul 07, 2012 (UPI)

The United States' high-tech system for detecting biological attacks has flaws, and it remains to be seen whether upgrades will solve them, experts say. The Dep...