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10 Qaeda fighters killed in Yemen army assault: officials
May 30, 2012 (AFP)
Yemeni warplanes and ground troops launched a dawn assault on Wednesday on Al-Qaeda positions in the restive southern Abyan province, killing 10 militants, loca...
Obama personally oversees Qaeda 'kill list': report
May 29, 2012 (AFP)
US President Barack Obama has personally overseen a top-secret process for determining which Al-Qaeda suspects should be placed on a "kill list," the New York T...
Panetta says no need for US boots in Yemen
May 27, 2012 (AFP)
The United States can deal with Al-Qaeda's spreading presence in Yemen without US forces on the ground, relying instead on targeted operations, US Defense Secre...
US soldier convicted in base attack plot
May 24, 2012 (AFP)
A US soldier who fled his post as a Muslim conscientious objector was convicted Thursday of plotting an attack on a Texas military base, prosecutors said. Naser...
War-torn Yemen on brink of human calamity
May 23, 2012 (UPI)
Amid the bloodletting in war-torn Yemen, the Arab world's poorest state is facing a rapidly mounting humanitarian crisis from hunger, poverty and dwindling reso...
US Muslim soldier goes on trial for base attack plot
May 22, 2012 (AFP)
A US soldier accused of plotting an attack on a military base after fleeing his post as a Muslim conscientious objector went on trial Tuesday wearing a surgical...
Ex-dictator Rios Montt accused in 1982 massacre case
May 22, 2012 (AFP)
A Guatemelan judge has opened legal proceedings against former dictator Efrain Rios Montt for genocide in the 1982 massacre of more than 200 people. The ex-gene...
Yemen, US vow to crush Qaeda after troops massacred
May 22, 2012 (AFP)
Yemen's army chief vowed Tuesday no let-up in an offensive against Al-Qaeda after a suicide bomber killed 96 soldiers in a massive attack in central Sanaa and t...
Military to take charge of air space for Olympics: report
May 22, 2012 (AFP)
Britain's military is to take charge of London's airspace for the first time since 1945 as part of the huge security operation set up to police the Olympic Game...
Army role in Mexico drug war questioned as generals held
May 21, 2012 (AFP)
President Felipe Calderon's reliance on the army in Mexico's war on drugs was shaken in the past days with the arrest of three generals and a lieutenant colonel...
12,500 officers to police London Olympics
May 21, 2012 (AFP)
Some 12,500 British officers will be deployed daily during the Olympic Games in the country's largest ever pre-planned policing operation, the Metropolitan forc...
Suicide attack kills 50 Yemen soldiers: military official
May 21, 2012 (AFP)
A Yemeni soldier dressed in uniform blew himself up in the middle of an army battalion in Sanaa on Monday, killing at least 50 troops and wounding dozens of oth...
Yemen vows to fight as Qaeda bomber kills 96 troops
May 21, 2012 (AFP)
Yemen vowed to fight "terrorism" regardless of the sacrifices as Al-Qaeda claimed it was behind a bombing Monday that saw a soldier blow himself up in the middl...
Outside View: Protection of U.S. citizens
May 17, 2012 (UPI)
The Obama administration states that it is concerned about human rights infringements of foreign citizens but seems indifferent to its own people who have been ...
Italy deploys police to protect 550 people after shooting
May 17, 2012 (AFP)
Italy has deployed 2,000 officers to protect 550 people after the shooting of a nuclear company boss this month in an attack claimed by a violent anarchist grou...
No credible threat to NATO summit: FBI
May 17, 2012 (AFP)
There is no credible terror threat to the NATO summit set to get underway Sunday in Chicago but security forces will nonetheless be on high alert, a spokesman f...
Italian anarchist group threatens to target Monti
May 16, 2012 (AFP)
An Italian anarchist group that has claimed responsibility for a series of bombings and the shooting of an Italian nuclear company boss threatened on Wednesday ...
Yemen air raids kill 2 jihadists, 8 civilians: witnesses
May 15, 2012 (AFP)
Twin air strikes Tuesday on a house in the Al-Qaeda stronghold of Jaar in south Yemen killed two jihadists and eight civilians, witnesses said. The Al-Qaeda sus...
Bogota bomb blast kills five, ex-minister targeted
May 15, 2012 (AFP)
Five people were killed and 17 injured in Colombia's capital Tuesday when a bomb exploded in what President Juan Manuel Santos said was an assassination attempt...
Britain to use sound 'weapon' in Olympics?
May 14, 2012 (UPI)
A device that can send verbal warnings over a long distance or emit a beam of pain-inducing noise will be used in London during the Olympics, officials said. Br...
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