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WORLD / NEWS Fri Dec 21, 2007 @ 8:14am neoform

CNN -- Fourteen Muslim extremists were arrested on Friday on allegations they sought to free an al Qaeda sympathizer imprisoned for planning a terrorist attack on U.S. air base personnel, Belgian authorities said. Security was heightened across the capital, at a.. Read More

WORLD / OPINION Sat Jun 30, 2007 @ 12:37pm neoform

The Register -- Police and securocrats know that there aren't enough real terrorists in the world, which is why they have to keep manufacturing them. This is because citizens tire of being watched by cameras, frisked and x-rayed, having their belongings searched, giving.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Jun 6, 2007 @ 8:56am neoform

USA Today -- President Bush on Wednesday discounted Vladimir Putin's threat to re-target missiles on Europe, saying "Russia is not going to attack Europe." Bush, in an interview with the Associated Press and other reporters, said that no U.S. military response was.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Mar 30, 2007 @ 8:21am neoform

BBC News -- Japan has deployed a mobile defensive missile system near Tokyo for the first time to try to protect the capital in the event of a missile attack. The Patriot missiles have come into service a year earlier than planned, after North Korea's firing of mi.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sat Nov 11, 2006 @ 6:22pm neoform

AOL News -- The U.S. government's office in central Iraq came under mortar fire early Saturday, an attack that touched off a blaze in part of the complex, Iraqi police said. There was no immediate word on damage or casualties... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sat Nov 11, 2006 @ 10:59am neoform

The Register -- The British government is shockingly underprepared for an attack by extraterrestrials, an ex-MoD man has claimed... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Oct 31, 2006 @ 12:53pm mrmdc

ABC News -- Ayman al Zawahiri was the target of a Predator missile attack this morning on a religious school in Pakistan, according to Pakistani intelligence sources... Read More

WORLD / OPINION Tue Oct 31, 2006 @ 10:30am mrmdc

Toronto Star -- Much has changed in the way the mainstream media deal with the war in Iraq. Most commentators now acknowledge the war is a disaster and will hurt the Republicans badly in the upcoming U.S. midterm elections... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sun Oct 22, 2006 @ 11:03am neoform

Haaretz -- Israel has acknowledged for the first time that it attacked Hezbollah targets during the second Lebanon war with phosphorus shells. White phosphorus causes very painful and often lethal chemical burns to those hit by it, and until recently Israel maintain.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Apr 30, 2008 @ 8:19am neoform

SF Gate -- A U.S. surfer was killed in a shark attack off Mexico's southern Pacific coast, officials said Tuesday. The San Francisco man bled to death on Monday after a gray shark bit his right thigh, leaving a 15-inch (38-centimeter) wound, the Guerrero state Pu.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Oct 19, 2007 @ 12:05pm neoform

BBC News -- Former Pakistani PM Benazir Bhutto has accused supporters of late military ruler Mohammed Zia ul-Haq of being behind the bomb attack against her. More than 130 people were killed in the suicide attack on her convoy following her arrival in her home cit.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sat Oct 13, 2007 @ 12:03am neoform

Yahoo News -- Myanmar's incumbent Prime Minister Soe Win, a hardliner best known for allegedly orchestrating an attack on democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, has died at age 59, state media said Friday. General Soe Win rose in the ranks after the deadly attack on the.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Sep 6, 2007 @ 3:39pm neoform

MSNBC -- U.S. and other Western installations are at risk of terrorist attack in Africa’s most-populous nation, and U.S. citizens should exercise vigilance in the West African nation, the U.S. Embassy said Thursday. Nigeria, which has never suffered an attack.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Jul 2, 2007 @ 11:51am neoform

USA Today -- Scottish police said Monday they had arrested two more men in connection with the attempted car-bomb attack on Glasgow Airport, bringing to seven the number held in Britain's latest terror plot. In addition, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said Monday that.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sun Jul 1, 2007 @ 11:21am neoform

Washington Post -- Two men rammed a jeep into the entrance of the main terminal at Glasgow Airport on Saturday, sending a burst of flames into the air and terrifying bystanders. Authorities said the attack was linked to two attempted car bombings Friday in London and raised.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sun Jul 1, 2007 @ 12:10am neoform

BBC News -- The UK has been placed on its highest level of terrorism alert after an attack on Glasgow Airport was linked to two car bombs found in London. Two men were arrested after ramming a burning car into the airport's main terminal, a day after police thwart.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Jun 7, 2007 @ 12:18pm neoform

Al Jazeera -- There was no immediate comment from Hamas. Fragile truce This is the first fatality from internal fighting since a fragile truce between the rival factions was put in place. More than 50 Palestinians died in the last round of fighting that s.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon May 14, 2007 @ 8:32am neoform

Economist -- Estonia has faced down Russian rioters. But its websites are still under attack FOR a small, high-tech country such as Estonia, the internet is vital. But for the past two weeks Estonia's state websites (and some private ones) have been hit by “denia.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Dec 19, 2006 @ 8:28am neoform

News.com.au -- A VICTORIAN surfer is recovering in hospital with multiple shark bite wounds as debate rages over whether the predator should be hunted down and killed... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sat Dec 2, 2006 @ 7:09pm neoform

News.com.au -- A 15-year-old boy has had his leg bitten off in a shark attack at a West Australian beach... Read More