Articles filed under Terrorism
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Boko Haram fighters blamed for Cameroon military base attackFeb 16, 2015 10:00 pm - YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) - Suspected Boko Haram extremists caused explosions which killed 37 people at a security checkpoint in northeastern Nigeria Tuesday, as extremists...
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UK man charged with attempting to obtain poison ricinFeb 16, 2015 10:00 pm - LONDON (AP) - A man from northwest England has appeared in court charged with trying to obtain a chemical weapon, the deadly poison ricin. Mohammed Ammer Ali was arreste...
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France: Tracking 400 believed to be in terror sleeper cellsFeb 16, 2015 10:00 pm - PARIS (AP) - France is tracking hundreds of people believed to belong to possible sleeper cells for terror organizations like al-Qaida or the Islamic State group, the co...
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Egypt's el-Sissi wants a UN-backed coalition on LibyaFeb 16, 2015 10:00 pm - CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's president said in a radio interview aired on Tuesday that creating a U.N.-backed coalition was the best course of action to rid Libya of Islamic ext...
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Suicide bombing kills 5 at Pakistan police complexFeb 16, 2015 10:00 pm - LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - A suicide bomber trying to enter a police complex in eastern Pakistan killed five people Tuesday, officials said, in a rare attack on the relativ...
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Feds: Al-Qaida wanted recruits to pull off attack like 9/11Feb 16, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - A terror suspect on trial in New York was among several young recruits under orders by al-Qaida to infiltrate Western society and pull off the biggest op...
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Taliban bombers kill at least 20 killed in Afghan attackFeb 16, 2015 10:00 pm - KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Taliban suicide bombers dressed as police officers attacked a police station Tuesday in Afghanistan, killing at least 20 people in the latest a...
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Did NSA plant spyware in computers around world?Feb 16, 2015 10:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Did the National Security Agency plant spyware deep in the hard drives of thousands of computers used by foreign governments, banks and other survei...
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Analysis: Egypt embarks on ambitious anti-terror campaignFeb 16, 2015 10:00 pm - CAIRO (AP) - Egypt is making an ambitious bid to place itself at the center of the fight against extremism across the Middle East. Beyond fighting militants in its own S...
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Egypt signs agreements to purchase advanced French warplanesFeb 15, 2015 10:00 pm - CAIRO (AP) - Egypt signed agreements to purchase 24 advanced fighter jets from France on Monday, hours after Egyptian aircraft bombed Islamic State targets in Libya and ...