Articles filed under Terrorism
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French start blocking terror websites, but first try failsMar 16, 2015 11:00 pm - PARIS (AP) - France's Interior Ministry says it has begun its crackdown on Internet sites glorifying terrorism by shutting down five sites - but four of the five were st...
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Activists accuse Syrian military of deadly poison gas attackMar 16, 2015 11:00 pm - BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian activists and the Western-backed opposition accused the government Tuesday of carrying out a chlorine gas attack against a rebel-held town that kill...
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Pakistan executes 12 in single day, officials promise moreMar 16, 2015 11:00 pm - ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistani officials on Tuesday executed 12 people in the country's single-largest day of executions since a moratorium on the death penalty was lifted i...
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Talks wrap up and Cuba's leader lambastes US over VenezuelaMar 16, 2015 11:00 pm - HAVANA (AP) - A third round of negotiations over the restoration of full diplomatic relations ended after a day of talks, Cuban and U.S. officials said Tuesday. Hours la...
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Feds: US Air Force vet tried to join Islamic State groupMar 16, 2015 11:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - A U.S. Air Force veteran and airplane mechanic plotted to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State group and was arrested on terrorism charges, federal ...
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Big crowd expected for 9/11 memorial meeting in WaucondaMar 16, 2015 1:00 am - Wauconda Mayor Frank Bart has said a local memorial to the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks would be "a unique opportunity" for people to remember that tragic day. ...
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Pakistan-Yemen WCup qualifier postponed after deadly attacksMar 15, 2015 11:00 pm - ZURICH (AP) - FIFA has postponed Pakistan's World Cup qualifier against Yemen that was scheduled for Tuesday in Lahore because of "safety and security reasons." On Sunda...
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Sunni brigade forms unlikely alliance with Shiite militiasMar 15, 2015 11:00 pm - TIKRIT, Iraq (AP) - Dressed in green and carrying a heavy rifle, Yazan al-Jabouri paced along the front line on the fringes of the northern city of Tikrit, anxiously awa...
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Pakistani Christians clash with police over church attacksMar 15, 2015 11:00 pm - LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistani police fired tear gas on Monday after Christian protesters clashed with police in the eastern city of Lahore, a day after Taliban bombe...
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Terrorism, security issues mean no home matches for PakistanMar 15, 2015 11:00 pm - ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) - Fast bowler Wahab Riaz played his first limited-overs cricket international in 2008, in a vastly different era for cricket in Pakistan. A terr...