Articles filed under Terrorism
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Crowd kills girl suspected to be suicide bomber in NigeriaFeb 28, 2015 10:00 pm - BAUCHI, Nigeria (AP) - A crowd beat to death a teenage girl accused of planning to be a suicide bomber and then set her body ablaze Sunday, according to police and witne...
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Sale will secure future for shelter for asylum-seekersFeb 28, 2015 10:00 pm - BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - The list goes up on the lobby bulletin board of Vive La Casa and the refugees who've come from their rooms tentatively approach and scan for their n...
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Activists say Islamic State releases 19 Syrian ChristiansFeb 28, 2015 10:00 pm - BEIRUT (AP) - An activist group and a local leader say the Islamic State group has released 19 Christians who were among the more than 220 people the militants took capt...
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Rand Paul wins CPAC straw poll, Scott Walker close secondFeb 27, 2015 10:00 pm - OXON HILL, Md. (AP) - Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul has won the Conservative Political Action Conference's annual presidential preference straw poll. Pollsters announced Satur...
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Egyptian court declares Hamas a 'terrorist organization'Feb 27, 2015 10:00 pm - CAIRO (AP) - An Egyptian court declared Hamas a "terrorist organization" on Saturday, further isolating the blockaded rulers of the Gaza Strip once openly welcomed by th...
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From Iraq to New York, a busy week for Islamic State groupFeb 27, 2015 10:00 pm - BEIRUT (AP) - Little known to the wider world 18 months ago, the Islamic State extremist group has muscled its way into the international spotlight by carving out a self...
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Marathon bombing trial stays in Boston, federal panel saysFeb 27, 2015 10:00 pm - BOSTON (AP) - Publicity hasn't jeopardized Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's right to an impartial jury, a federal appeals panel says, and opening stat...
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Police in German city warn of potential extremist threatFeb 27, 2015 10:00 pm - BERLIN (AP) - Police in the German city of Bremen warned Saturday of a potential danger from Islamic extremists there and stepped up security measures. Officials receive...
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Car bombs kill 27 people north of Iraq's capital, BaghdadFeb 27, 2015 10:00 pm - BAGHDAD (AP) - Car bombs targeting a public places and Shiite militia checkpoints in and north of Iraq's capital killed 27 people Saturday, authorities said, as the coun...
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Nemtsov a possible 'sacrificial victim,' investigators sayFeb 27, 2015 10:00 pm - MOSCOW (AP) - Maybe it was Islamic extremists who killed Boris Nemtsov. Or someone offended by his love life. Or agents of a Western power that will stop at nothing to d...