Articles filed under Terrorism
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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...
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Russian opposition leader assassinatedFeb 27, 2015 12:00 am - MOSCOW - Boris Nemtsov, a charismatic former deputy prime minister turned Russian opposition leader, was shot and killed in Moscow Saturday, officials said. Nemtsov's ...
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Congress passes one-week stopgap Homeland Security billFeb 27, 2015 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Bordering on dysfunction, Congress passed a one-week bill late Friday night to avert a partial shutdown of the Homeland Security Department, as leaders in b...
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Well-educated 'Jihadi John' no surprise to expertsFeb 26, 2015 10:00 pm - PARIS (AP) - The profile of "Jihadi John," the university-educated Londoner whose masked face is emblematic of the grisly executions by the Islamic State group, is vastl...
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Fisherman's high court win spurs call for legal reformFeb 26, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court case of a fisherman hooked by a law meant to preserve documents, not fish, is renewing calls to curb the reach of criminal laws that ...
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Unmasking of 'Jihadi John' as a London lad shocks BritainFeb 26, 2015 10:00 pm - LONDON (AP) - The unmasking of Islamic State militant "Jihadi John" as a London lad who had repeatedly been questioned by security services sent shock waves through Brit...
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Kurdish fighters rout IS militants from town near IraqFeb 26, 2015 10:00 pm - BEIRUT (AP) - Backed by U.S.-led coalition airstrikes, Kurdish fighters fought their way Friday into a northeastern Syrian town that was a key stronghold of Islamic Stat...