Articles filed under Terrorism
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AP PHOTOS: Running police keep the peace at Tokyo MarathonFeb 21, 2015 10:00 pm - TOKYO (AP) - The running police made sure the Tokyo Marathon went off without a hitch. Over 60 of the officers were deployed in Sunday's race in response to concerns ove...
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Somalia extremists urge attacks on U.S. shopping mallsFeb 21, 2015 10:00 pm - JOHANNESBURG (AP) - A video purported to be by Somalia's al-Qaida-linked rebel group al-Shabab urged Muslims to attack shopping malls in the U.S., Canada, Britain and ot...
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Hadi, once-quiet leader of Yemen, strikes newly defiant poseFeb 21, 2015 10:00 pm - CAIRO (AP) - Virtually powerless for months, Yemen's embattled President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi looked ready to leave the country after fleeing Shiite rebels who seized...
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Pentagon chief: Training Afghan forces key to US missionFeb 21, 2015 10:00 pm - KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Sunday that training and advising Afghan security forces is "becoming the heart" of a U.S. military m...
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Police arrest former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed on terrorism chargesFeb 21, 2015 10:00 pm - MALE, Maldives (AP) - Police arrest former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed on terrorism charges. ...
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Attacks kills 19 people in IraqFeb 21, 2015 10:00 pm - BAGHDAD (AP) - Multiple bombings, including a suicide truck bomb attack on Shiite militiamen, killed 19 people on Sunday in Iraq, as police found four bodies with gunsho...
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U.S. may slow military pullout from AfghanistanFeb 21, 2015 12:00 am - KABUL - The United States and Afghanistan are nearing agreement to rewrite key aspects of their plan for ending U.S. military involvement in the war against Taliban and ...
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Iraqi forces move on Islamic State-held TikritFeb 21, 2015 12:00 am - BAGHDAD - Thousands of troops and militiamen amassed in northern Iraq on Saturday in preparation for a major offensive against the Islamic State-held city of Tikrit, and...
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Negesse, Dibaba win as Ethiopians dominate Tokyo MarathonFeb 20, 2015 10:00 pm - TOKYO (AP) - Endeshaw Negesse won the Tokyo Marathon on Sunday, leading an Ethiopian sweep of the men's and women's titles in the first event of the World Marathon Major...
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25 people dead in Friday's al-Shabab attack on Somali hotelFeb 20, 2015 10:00 pm - MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Twenty-five people were killed and 40 wounded in suicide attacks at a hotel in Somalia's capital on Friday, the Somali government said Saturday...