Articles filed under Terrorism
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Taliban hit Shiite mosque in Pakistan, killing 20Feb 12, 2015 10:00 pm - PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - Taliban militants stormed a Shiite Muslim mosque in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing 20 people in a wave of gunfire and explosions befo...
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Official: U.S. surprised by collapse of Yemen governmentFeb 12, 2015 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Obama administration's senior counterterrorism official acknowledged Thursday that U.S. intelligence was surprised by the collapse of the U.S.-backed go...
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Senate confirms Obama's pick for defense secretaryFeb 12, 2015 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Senate on Thursday confirmed President Barack Obama's choice to run the Pentagon, handing Ash Carter the unenviable task of steering the military as the...
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Al-Qaida fighters overrun Yemen military baseFeb 12, 2015 12:00 am - SANAA, Yemen - Militants linked to al-Qaida overran a military base in southern Yemen on Thursday in a sophisticated attack that signaled the extremist group's desire to...
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UN adopts resolution to crack down on terrorist financingFeb 11, 2015 10:00 pm - UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Thursday aimed at tightening its crackdown on financing terrorist groups through illicit...
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Pakistan: Army arrests 12 Taliban involved in school attackFeb 11, 2015 10:00 pm - ISLAMABAD (AP) - A Pakistani army spokesman says 12 local Taliban militants involved in a deadly school attack late last year have been arrested. Maj. Gen. Asim Saleem B...
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Canadian Al-Jazeera journalist Fahmy released from prisonFeb 11, 2015 10:00 pm - CAIRO (AP) - Canadian Al-Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy was released from an Egyptian jail Friday, after spending more than a year in prison on terror-related charges ...
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EU leaders agree on new anti-terror measuresFeb 11, 2015 10:00 pm - BRUSSELS (AP) - Spurred to action by last month's terror attacks in France, European Union leaders agreed Thursday on an ambitious range of new steps to better protect t...
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US official: US was surprised by collapse of Yemen govtFeb 11, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration's senior counterterrorism official acknowledged Thursday that U.S. intelligence was surprised by the collapse of the U.S.-back...
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Boehner says Obama military force proposal needs tougheningFeb 11, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional Republicans vowed Thursday to toughen President Barack Obama's day-old legislation to authorize military force against Islamic State figh...