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  Al-Qaeda plotting to bomb US airliner during Olympics, says report

  World | July 01, 2012 13:42 IST

  London, Jul 1: Al-Qaeda is plotting to blow up an American airliner in the run-up to this month's London Olympics and has trained a Norwegian Muslim convert in an attempt to evade airport security, a

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  Yemen says al-Qaida land mines killed 73 this week

  World | June 26, 2012 15:39 IST

  Yemen, Jun 26:  Yemeni officials say land mines planted by al-Qaida militants before they fled from key southern strongholds have killed 73 civilians over the past week.The governor's office in Zinjibar, the provincial capital of

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  Al-Qaeda may pose threat to London Olympics, says MI chief

  World | June 26, 2012 17:12 IST

  London, Jun 26: Though they still retain safe havens in Pakistan and Afghanistan, jihadists are now heading to the Middle East to seek terrorist training as parts of the Arab world have “once more become

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  Gaza militant killed as rockets hit Israel

  World | June 23, 2012 16:32 IST

  Jerusalem, Jun 23:  Israeli airstrikes killed one Gaza militant and injured 17 people in the coastal strip Saturday while a rocket from the Palestinian territory wounded one Israeli. The country's military chief of staff summoned

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  Man sentenced for online 'South Park' threat

  World | June 22, 2012 22:56 IST

  Virginia, Jun 22:  A Muslim convert from Brooklyn was sentenced Friday to nearly 12 years in prison for posting online threats against the creators of the “South Park” television show and others he deemed enemies

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  French al-Qaeda militant arrested in Pakistan

  World | June 20, 2012 17:17 IST

  Islamabad/Washington, Jun 20: A top French al-Qaeda terrorist linked to one of the masterminds of the 9/11 attacks has been arrested by Pakistani security agencies along the country's border with Iran.Naamen Maziche of French origin,

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  Al-qaeda had training camps in Pakistan, reveals CIA documents

  India | June 20, 2012 7:45 IST

  Washington, Jun 20: Al-Qaeda had training camps in Pakistan and its operatives had successfully evaded security at a New York airport in a test-run for Osama bin Laden's plan to hijack a US airplane five

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  Al-qaeda had training camps in Pakistan, reveal CIA documents

  World | June 20, 2012 11:44 IST

  Washington, Jun 20: Al-Qaeda had training camps in Pakistan and its operatives had successfully evaded security at a New York airport in a test-run for Osama bin Laden's plan to hijack a US airplane five

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  Philippine Leader signs law on terror financing

  World | June 18, 2012 18:29 IST

  Manila, Jun 18 : Philippine President Benigno Aquino III has signed a law  that makes terror financing a crime with a long prison term in a Southeast Asian nation that has been scarred by deadly

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  Al-Qaeda's No.2 dead, says White House

  World | June 06, 2012 7:21 IST

  Washington, June 6: Al-Qaeda's second-in-command Abu Yahya al-Libi has died in a US drone strike, the White House confirmed yesterday, with a top Obama aide terming it as a major blow to the this terrorist

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  US Senators ask Pakistan to pardon, release Afridi

  World | May 24, 2012 8:28 IST

  Washington, May 24 : Shocked over Pakistan sentencing a doctor, who helped the CIA to find al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, two top American Senators on Wednesday asked the authorities there to pardon and

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  We are making progress against defeating al Qaeda, says Obama

  World | May 22, 2012 8:52 IST

  Washington, May 22: Leaving Chicago with confidence and a clear roadmap, President Barack Obama said the US and its coalition partners are making substantial progress against defeating al Qaeda and denying it safe haven, while

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  NATO summit to decide on next steps in Afghan transition

  World | May 18, 2012 16:55 IST

  Washington, May 18: Leaders of the NATO nations, Afghanistan and Pakistan meet in Chicago on Sunday to set in motion the massive transition to end the costly war in Afghanistan and the post-2014 scenario in

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  US foils al-Qaeda bid to bomb American plane

  World | May 08, 2012 9:09 IST

  Washington, May 8: The US has said its intelligence and security agencies with the help of their other international counterparts have foiled a bid of al-Qaeda's branch in the Arabian Peninsula to bomb an American

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  Goal to defeat al-Qaeda within reach, says Obama

  World | May 02, 2012 9:34 IST

  Washington, May 2: US President Barack Obama today said America had “turned the tide of war” in Afghanistan in the last three years, asserting that his goal to defeat al-Qaeda and deny it a chance

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  Al Qaeda planned Mumbai-style attack, reveal documents found inside porn video file

  World | May 02, 2012 8:43 IST

  London, May 2: Al Qaeda planned to conduct a Mumbai-style attack to  hijack cruise ships and post footage of passengers being executed online to pressurise governments to release  prisoners, it has been revealed by German

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  Farman Shinwari is new Al Qaeda chief in Pakistan

  World | April 30, 2012 13:15 IST

  Islamabad, Apr 30: Al-Qaeda has named computer literate Farman Ali Shinwari, a resident of the restive Khyber tribal region and whose brothers have been associated with terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir, as its new chief

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  Pakistan deports Osama's family to Saudi Arabia

  World | April 27, 2012 13:06 IST

  Islamabad, Apr 27: Pakistan today deported 14 members of Osama bin Laden's family, including his three widows, to Saudi Arabia, days before the first anniversary of the death of the al-Qaeda chief.The family was taken

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  38 Killed, 170 Injured In Iraq Bombings

  World | April 20, 2012 8:44 IST

  Baghdad, Apr 20: A wave of apparently coordinated bombing and shooting attacks in seven different provinces across Iraq killed at least 38 people and wounded more than 170 yesterday, security officials said.It was the deadliest

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  Norwegian Killer Says He Was Influenced By Al-Qaeda

  World | April 18, 2012 9:59 IST

  Oslo, Apr 18: The gunman behind the Norway massacres on Tuesday said he was inspired by al-Qaeda and would repeat the carnage if he could as he took the stand on the second day of