Al Qaeda
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Al-Qaeda plotting to bomb US airliner during Olympics, says report
World | Jul 01, 2012, 01:42 PM ISTLondon, 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 | Jun 26, 2012, 03:39 PM ISTYemen, 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 | Jun 26, 2012, 05:12 PM ISTLondon, 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 | Jun 23, 2012, 04:32 PM ISTJerusalem, 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 | Jun 22, 2012, 10:56 PM ISTVirginia, 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 | Jun 20, 2012, 05:17 PM ISTIslamabad/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 | Jun 20, 2012, 07:45 AM ISTWashington, 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 | Jun 20, 2012, 11:44 AM ISTWashington, 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 | Jun 18, 2012, 06:29 PM ISTManila, 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 | Jun 06, 2012, 07:21 AM ISTWashington, 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, 08:28 AM ISTWashington, 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, 08:52 AM ISTWashington, 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, 04:55 PM ISTWashington, 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, 09:09 AM ISTWashington, 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, 09:34 AM ISTWashington, 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, 08:43 AM ISTLondon, 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 | Apr 30, 2012, 01:15 PM ISTIslamabad, 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 | Apr 27, 2012, 01:06 PM ISTIslamabad, 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 | Apr 20, 2012, 08:44 AM ISTBaghdad, 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 | Apr 18, 2012, 09:59 AM ISTOslo, 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