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16 Sep 2008
 
 
Suspected al Qaeda gunmen ambush Mauritanian troops
MAURITANIA
Suspected al Qaeda militants ambushed a Mauritanian army patrol on Monday in the desert north of the West Saharan Islamic state, and 12 soldiers were missing, feared either killed or captured,...
 
 
11 Sep 2008
 
Afghans say life no better after invasion
AFGANISTAN
Seven years after the attacks on New York and Washington, the event that sparked off the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan, many Afghans say life is no better and some say its worse. Following the...
 
 
10 Sep 2008
 
Democrats hit Bush on troop plan
UNITED STATES
President George W. Bush's plan to keep most U.S. troops in Iraq and shift a few thousand to Afghanistan drew quick criticism on Tuesday from top Democrats, led by presidential hopeful Barack Obama...
 
 
04 Sep 2008
 
Pakistan anxious as Zardari poised for presidency
PAKISTAN
Pakistani legislators are set to elect as president the late Benazir Bhutto's controversial widower Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday, making a choice many Pakistanis see leading to a fresh phase of...
 
 
25 Aug 2008
 
Piracy ransoms funding Somalia insurgency
SOMALIA
An explosion of piracy this month off the coast of Somalia is funding a growing insurgency onshore as the hijackers funnel hefty ransom payments to Islamist rebels, a maritime official said on...
 
 
15 Aug 2008
 
US and Poland sign missile shield deal
INTERNATIONAL
Poland agreed on Thursday in the midst of the Georgia crisis that it would host elements of a U.S. global anti-missile system after Washington agreed to boost Poland's own air defences. The move...
 
 
12 Aug 2008
 
Al Qaeda calls for jihad in Mauritania after coup
MAURITANIA
Al Qaeda's North Africa wing has called for a holy war in Mauritania to establish Islamic rule after a military junta toppled the country's elected president. "Raise the banner of jihad and let us...
 
 
11 Aug 2008
 
Algeria suicide car bomb kills 6, injures 18
ALGERIA
A suicide car bomb attack on security forces killed at least six civilians east of Algiers late on Saturday, the second such blast this month, authorities in OPEC member Algeria said on Sunday....
 
 
08 Aug 2008
 
Defiant Mauritania junta to form new government
COUP
Mauritania's coup leaders have announced they will appoint a government to run the country until new elections, defying a chorus of international demands to restore the first democratically elected...
 
 
29 Jul 2008
 
Qaeda wants Saudi king killed over interfaith call
RELIGIOUS POLITICS
A key al Qaeda figure has said Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah should be killed for calling for an interfaith dialogue that amounted to joining a Western crusade against Islam. "Hurrying to kill this...
 
 
28 Jul 2008
 
Somali opposition rivals will not negotiate
SOMALIA
Hardline Somali Islamist Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys said on Monday the exiled opposition would not negotiate with a rival faction that signed a peace deal with Somalia's transitional government....
 
 
07 Jul 2008
 
Libya Islamists in talks on ending struggle
LIBYA
Jailed leaders of Libya's main Islamist militant group are talking to the government about abandoning their armed struggle, a former senior member of the organisation said in remarks published on...
 
 
03 Jun 2008
 
Somali groups seek UN sanctions on warmongers
SOMALIA
Somali civil groups urged the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to impose sanctions on political leaders opposed to peace talks and to call for the withdrawal of Ethiopian forces backing the interim...
 
 
30 May 2008
 
CIA chief says Al Qaeda near defeat
INTERNATIONAL
Al Qaeda is essentially defeated in Iraq and Saudi Arabia and on the defensive throughout much of the world, CIA Director Michael Hayden said in a Washington Post interview published on Friday....
 
 
19 May 2008
 
Bin Laden accuses Arab countries of backing Israel
MIDDLE EAST
Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden said the Palestinian territories could not be liberated without fighting Arab governments which supported Israel, according to an audio tape posted on the Internet...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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