Five sailors taken hostage in Iran
Five British sailors are being detained after their racing yacht may have inadvertently strayed into Iranian waters.
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November, 2009
Two Guantanamo detainees arrive in Italy
ROME — Two Tunisians who had been detained at Guantanamo arrived in Italy late Monday and will be tried on international terrorism charges for having allegedly recruited fighters for Afghanistan, officials said.
Adel Ben Mabrouk, 39, and Mohamed Ben Riadh Nasri, 43, are suspected of being members of a terror group with ties to al-Qaida. They [...]
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Terror suspect released from Ontario prison
OTTAWA — An Egyptian-born terror suspect has been released for a second time from a Kingston, Ont., prison built to hold immigrants accused of having ties to al-Qaida and to other terrorist organizations.
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Nato says the body of missing US paratrooper found in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan – Rescuers found the body of a second U.S. paratrooper missing after being swept away by a fast-moving current while on an airdrop resupply mission earlier this month in western Afghanistan, NATO said Monday.
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Pakistan says 600 Taliban have died in Waziristan
Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) — Pakistan’s forces have killed 600 fighters, at least 7 percent of the nation’s main Taliban force, in a six-week-old offensive in South Waziristan, military spokesman Athar Abbas said.
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Coldstream Guardsman killed in Afghanistan
It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that a soldier from the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards has been killed in Afghanistan today, Monday 30 November 2009.
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Britain to send 500 more troops to Afghanistan
The defence secretary, Bob Ainsworth, today confirmed that 500 more British troops would be sent to Afghanistan.Gordon Brown pledged “in principle” last month to boost the British deployment to 9,500 soldiers subject to three conditions.
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Al-Qaeda still ‘main threat to Europe’
BRUSSELS — As the United States prepares to unveil a new strategy to defeat Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, the EU’s counter-terrorism czar warned Monday that the network still poses the main security threat to Europe.
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Railway blast in Russia’s Dagestan
MOSCOW: An explosion hit a railway in Russia’s restive Caucasus region of Dagestan early Monday, just days after an attack that killed 25 people aboard a passenger train in northern Russia, AFP reported.
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Russian train toll hits 26; police release sketch
MOSCOW – The death toll from Russia’s deadly train derailment rose to 26 Monday after a wounded passenger died and police released a composite sketch of a man thought to be involved in bombing the train.
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