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ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / December 5, 2009) –A powerful bomb explosion early Saturday killed one person and wounded six policemen in the southern Philippine province of Sulu where security forces are battling al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group.
Police forces across the country have been warned to stop using anti-terror laws to question and search innocent photographers after The Independent forced senior officers to admit that the controversial legislation is being widely misused.
ANTI-TERROR police have moved to ease fears that people who signed a petition demanding the release of a Muslim cleric will be investigated.
KABUL: Afghan border police said Sunday they had killed 27 Taliban-linked insurgents and captured a fighter from Chechnya in a fierce battle backed by coalition air support that lasted several hours.
Peshawar, 26 Nov. (AKI) – A roadside bomb targeting a senior police officer exploded in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Thursday, injuring at least three people, Pakistani media reported.
LONDON – British police have reached a compensation deal with the family of a Brazilian man who was shot dead by police after he was mistaken for a terrorist.
Five men are being held after an assassination attempt on a police recruit in Northern Ireland at the weekend.
DHAKA, Nov 21 (Reuters) – Bangladesh police said they had raided a secret training centre and arrested 14 suspected Islamist militants on Saturday.Training materials, communication equipments and jihadi books were also seized during the raid near Jenaidah 250 km (156 miles) west of the capital Dhaka.
Islamabad/ Peshawar: Violence continued to grip Pakistan’s lawless northwest as heavy clashes between Taliban fighters and Army took a toll of 16 militants, as a suicide bomber blew up his explosive laden truck at a police station in Peshawar killing another four people.
An Algerian court has sentenced three Moroccans to three years imprisonment for plotting to join al-Qaeda insurgents in Iraq, Algeria’s official news agency, APS, said on Tuesday.
