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Russia kills Moscow metro attacks mastermind

Saturday, 21 August 2010 15:55
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by Stuart Williams

MOSCOW (AFP) – Russian security forces Saturday killed a top militant suspected of organising the deadly attacks on the Moscow metro and who was reportedly married to one of the female Suicide bombers.

Magomedali Vagabov was killed in a clash with security forces in the Caucasus region of Dagestan that left four other militants dead, the national anti-terror committee said in a statement published by Russian news agencies.

The double bombings carried out by two female...


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Pakistan: Lack of terror convictions hurts fight

Friday, 20 August 2010 18:02
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By SEBASTIAN ABBOT, Associated Press Writer

ISLAMABAD – Pakistani courts have yet to convict a single person in any of the country's biggest terrorist attacks of the past three years, a symptom of a dysfunctional legal system that's hurting the fight against the Taliban and al-Qaida at a critical time.

Police without basic investigative skills such as the ability to lift fingerprints, and prosecutors who lack training to try terror cases, are some of the main reasons cited. Another...


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NY mosque imam: Extremism is global threat

Friday, 20 August 2010 18:01
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By HASAN JAMALI, Associated Press Writer

MANAMA, Bahrain – The imam leading plans for an Islamic center near the Manhattan site of the Sept. 11 attacks said Friday he hopes to draw attention during his trip in the Middle East to the common challenges to battle radical religious beliefs.

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, who is on the first leg of a 15-day Mideast tour funded by the U.S. State Department, refused to discuss the political firestorm over the plans for an Islamic cultural center about...


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Scientists simulate terror attack on Boston subway

Friday, 20 August 2010 18:02
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By RODRIQUE NGOWI, Associated Press Writer

BOSTON – Scientists are releasing gases and fluorescent particles into Boston's subway tunnels on Friday to study how toxic chemicals and lethal biological agents could spread through the nation's oldest subway system in a terrorist attack.

It's part of a weeklong study commissioned by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to figure out ways to quickly minimize the impact of an airborne assault on the nation's 15 subway systems and protect the...


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Thailand to extradite suspected Russian arms dealer

Friday, 20 August 2010 18:00
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By Ambika Ahuja



BANGKOK (Reuters) – A Thai appeals court ruled on Friday that suspected Russian arms smuggler Viktor Bout can be extradited to the United States to face Terrorism charges following two years of diplomatic pressure from Washington.

Nicknamed the "Merchant of Death" and the inspiration for Hollywood movie "Lord of War" starring Nicholas Cage, the 43-year-old Bout faces U.S. accusations of trafficking arms since the 1990s to dictators and conflict zones in Africa, South...


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