One of the two brands of explosive detection machines being installed at airports often breaks down, but federal officials say the company is fixing the problems. Full Story …
Administration Sued in Anthrax Case
A conservative group is suing the Bush administration for access to documents surrounding last fall`s anthrax attacks, asserting that top officials may have known that the bioterrorist attack was …
Mandela: Lockerbie bomber `persecuted`
Former South African President Nelson Mandela said Monday a Libyan spy convicted in the bombing of a Pan Am jetliner over Lockerbie, Scotland, was a victim of psychological persecution in a Scottish …
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Islamic Group leader seeking release
A leader from the Islamic Group, a large Egyptian terrorist organization, is seeking release from prison 20 years into a 25-year sentence for killing Anwar Sadat, it was reported Monday. The …
Hezbollah Plotted Ship Bombings
The Lebanese-based militant group Hezbollah plotted in the late 1990s to blow up American and Israeli ships in Singapore, a news report said Sunday. Hezbollah operatives had plans as late as 1998 to …
France Opens Moussaoui Ties Probe
An Islamic militant with reported ties to key U.S. terror suspect Zacarias Moussaoui was placed under investigation on Saturday in connection with a plot to blow up a cathedral in eastern France, …
Shan Rebels Assail Change of Position
Shan State Army leader Colonel Yawd Serk yesterday expressed dismay at reports that the Thai government was planning to end its "buffer strategy" along the Burmese border. He said such a move …
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Kidnapping a Growth Industry in Colombia
In this village nestled in the misty Sumapaz highlands, Saturday is payday: Businessmen arrive to make their regular extortion payments to rebels, while families of hostages try to ransom their loved …
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Rebels Claim Massacres in DRCongo
Around 400 civilians have been massacred in the northeastern Ituri region of the strife-torn Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the past three days, a rebel movement backed by Rwanda said, …
Ethiopian Hijackers Killed
Ethiopian security guards have killed two men who tried to hijack an Ethiopian passenger plane. The Ethiopian Airlines Fokker-50 aircraft was on a domestic flight from the northern town of Bahir Dar …