5 arrested in Panama in plot to kill US DEA agent, being brought to US for court appearances

October 10th, 2009 NEW YORK - Investigations being carried out into the massive Al-Qaeda backed bombing plot has revealed that Najibullah Zazi, the airport shuttle bus driver arrested earlier, had traveled to Pakistan with another two men, Zarein Ahmedzay, and Adis Medunjanin. The two men, one of whom attended Flushing High School with Zazi, have denied their involved with the Al Qaeda, saying they didn't have any role in the bombing plot.

September 30th, 2009 Jordan contacts US over Dallas plotAMMAN, Jordan — Jordan's government spokesman says Amman has asked the United States for information of a Texas terror plot involving a Jordanian citizen. Nabil al-Sharif says the Jordanian Embassy in Washington has contacted the U.S.

September 24th, 2009 CHICAGO - An American convert to Islam was Thursday charged with a plot to blow up the court building in Springfield, Illinois and trigger mass murder. Michael Finton, who converted to Islam in jail some time ago to become Talib Islam, was arrested Wednesday after an undercover operation which began in 2007.

September 24th, 2009 Man arrested after placing inactive bomb in DallasDALLAS — A 19-year-old Jordanian man living in Texas was arrested Thursday on charges he intended to bomb a downtown Dallas skyscraper, federal officials said. Hosam Maher Husein Smadi was arrested after placing what he believed to be a car bomb outside the 60-story Fountain Place office tower Thursday, according to a statement from the U.S.

August 25th, 2009 Australia terror suspects wanted to 'strike big'MELBOURNE, Australia — Alleged conspirators in a terror plot to attack an Australian army base hated non-Muslims and described their planned suicide mission as a "great, monstrous thing," a court heard Tuesday. Phone calls between the men and with an Islamic cleric in Somalia that were intercepted by police show the suspects thought they could kill up to 10 soldiers in about 20 minutes before being killed themselves in the attack, according to police records presented to the court.

August 19th, 2009 US agent charged with assault in Virgin IslandsCHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands — A federal border patrol officer has been arrested in the U.S.

August 14th, 2009 PANAMA - At least 22 people were killed and 18 injured when a passenger bus and a truck collided head on in eastern Panama, media reports said. The accident occurred Thursday night near Pacora town in eastern Panama, the Telemetro TV said.

July 10th, 2009 MUMBAI - The Mumbai Police Friday claimed to have foiled a plot to kill the lawyers of Sadhvi Pragnya Singh Thakur, one of the prime accused in last year's blast in Malegaon, and have arrested four men. The police have nabbed four henchmen of the absconding mafia don Chhota Shakeel, believed to be in Pakistan, who were assigned the task of killing advocates Ganesh Sovani and Navin Chhotumal, a senior police official said.

July 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Varun Gandhi Sunday claimed that underworld criminals arrested in Delhi a day earlier were plotting to kill him and urged the home minister to take urgent action. "The plot against my life by dangerous underworld criminals apprehended yesterday by Delhi Police exemplifies exactly the kind of terror and violence against which I stand and have been warning against.

July 5th, 2009 The small country in the Central America, Panama has been hit by a earthquake on Saturday. According to reports, It was about 1.50 a.m in the Panama in the middle of the night when the natural disaster struck the country.

July 4th, 2009 PANAMA CITY - A strong earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale jolted the Panama capital Saturday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake occurred at 1.49 a.m.

June 12th, 2009 5 accused of plotting to murder US drug agentNEW YORK — Four men and a woman including a Panamanian court employee were arrested in Panama in a plot to kill a U.S. drug enforcement agent, prosecutors said Friday in announcing the five would face a U.S.

May 21st, 2009 NEW YORK - Four men have been taken into custody by federal authorities in New York for an alleged plot to bomb a Jewish target in the city's Bronx borough, local broadcaster NY1 reported citing officials. The plot allegedly targeted a synagogue in the Riverdale district of the Bronx.

May 14th, 2009 Indians sign Luis VizcainoCLEVELAND — The Cleveland Indians have signed free agent pitcher Luis Vizcaino. The 34-year-old right-hander was released by the Chicago Cubs earlier this season after making four relief appearances.

April 25th, 2009 BULLETIN KILLCLEVELAND — Kill BC-US--Drug Agent Charged. Lee Michael Lucas pleaded not guilty instead of guilty.