Physicist placed under investigation for terrorismOctober 13th, 2009 PARIS - A 32-year-old French-Algerian physicist working at the CERN nuclear research centre has been placed under investigation on charges of "associating with known criminals in a terrorist undertaking", French media reported Tuesday. The suspect and his younger brother were arrested Thursday in the south-eastern city of Vienne after US intelligence intercepted e-mails between the man and people tied to the North African terrorist group Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.
Al-Qaida threatens China with jihad in retaliation for Urumqi riotsOctober 8th, 2009 BEIJING - A prominent Al-Qaida militant has threatened to attack China in retaliation for the July 5 riots in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. The clash between the Han Chinese and Uighur communities had left 197 dead and 1,700 injured.
Al Qaeda 'coordinator' killed in RussiaAugust 31st, 2009 MAKHACHKALA/MOSCOW - One of the two militants killed in a shootout with the security forces in the Russian North Caucasus republic of Dagestan was an Algerian-born member of Al Qaeda, an official said Monday. The militants were killed late Sunday in an operation carried out by the Federal Security Service (FSS) near the town of Khasavyurt, close to the border with Chechnya.
Dead body of suspected Al-Qaeda commander recovered in PeshawarAugust 20th, 2009 PESHAWAR - Security officials have recovered the body of a suspected Al- Qaeda leader from a house here. The body is said to be that of Abdullah Noori, an Algerian who was considered to be Osama bin Laden's close associate.
US clears launch of Algerian satellites atop Indian rocketAugust 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - In the first significant outcome of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to India, the US has given clearance to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to launch Algerian satellites with American components. This follows the signing of a Technical Safeguards Agreement covering launches of satellites, having US components on Indian launch vehicles, during Hillary Clinton's New Delhi visit.
Algerian army kills 18 suspected terroristsAugust 2nd, 2009 ALGERIA/PARIS - At least 18 suspected terrorists were killed during Algerian Army operations in the eastern part of the country, media reports said Sunday. The dead were believed to belong to Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, the reports said.
14 soldiers killed in Algeria terrorist attack: ReportJuly 30th, 2009 PARIS/ALGIERS - At least 14 Algerian soldiers were killed when a group of Islamic extremists attacked a military convoy in northern Algeria, the daily El Watan reported Thursday. Other local media say that as many as 20 soldiers were killed in the attack at Tipasa, some 70 km west of the capital Algiers, and at least 20 were injured, in what is being called the deadliest attack in the area in years.
14 Algerian soldiers killed in ambushJuly 30th, 2009 ALGIERS - Rebels ambushed a military convoy in northern Algeria Wednesday, killing 14 soldiers and injuring seven, a media report said. The convoy of troops was carrying munitions from Damous to Beni Mlika in the province of Tipaza when it was ambushed by a group of Salafist rebels with bombs and automatic weapons, according to the El Watan newspaper.
Lashkar-e-Taiba may attack India again: Top UN officialJuly 15th, 2009 NEW YORK - Richard Barrett, the coordinator of the UN Security Council's al-Qaeda and Taliban Sanctions Monitoring Committee on Wednesday said that the Pakistan-based terrorist group, Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) group, may target India again. "Lashkar-e-Taiba tactics is quite obvious.
24 gendarmes killed in AlgeriaJune 18th, 2009 ALGIERS - At least 24 gendarmes were killed when armed rebels opened fire on their convoy in the Algerian province of Burj Buaririj, media reports said Thursday. The rebels first detonated two self-made explosive devices and then opened fire on their convoy Wednesday.
Prabhakaran's body crematedMay 22nd, 2009 COLOMBO - The Sri Lankan military spokesperson Brigadier Udaya Nanyakkara said that LTTE Supremo Prabhakaran's body was cremated in Mullaithivu on Wednesday. According to the military, his body was treated like any other terrorist.
Prabhakaran's body found, says Sri Lanka Army chiefMay 19th, 2009 COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's Army Chief, General Sarath Fonseka declared on Tuesday afternoon that the dead body of LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran has been identified and recovered. General Fonseka in his capacity as the Commander of the Army made the announcement on behalf of President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa at 12.15 p.m.
UK teenager reveals how he was trained for jihadMay 17th, 2009 LONDON - A teenager has revealed how he was recruited and trained to be a suicide bomber by Al-Qaeda-inspired terrorists in Britain. The youth was first approached by Islamists at a mosque in south London that was used by the failed 21/7 bombers, and indoctrinated at a secret network of squats.
EU lawmakers urge Obama to stop listing Iranian opposition group as terroristMay 8th, 2009 EU lawmakers to Obama: Lift ban on Iranian groupBRUSSELS — More than 100 members of the European Parliament are urging President Barack Obama to remove an Iranian opposition group from the U.S. list of foreign terrorist organizations.
Obama signs landmark US conservation billMarch 31st, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama Monday approved a sweeping expansion of government land protection, safeguarding about 800,000 new hectares of parks, rivers, forests and mountains across the country. The legislation, which is a collection of about 150 smaller bills that had been in the works for years, was approved earlier this month with broad bipartisan support by both chambers of Congress.
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