Topic: - on December 30, 2002 at 11:29:39 AM CET
Airports gear up for bomb screenings
Holiday travelers who left before Christmas may have a different airport experience if they fly home after New Year's Day. Their checked bags likely will be searched for explosives, although the method -- machine, human hands or dogs -- will vary by airport. And at more than 40 airports, travelers with only carry-on bags no longer can go straight to the gate. They'll have to make a detour to the ticket counter or a kiosk to get a boarding pass.
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Topic: - on December 29, 2002 at 1:18:07 PM CET
Moscow points to Grozny's Arab tie
Terrorist acts targeting Grozny are being financed by unnamed Arab countries, Moscow's leading anti-espionage agent says.
The head of the anti-terrorist branch for the northern Caucasus, Col. Ilya Shabalkin, said orders were coming from a well-known rebel, Shamil Basayev, and a representative of the "Muslim Brotherhood" -- Abu Al Walid , CNN's Jill Dougherty reported.
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Topic: - on December 21, 2002 at 2:06:03 AM CET
Terrorists on the Net? Who Cares?
To all those Chicken Littles clucking frantically about the imminent threat of a terrorist attack on U.S. computer networks, a new report says: Knock it off. Online attacks are merely "weapons of mass annoyance," no more harmful than the routine power failures, airplane delays and dropped phone calls that take place every day.
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Topic: - on December 21, 2002 at 1:00:27 AM CET
Bomb parts found in Sydney home
A 36-year-old man has been charged with explosives offences after police allegedly found bomb components during a raid of his home unit in south western Sydney. Sheriffs department officers stumbled upon the bombs while trying to serve an eviction notice at the unit in Liverpool and immediately called police.
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Topic: - on December 18, 2002 at 7:12:16 PM CET
Anti-terror police arrest seven
Seven men have been arrested by anti-terrorist police during raids in Edinburgh and west London. Security sources said the men were being held on suspicion of terrorist activity potentially linked to extremist Islamic beliefs.
Three of the men, of north African origin, were arrested in the Jock's Lodge area of Edinburgh early on Wednesday morning.
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Topic: - on December 18, 2002 at 7:11:12 PM CET
Four men connected to Texas computer company arrested by anti-terrorism task force
Four men connected to a computer company that did business in the Middle East were arrested by federal anti-terrorism agents early Wednesday on money-laundering charges.
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The game company?? hmm rember HITCHHIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY a text only adventure? Here a online java version of the 86 game ¬> Infocom ; )
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Topic: - on December 17, 2002 at 12:48:55 AM CET
The Mind Has No Firewall
Army article on psychotronic weapons
The following article is from the US military publication Parameters, subtitled "US Army War College Quarterly." It describes itself as "The United States Army's Senior Professional Journal.
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Topic: - on December 14, 2002 at 1:19:10 PM CET
Car bomb explodes in Kosovo
A car bomb has exploded outside a restaurant in the Kosovo capital Pristina, wounding at least 20 people, according to UN forces. Doctor Zeki Zeka from the emergency centre of the Pristina hospital said 32 people had been admitted and seven were seriously injured.
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Topic: - on December 6, 2002 at 11:18:28 AM CET
U.S. warns of attack in Turkey
The State Department Thursday warned Americans of a possible terrorist attack against U.S. facilities and interests in Turkey, a NATO ally that is home to a key base used by the U.S. military to patrol Iraq.
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Topic: - on December 4, 2002 at 3:11:11 PM CET
CIA Has OK To Kill Americans Working For Al-Qaida
American citizens working for al-Qaida overseas can legally be targeted and killed by the CIA under President George W. Bush's rules for the war on terrorism, U.S. officials say.
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Topic: - on December 4, 2002 at 2:38:55 PM CET
Bomber targets Dutch Ikea stores
Police in the Netherlands are searching all 10 outlets of the Ikea furniture chain in the country, after finding bombs in three stores. The first two devices were discovered in Amsterdam and Sliedrecht, near the port city of Rotterdam, on Tuesday evening.
The bomb found at the Sliedrecht store later exploded at a police station, injuring two policemen.
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Topic: - on November 29, 2002 at 1:38:42 AM CET
Deadly Violence Mars Vote in Israel
Palestinian gunmen opened fire and tossed a grenade at the local headquarters for Israel's main right-wing party today, killing at least six people as voters were casting ballots in a nationwide primary during which they selected incumbent Ariel Sharon as the Likud Party's candidate for prime minister in January's general election.
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