Topic: Terror - on October 6, 2002 at 2:19:27 PM CEST
Oil tanker explodes off Yemen
A French-owned oil tanker is on fire off the coast of Yemen after an explosion on board. Yemeni officials say they do not consider the blast an act of sabotage, but a diplomat at the French embassy said early reports, though contradictory, suggested a terrorist attack.
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Topic: - on October 5, 2002 at 8:43:12 PM CEST
Italy Arrests Egyptians for U.S. War Cemetery Plot
Italian police said Saturday they had arrested three Egyptian fishermen suspected of plotting to attack a cemetery of American war dead south of Rome. Explosives and maps highlighting the Nettuno American Cemetery and Memorial in the town of Anzio were seized in an apartment in Italy belonging to one of the men, a police official said. "They were preparing a symbolic attack against the American cemetery," the official said, adding police suspected the men were tied to Islamic terrorism.
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Topic: - on October 4, 2002 at 10:48:35 PM CEST
Alleged Terrorist Sleeper-Cell Arrested In Oregon
Attorney General John Ashcroft says authorities have arrested several people on charges they conspired to wage war on the United States and provide support to al-Qaida. Ashcroft says the arrests were made in Oregon and Michigan, and that six people are facing terror-related charges. He said five of the suspects are U.S. citizens, including one with U.S. military training.
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Topic: - on October 4, 2002 at 7:42:54 PM CEST
Could meteor touch off nuclear fear?
Even small asteroids that never hit Earth could have deadly consequences, because they might be mistaken for nuclear blasts by nations that lack the equipment to tell the difference, experts said Thursday. One such asteroid event occurred June 6, when early-warning satellites detected a flash over the Mediterranean that indicated an energy release comparable to the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, U.S. Brig. Gen. Simon Worden told a congressional hearing.
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Topic: - on October 4, 2002 at 2:12:47 AM CEST
Top bin Laden aide killed: report
Ayman al-Zawahiri, considered Osama bin Laden's top aide, has been killed in Afghanistan, Russia's ITAR-TASS news agency reported yesterday, citing informed sources.
¬><a href="www.smh.com.au"target="_blank"> Sydney Morning Herald
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Topic: - on October 3, 2002 at 11:07:23 PM CEST
Fighting Back At 40,000 Feet
Airborne terrorist often depend on weapons. Knives, box cutters and other bladed or sharp pointed weapons, guns are intimidating. They know this and use the fear against you. They depend on you feeling helpless and not knowing what to do. Even worse, they may take hostages and if you get in their way, watch out. They’re ruthless.
¬><a href="www.fightingarts.com"target="_blank"> FightingArts
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Topic: - on October 3, 2002 at 9:10:15 PM CEST
Schüsse vor UNO-Hauptquartier in New York
Vor dem Gebäude der Vereinten Nationen in New York hat ein Mann mehrere Schüsse abgefeuert. Der Schütze sei sofort festgenommen worden, berichteten Fernsehsender heute. In ersten Fernsehaufnahmen war zu sehen, wie ein asiatisch aussehender Mann sich geduldig Handschellen anlegen lässt. Der Eingang zu dem UNO-Gebäude wurde vorübergehend gesperrt.
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Topic: - on October 3, 2002 at 8:58:23 PM CEST
Shots fired at the United Nations
A man fired several shots into the air inside the gates in front of the United Nations on Thursday. There were "at least three to four shots ... straight up in the air" said CNN U.N. Correspondent Richard Roth, who witnessed the incident.
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Topic: - on October 3, 2002 at 8:39:59 PM CEST
Racist 'planned terror campaign'
A racist who police believe was planning to launch a terror campaign against ethnic minorities had stored an arsenal of guns and home-made napalm at his home.
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Topic: - on October 1, 2002 at 4:12:30 PM CEST
Türkischer "Uran-Fund" entpuppt sich als ungefährlich
Der spektakuläre Fund von angeblich 15 Kilogramm waffenfähigem Uran in der Türkei hat sich als ungefährliches Gemisch aus Zink, Blei, Zirkonium und Mangan entpuppt. "Mit Sicherheit ist es kein radioaktives, gefährliches oder für einen bestimmten Zweck geeignetes Material", sagte der Direktor des Atomforschungszentrums in Istanbul, Güler Köksal, gestern Abend nach der Analyse.
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Topic: - on September 30, 2002 at 11:27:53 PM CEST
U.S. Supplied Germs to Iraq in '80s
Iraq's bioweapons program that President Bush ( news - web sites) wants to eradicate got its start with help from Uncle Sam two decades ago, according to government records getting new scrutiny in light of the discussion of war against Iraq. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( news - web sites) sent samples directly to several Iraqi sites that U.N. weapons inspectors determined were part of Saddam Hussein ( news - web sites)'s biological weapons program, CDC and congressional records from the early 1990s show. Iraq had ordered the samples, claiming it needed them for legitimate medical research.
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Topic: - on September 30, 2002 at 12:39:56 PM CEST
Sexiest SUICIDE BOMBERS EVER
Demonstrators imitating suicide bombers hold up a banner which reads 'NO WAR' as thousands of demonstrators protest in Madrid on Sept. 29, 2002 against a possible U.S.-led military strike on Iraq.
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