With the tenth anniversary 9/11 fast approaching, U.S. counter-terrorism officials say the threat of a car or truck bomb attack in New York or Washington is "specific, credible but unconfirmed."
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A decade after the attacks on New York and Washington, has the American and British "war on terror" made either the Western or the Islamic world signficantly safer place, or has it simply bred resentment on all sides?
Russia is in mourning after a Yak-42 plane carrying three-time Russian champions Lokomotiv Yaroslavl - a popular team Hockey team crashed on Wednesday near Yaroslavl, 185 miles northeast of Moscow.
John Galliano has been found guilty of anti-Semitic insults after he admitted using anti-Semitic insults and racist language at a Paris restaurant.
Thomas Cook has announced that it will axe 230 jobs by the end of 2011. The announcement was made to Thomas Cook airline staff Wednesday that will largely effect Manchester airport although crew at other UK airports are also set to be affected. The company has announced a 90-day consultation with staff over plans to cut six of its 41 aircraft by the end of the year.
Despite calling for a halt to hostilities and extending the deadline before their planned assault on Bani Walid following stalled negotiations with the tribal leaders, Gaddafi loyalists fired on advancing a chief interim council negotiator said.
The Palestinian Authority has officially launched its bid to become a full member of the United Nations, using its campaign to denounce what it sees as the United States' double standards.
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Muammar Gaddafi is still on the run despite being hunted down by the National Transitional Council and NATO forces. Taking over from Saddam Hussein and Bin Laden, the colonel is now the most wanted man on the planet.
As the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks approaches and details of the U.S. employing controversial measures in Guantanamo Bay to obtain information on Bin Laden, the former head of the MI5, Britain's domestic intelligence service, said the use of torture is "wrong and never justified".
The Channel Four Documentary "Bin Laden: Shoot to Kill" aired on British television Wednesday night, four months after American Special Forces stormed the al-Qaida leader's compound in Pakistan and shot the man responsible for thousands of deaths across the world.
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As controversy is still surrounding the war crimes committed during the Sri Lanka civil war in which between 10,000 and 20,000 civilians were killed in the final months of the conflict continues, Amnesty International said a national inquiry has failed so far to investigate war crimes by both the army and Tamil rebels.
NATO has temporarily stopped transferring detainees to a number of Afghan jails after a new report, yet to be published, uncovered accusations of torture and abuse NATO and United Nations officials said Tuesday.
The events of 9/11 seem very clear to most people in the world. Nineteen terrorists were able to get through airport security, hijack four passenger airliners and fly them into targets to cause maximum devastation to New York and Washington DC. However to some, the reaction of the United States in the aftermath of 9/11 does not add up, raising suspicions of an 'inside job.'
A spokesman for Tripoli's new military council says National Transitional (NTC) have found Muammar Gaddafi and know where he is hiding, warning he will soon be captured or killed, the Associated Press reported.
As the scandal surrounding the release of the Lockerbie bomber refuses to die down, new allegations implicating the signature of a BP oil deal have emerged.
Vallares PLC announced Wednesday that it plans to merge with Genel Energy International Ltd, the largest oil producer in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.
David Cameron’s appearance in front of MP’s yesterday at the House of Commons Liaison Committee has done little to quieten the calls for a vote on continuing European Union membership within the ranks of his party.
A bomb hidden in a briefcase detonated outside the Indian High Court, at the heart of the capital Delhi, killing at least nine people and injuring 45, Home Secretary RK Singh has said.
As rebel forces continue the manhunt for fugitive leader Muammar Gaddafi in Libya's desert triangle, reports emerging said that more than 200 armoured vehicles possibly sheltering Gaddafi and his sons had crossed into Niger, with sources saying the colonel could be heading for Burkina Faso.
The ex MP for Luton, Margaret Moran, is to face 21 charges of fiddling her expenses whilst serving her constituents Sky News revealed Tuesday.
China has said it will strengthen controls over its arms exports, following revelations that representatives of the Gaddafi regime met with state-owned weapons companies despite a UN embargo, without the knowledge of the government.
As Tel Aviv refuses to apologise for the deadly Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound Turkish-flagged protest flotilla that killed nine pro-Palestinian activists last year, Turkey is "totally suspending" all trade, military and defence industry ties with Israel, the Turkish prime minister said.
Younis al-Mauritani, a senior al-Qaeda commander, who experts say acted as the organisation's "foreign minister", has been captured by Pakistani security forces working together with the CIA, the Pakistani army said on Monday.
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A "monster" wildfire, 16-miles-wide (26-km) has struck drought-stricken Texas with fire-fighters struggling to contain the fire that has destroyed almost 500 homes.
Although Amy Winehouse made the Sunday Times Rich List in 2008 with an estimated fortune of £10 million, her fortune was worth just over £2 million when she died.
