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The US has repeatedly stated its concerns regarding the security for the London Olympics next summer and is ready to send as many as 1,000 of its officers, including 500 FBI agents, to provide protection for its contestants and diplomats. US officials have expressed strong concern that Britain has had to limit the scope of [...]
(Read More)5th Sep 11
Crisis worsening in Somalia
by Adam Richards
Somalia’s famine has spread to new areas of the country, the UN will announce today, with the food crisis said to have not reached its peak yet. The new front is believed to be in south-central Somalia’s Bay region. Some four million people – over 50 per cent of the country’s population – are currently [...]
(Read More)3rd May 11
UK caution urged after Bin Laden death
by Adam Richards
Britons have been advised to be vigilant in the aftermath of Osama Bin Laden’s death, with embassies all over the world ordered to review their security. Bin laden, believed to have been the main instigator of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the US, was killed by US forces around 62 miles outside Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad. [...]
(Read More)22nd Mar 11
Britain should talk to al-Qaeda says former MI5 head
by Paul Russell
The former head of MI5 believes that the government ought to be reaching out to al-Qaeda, as opposed to taking military action. Baroness Eliza Manningham-Buller said she thought that the ‘war on terror’ would be more effectively won by talking to your attackers rather than attacking them back. In her first TV interview, she said [...]
(Read More)20th Mar 11
Fourth mail bomb sent in a week in Indonesia
by Sally Davies
A well-known Indonesian singer has had a mail bomb sent to his home. It is the fourth such incident to happen within the last week. Like the other three mail bombs, the bomb was hidden in a hollowed-out book. Fears are growing that religious extremists are behind the attacks, since the recipients have all been [...]
(Read More)19th Mar 11
Ugandan peacekeepers jailed for Somali shooting
by Natasha Redman
Three Ugandan soldiers who are members of the African Union force deployed in Somalia have been given a two-year prison sentence for injuring civilians during two shooting incidents in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. The AU force – Amisom – has previously faced allegations from some Somalis of using indiscriminate violence; however, these are the first convictions [...]
(Read More)16th Mar 11
Opposition wins Niger election
by Sally Davies
Leader of the Niger opposition Mahamadou Issoufou was victorious in the presidential run-off on Saturday with almost 58% of the vote, announce the election commission. Mr Issoufou had lost the two previous elections to former President Mamadou Tandja, who the military ousted a year ago. Mr Tandja’s MNSD party’s presidential candidate, ex-premier Seini Oumarou, won [...]
(Read More)1st Mar 11
BA employee convicted of trying to blow up plane
by Adam Richards
A British Airways employee was found guilty on Monday of planning to blow up a plane, after plotting with US-Yemeni cleric Anwar al-Awlaki. Rjib Karim, a Bangladeshi Islamic militant, was said to be committed to an extreme religious cause and ‘determined to seek martyrdom’. Karim, an IT worker who moved to Newcastle with his wife [...]
(Read More)25th Feb 11
Gaddafi blames Bin Laden for protests
by Paul Russell
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has announced to state TV that Osama Bin Laden is to blame for the unrest racking his country. In a phone call addressed to residents of al-Zawiya, he said protestors were fueled by drugs and alcohol. Gaddafi is struggling to maintain control in Tripoli and western areas. Protestors have now taken [...]
(Read More)15th Feb 11
Yemeni police get tough with protesters
by Adam Richards
Anti-government protesters fought with police who were preventing them from marching to Yemen’s presidential palace in Sanaa. The fighting happened as President Ali Abdullah Saleh and the main opposition group prepared for talks that the government hoped would help avoid an Egyptian-style revolt in the state which has been a key ally for the US [...]
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