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Кого взрывали в Алеппо?

Source country vesti Saturday, February 11, 2012 3:55:00 AM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [TerroristAttack] теракт[1];

Other categories: Security;

Сирийские оппозиционеры никак не могут договориться, кто несет ответственность за серию взрывов в Алеппо. Накануне теракт унес жизни 28 человек, еще почти 200 ранены. Несмотря на то что атака была нацелена на силовиков, большинство жертв - гражданские....

U.S. Details Underwear Bomber's Ties to al Qaeda Leaders

Source country wsj-en Saturday, February 11, 2012 3:51:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [TerroristAttack] terrorist attack[1]; al Qaeda[4]; killed[1]; bomber[1]; bomb[5]; Bomber's[1]; terrorist[2]; attack[4]; attacks[1];

Entities: Anwar al Awlaki[1]; Farouk Abdulmutallab[1]; Devlin Barrett[2]; Omar Farouk[1]; Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab[1]; Ibrahim al-Asiri[1];

Other categories:

Federal authorities are urging multiple life sentences for admitted underwear bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, offering new details about his ties to the senior al Qaeda figures behind his attempt to destroy an airliner headed to Detroit on Christmas Day 2009....

Khuzdar blast kills man

Source country nation Saturday, February 11, 2012 3:47:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [TerroristAttack] killed[1]; bomb[2]; exploded[2]; explosive[1]; planted[1]; kills[1]; attack[1]; killing[1]; bomb blast[1]; blast kills[1];

Entities: Mohammed Ibrahim[1];

Other categories: Conflict;

QUETTA - A man was killed and another sustained wounds in a bomb blast in Katan Bridge area of Khuzdar, about 360-kilometre southeast of Quetta, on Friday.According to police, explosive material, fitted to a donkey cart, exploded at Katan Bridge area of Khuzdar, killing its driver on the spot and injuring a passer-by....

‘Bilour confesses MQM workers’ killing’

Source country nation Saturday, February 11, 2012 3:47:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [TerroristAttack] terrorism[1]; killed[2]; killing[6];

Entities: Faisal Sabzwari[2]; Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry[2];

Other categories: Conflict;

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Faisal Sabzwari said: “You have heard for yourself how the ANP leader Ilyas Bilour has said in a brazen manner that it was the ANP that reined in the MQM in Karachi and not any Sindhi feudal lord,”

KARACHI - An MQM central leader on Friday claimed that the ANP’s Senator Ilyas Bilour had confessed that the latter party was directly involved in the killing of the MQM workers in Karachi.The MQM demanded that the Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry should take an immediate notice of his confession....

Somalia’s Shabaab joins Qaeda

Source country nation Saturday, February 11, 2012 3:47:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [TerroristAttack] Islamist[1]; al Qaeda[10]; militant[2]; bin Laden[1]; attack[2]; group[3]; Al Qaeda[2]; killing[1];

Entities: Mohamed Siad Barre[1]; Mohamed Larbi Ben Sallam[1]; Ayman al-Zawahiri[1]; Osama bin Laden[2];

Other categories: Conflict;

DUBAI - Al Qaeda’s leader Ayman al-Zawahri said Somalia’s militant group al Shabaab had joined the global network, in a video posted on Islamist forums on Thursday. “Today, I have glad tidings for the Muslim ummah (nation) that will please the believers and disturb the disbelievers, which is the.......

Twin car bombs rock Syria’s Aleppo, kill 28

Source country nation Saturday, February 11, 2012 3:47:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [TerroristAttack] rebels[2]; bombs[2]; killed[1]; suicide bomber[1]; kill[1]; attacked[1]; bomber[1]; bomb[1]; car bombs[2]; terrorist[1]; group[1]; rebel[1]; attacks[2]; suicide[1];

Entities: Sergei Ryabkov[1]; Saudi King Abdullah[1]; Bashar Assad[3];

Other categories: UN Bodies; Security Council;

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Sergei Ryabkov told: “The Syrian leadership has assured us of its readiness to quickly hold a referendum on a new constitution and move toward elections,”

DAMASCUS - Twin car bombs targeting security posts in Syria’s second city of Aleppo killed at least 28 people on Friday, state media said, as rebels accused the regime of carrying out the attacks as a diversion. The explosions came as tank-backed troops advanced on pockets of resistance in the.......

11 militants killed in Orakzai Agency

Source country nation Saturday, February 11, 2012 3:47:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [TerroristAttack] killed[4]; insurgents[1]; militants[6];

Other categories: Conflict; Security;

Orakzai Agency - Security forces killed 11 militants and wounded 19 in Orakzai Agency on Friday, officials said, in a crackdown in the tribal region near the border with Afghanistan. Sources said the military fired artillery shells at three suspected hideouts in the Mamozai area of Orakzai, where.......

Nato supplies never stopped: US

Source country nation Saturday, February 11, 2012 3:47:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [TerroristAttack] killed[1]; airstrikes[1]; killings[1];

Entities: George Little[1]; Victoria Nuland[1]; Mohmand Agency[1];

Other categories:

WASHINGTON The Pentagon said Thursday that the air supply routes for Nato forces in Afghanistan were never closed by Pakistan. Pentagon Press Secretary George Little during a briefing said “only ground lines of communications were closed following the November 26 incident” adding that these ground routes had not been reopened yet....

Malik refutes US claim on airspace

Source country nation Saturday, February 11, 2012 3:47:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [TerroristAttack] killed[1]; insurgents[1]; killings[1]; killing[2];

Entities: Khurshid Ahmed[3]; Zafar Ali[2]; Abdul Malik[1]; Zafar Ali Shah[2]; Cameron Munter[1]; Yousaf Raza Gillani[2]; Rehman Malik[2]; Asif Ali Zardari[3];

Other categories:

ISLAMABAD - Interior Minister Rehman Malik in the Senate on Friday refuted US Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter’s claim that supply to NATO troops in Afghanistan was continuing through Pakistan’s airspace before Opposition parties including PML-N and JI staged a protest walk-out from the House considering Malik’s statement unsatisfactory....

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Zehn Jahre nach WTC-Anschlag weiteres Opfer identifiziert

Source country vaterland Saturday, February 11, 2012 3:46:00 AM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [TerroristAttack] Anschlägen[2];

Other categories:

New Yorker Gerichtsmedizinern ist es zehn Jahre nach den Anschlägen vom 11. September 2001 gelungen, damals geborgene Leichenteile einem weiteren Opfer zuzuordnen....

EU accuses Syrian regime of 'atrocities'

Source country DailyNation Saturday, February 11, 2012 3:39:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [TerroristAttack] bombs[1]; car bombs[1]; killing[1];

Entities: Herman Van Rompuy[2]; Bashar Assad[1];

Other categories: EU Russia; UN Bodies; Conflict; Security Council; EU-Asia;

The European Union Council's president accuses Syria of committing "outrageous" atrocities...

Turcia: Atentat comis la Istanbul de o femeie kamikaze

Source country infoportal Saturday, February 11, 2012 3:37:00 AM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [TerroristAttack] PKK[1]; kamikaze[1]; militand[1]; terorista[1];

Other categories: Turkey-EU; All Media; Conflict;

O femeie si-a pierdut viața azi noapte, la Istanbul, in explozia unui dispozitiv capcana pe care il avea asupra sa. Poliția banuieste ca ea a actionat in numele rebelilor kurzi, au anuntat vineri mass-media locale. Incidentul s-a produs in Sancaktepe, un aglomerat cartier situat in partea europeana.......

Articles published more than 20 minutes ago

DS officials leave ruling coalition in Bujanovac

Source country b92net_en Saturday, February 11, 2012 3:30:00 AM CET | info

Trigger words: [TerroristAttack] killed[1]; terrorist[1];

Other categories: Institutional Affairs;

Democratic Party (DS) councilors have left the ruling coalition in Bujanovac, southern Serbia, where a majority is made up of three ethnic Albanian parties. This was confirmed on Friday by the the DS Municipal Committee....

L'envoyé de l'UE condamne l'attentat à Mogadiscio

Source country french-news Saturday, February 11, 2012 3:29:00 AM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [TerroristAttack] morts[1]; attaque[1]; militants[1]; islamiste[1]; piégée[3]; voiture[3]; revendiqué[1]; suicide[1];

Other categories: Conflict;

NAIROBI, 10 février (Xinhua) -- L'envoyé de l'Union européenne pour la Corne de l'Afrique a condamné vendredi l'attentat suicide à la voiture piégée qui se produit mercredi devant un hôtel dans la capitale somalienne de Mogadiscio, faisant 15 morts. Le représentant spécial de l'Union européenne pour.......

AFP: Anonymous knocks CIA website offline

Source country focus-news-en Saturday, February 11, 2012 3:28:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [TerroristAttack] attacked[3]; attack[1]; group[1]; attacks[1];

Entities: Paula Fernandes[1];

Other categories: Fight against Fraud;

Brasilia. The shadowy computer hacker group Anonymous said Wednesday it attacked the websites of three major Brazilian banks over the past few days to protest widespread inequality in Latin America's leading economy, AFP reports. Hackers from Anonymous's Brazilian branch told the economy daily Valor.......

Articles published more than 30 minutes ago

Ataques suicidas dejan 28 muertos en Siria

Source country elnuevoherald Saturday, February 11, 2012 3:24:00 AM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [TerroristAttack] insurgentes[1]; Ataques suicidas[1]; terroristas[2];

Entities: Bashar Assad[1];

Other categories:

Dos vehículos cargados de explosivos y conducidos por atacantes suicidas estallaron el viernes al embestir contra un cuartel de las fuerzas de seguridad en Alepo, con un saldo de 28 personas muertas, dijeron funcionarios sirios, mientras que la TV dijo además que hubo 235 muertos....

Kilit şehir Halep bombalandı

Source country yenisafak Saturday, February 11, 2012 3:18:00 AM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [TerroristAttack] ölenler[1]; ölürken[1]; öldü[1]; öldüğü[1]; terörist[1]; saldırı[1]; ölenlerin[1]; bombalı[1]; saldırıların[1]; bombalandı[1];

Entities: Özgür Suriye Ordusu[1]; Genel Devrim Konseyi[1]; Devrim Konseyi[3]; Dışişleri Bakan Yardımcısı[1]; Güvenlik Konseyi[1]; Sergei Ryabkov[1]; Bashar Assad[1]; Devlet Televizyonu[1];

Other categories: Manmade Disasters; Conflict; Political Unrest; Security;

Suriye'nin en büyük kentlerinden biri olan, rejimin düşmesinde kritik rol oynayabilecek Halep isyanın başladığı günden bu yana ilk kez şiddete tanık oldu. İki büyük patlamada 25 kişi ölürken muhalefet ve hükümet birbirini suçladı...

Örgüte katıldığım için pişmanım

Source country yenisafak Saturday, February 11, 2012 3:18:00 AM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [TerroristAttack] örgütte[1]; BOMBALARINI[1]; patlayıcı[1]; öldürüldüğü[1]; öldüreceğim'[1]; örgüte[3]; terörist[9]; saldırı[2]; teröristlerin[1]; Örgüt[1]; ölümle[1]; bombasının[1]; Bombanın[1]; silahlı[2]; bomba[1]; Örgütte[2]; saldırıya[1]; Örgüte[2]; bombalarını[1]; Bombasının[1]; teröristin[1]; ÖLDÜRÜLDÜ[1]; teröristlere[1];

Other categories: Manmade Disasters; Conflict; Security;

Bingöl'de 9 teröristin öldürüldüğü operasyonda sağ ele geçirilen terörist, PKK'ya katılmaktan duyduğu pişmanlığı anlattı. Örgütte düşman diye anlatılan askerlerin kendisine parkasını verdiğini belirten terörist, "Sağ kurtulduğum ve teslim olduğum için pişman değilim, örgüte katıl......

Şervan'a kız isteyeceğimiz gün cenazesine gittik

Source country yenisafak Saturday, February 11, 2012 3:18:00 AM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [TerroristAttack] saldırısında[2]; Hava saldırısında[2];

Other categories: Conflict;

Uludere'de incelemelerde bulunan milletvekillerine, acılı annelerden yürek yakan mektuplar geldi. Hava saldırısında hayatını kaybeden Şervan Encü'nün annesi mektubunda, "Şervan'ıma kız istemeye gideceğim akşam, demek ki kaderde varmış cenazesine gittik" dedi....

Rize şehidine ağlıyor

Source country yenisafak Saturday, February 11, 2012 3:18:00 AM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [TerroristAttack] saldırısında[1]; teröristlerin[1];

Entities: Hayati Yazıcı[1];

Other categories: Security;

Hakkari'nin Çukurca ilçesinde teröristlerin saldırısında şehit olan jandarma onbaşı Metin Çetin (24), Rize'nin Güneysu ilçesinde düzenlenen törenin ardından, Kıbledağı köyündeki aile mezarlığında defnedildi. Şehit Çetin için Güneysu Merkez Camisinde cuma namazından sonra düzenlen......

Bomba elinde patladı

Source country yenisafak Saturday, February 11, 2012 3:18:00 AM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [TerroristAttack] Bomba[1]; terör[1]; bomba[1]; örgütü[1]; teröristin[1]; Patlayıcının[1]; ölen[1];

Other categories: Manmade Disasters; Conflict; Security;

İstanbul'un Sancaktepe ilçesi Akpınar Mahallesi'nde önceki gece bir patlama oldu. Bir kadının hayatını kaybettiği olayla ilgili soruşturma başlatan polis, üstünde bomba patlayıp ölen kadının sol bil terör örgütü üyesi Yasemin Çiftçi olduğu belirlendi. Üzerinden Derya Doruk adına ......

Articles published more than 40 minutes ago

Satellite spots tanks in Syrian city

Source country usaToday Saturday, February 11, 2012 3:07:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [TerroristAttack] rebels[1]; mortars[1]; killed[8]; suicide car bombers[1]; bombers[2]; bombardment[1]; suicide attacker[1]; bombarding[1]; terrorists[2]; suicide bombers[1]; suicide attack[1]; attacker[1]; attack[1]; dead[1]; rebel[2]; group[3]; attacks[2]; car bombers[1]; suicide[4]; killing[3];

Entities: Abdul Rahman[1]; Sergei Ryabkov[1]; Bashar Assad[1]; Baba Amr[1]; Mohammed Saleh[1];

Other categories: Conflict;

Satellite image provider DigitalGlobe Inc. has released photos that it says show Syrian army tanks and other armored vehicles in the city of ......

Articles published more than 50 minutes ago

U.S. Syria envoy posts satellite image on Facebook to prove regime violence

Source country haaretz Saturday, February 11, 2012 3:05:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [TerroristAttack] mortars[1]; killed[1]; terrorist[1]; bombardments[1]; attacks[2];

Entities: Robert Ford[2]; Bashar Assad[1];

Other categories: UN Bodies; Conflict; Security Council;

Quotes in this article

Robert Ford wrote: "I hear the devastating stories about newborns in Homs dying in hospitals where electricity has been cut and when we see disturbing photos offering proof that the regime is using mortars and artillery against residential neighborhoods, all of us become even more concerned about the tragic outcome for Syrian civilians,"

Robert Ford wrote: "It is odd to me that anyone would try to equate the actions of the Syrian army and armed opposition groups since the Syrian government consistently initiates the attacks on civilian areas, and it is using its heaviest weapons,"

The U.S. ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford, just days after closing the embassy in Damascus , posted satellite imagery on Facebook to show proof of government attacks on residential neighborhoods. The commercial satellite image, titled "Security Operations Escalate in Homs," is dated Feb....

Phoenix police say Iraqi mom beat daughter, padlocked her to bed (Reuters)

Source country news-yahoo Saturday, February 11, 2012 3:03:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [TerroristAttack] terrorism[1]; terrorist attack[1]; attacking[1]; bombs[1]; bombers[1]; death[3]; insurgent[1]; kill[1]; terrorists[1]; suicide bombers[1]; terrorist[3]; attack[1]; suicide[1]; killing[2];

Entities: Edmund Burke[1]; Al Queda[1];

Other categories: Society;

Reuters - An Iraqi woman has been arrested in Arizona accused of beating her daughter and padlocking her to a bed in outrage after she spoke to a male student at school in violation of the family's traditional values, police said on Friday....

U.N. takes another try at Syria resolution

Source country cnn Saturday, February 11, 2012 3:03:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [TerroristAttack] rebels[1]; killed[2]; death[1]; suicide car bombings[1]; terrorists[2]; car bombings[1]; carnage[1]; bombarded[1]; bomb[1]; group[2]; attacks[2]; killing[2]; suicide[1];

Entities: Jackson Pollock[1]; Ban Ki Moon[1]; Catherine Ashton[1]; Robert Ford[1]; Vitaly I Churkin[1]; Arab News[1]; Navi Pillay[1]; Bashar Assad[1]; Baba Amr[1];

Other categories: Catherine Ashton; EU Russia; UN Bodies; EU Foreign Affairs Representative; Society; Ban Ki-moon; Conflict; Security Council; EU-Asia;

Quotes in this article

Robert Ford said: "The government's position is growing steadily weaker, and I think that is why they are more anxious, determined even, to apply a quick military solution to the opposition problem,"

Vitaly I Churkin told: "We do believe that, in order to stop violence, armed methods must be stopped not only by the government, but also by the opposition,"

Nearly a week after Russia and China vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution intended to halt the killing in Syria, Saudi Arabia has drafted a similarly worded document -- but one that lacks the same punch....

Ottawa's new anti-terrorism strategy lists eco-extremists as threats

Source country theglobeandmail Saturday, February 11, 2012 3:02:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [TerroristAttack] terrorism[1]; attached[1]; kill[1]; terrorist[1]; Terrorist[1]; attack[1]; group[1]; attacks[1];

Entities: John Bennett[1]; Stephen Harper[1]; Joe Oliver[1]; Vic Toews[1];

Other categories: G20; Environmental protection; Ecology;

Environmentalists decry move as part of Harper government’s desire to demonize, rather than engage green movement...

Articles published more than 1 hour ago

Saudi firefight leaves at least 1 dead

Source country javno-en Saturday, February 11, 2012 2:49:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [TerroristAttack] gunmen[1]; attacked[1]; dead[2];

Other categories:

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Saudi investigators are looking into a firefight between armed rioters and security forces that left at least one person dead, police said Friday. The Kuwait News Agency reported masked gunmen allegedly attacked......

Nigeria: Four bombers dead as blasts rock Nigerian flashpoint city

Source country reliefWeb Saturday, February 11, 2012 2:35:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [TerroristAttack] killed[4]; bombers[2]; Al-Qaeda[2]; exploded[3]; explosive[1]; gunmen attacked[1]; planted[1]; attacked[1]; car bomb[1]; gunmen[3]; Islamists[3]; bomber[1]; bomb[4]; dead[1]; group[4]; attacks[4]; killing[1]; suicide[1];

Entities: Goodluck Jonathan[1]; Mahamadou Issoufou[1];

Other categories:

Source: Agence France-Presse Country: Nigeria 02/10/2012 21:53 GMT KANO, February 10, 2012 (AFP) - Two explosions went off Friday outside a customs building in Nigeria's flashpoint city of Maiduguri, killing four bombers and wounding two soldiers, the military and residents said....

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