Terrorism

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan_ An insurgent driving a truck laden with up to a ton of explosives targeted an office of Pakistan's premier military intelligence agency Tuesday, the latest assault in a terrorist rampage that's left 500 people dead since early October. Full Story »

Allegations tying a Chicago man to Lashkar-e-Taiba raise concerns that the Pakistan-based terrorist group responsible for the Mumbai massacre may be broadening its horizons Full Story »

CHICAGO - A woman whose husband and daughter were killed in the terrorist attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai says she is grateful U.S. authorities brought charges against a Chicago man accused of conducting extensive surveillance on potential targets. Full Story »

Lahore, Pakistan - A fresh wave of terror attacks that has killed more than 100 people across Pakistan in the past few days is fueling conspiracy theories that the United States and India are behind the violence, and officials are stoking the popular perception. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES (Reuters Life!) - The rise of China as an economic superpower was the most read news story of the past decade, surpassing the Iraq War and the attacks of Sept. 11, according to an analysis by a U.S.-based media tracking group. Full Story »

Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. prosecutors charged a Chicago man with helping plan last year’s terrorist attacks in Mumbai by carrying out surveillance of potential targets in India’s financial hub. Full Story »

DENVER - A Denver lawyer thrust into the international spotlight while representing a Colorado man accused of plotting a terrorist attack is no longer on the case. Full Story »

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has failed to persuade the prime minister of Turkey of the need for sanctions against Iran. Full Story »

CHICAGO (AFP) - US prosecutors charged a Pakistani-American on Monday with helping in the 2008 Mumbai attacks by identifying possible targets and landing sites and reporting back to a Pakistan-based militant group. Full Story »

LONDON - A legal rights group said Monday the British government misled parliament about two terrorism suspects who were subjected to rendition. Full Story »

Lahore, Pakistan - A day of carnage in Pakistan was capped by twin blasts that ripped through a crowded marketplace in the eastern city of Lahore on Monday evening, killing more than 40 and injuring more than 100, according to the provincial law minister. Full Story »

WASHINGTON - Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden may periodically slip back into Afghanistan from his remote hideout in neighboring Pakistan, a senior White House official says, adding a new twist to the mystery of the elusive terrorist's whereabouts. Full Story »

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Demonstrators angered by the Obama administration's move to prosecute the self-professed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks in civilian court on U.S. soil called on Saturday for the trial to be moved to a military tribunal. Full Story »

ISLAMABAD - The trial of seven Pakistani men accused of involvement in last year's Mumbai terrorist attacks was postponed by a week Saturday after the defense failed to appear in court as part of a daylong lawyers' strike, an attorney said. Full Story »

NEW YORK - Sept. 11 made a hero of Mark Jakubek, lauded for his key role in rescuing two people from an elevator in the burning World Trade Center. But the aftermath of the attacks became a forum for his crimes. Full Story »

WASHINGTON - The House ethics committee is investigating complaints by a fired Homeland Security Committee employee, who alleged that a lobbyist made improper requests to the panel chaired by Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss. Full Story »

MOSCOW (AFP) - The blast that ripped through a cafe in the Russian city of Perm, killing dozens of people, was caused by a fireworks accident and was not a terrorist act, Russian news agencies quoted officials as saying Saturday. Full Story »

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