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Pakistan Taleban vow US attacks
Pakistan's Taleban chief promised attacks on major US cities in a video released after the failed car bomb attempt in New York, a monitoring group said.
South Asia becomes centre of violence
Increases in terror attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan triggered a spike in the number of civilians killed or wounded there last year.
Australia tightens border security
Australia will tighten its borders with intense biometric scrutiny of travellers from high-risk countries.
Taleban's military mastermind taken
The Taleban's top military commander has been captured in Pakistan.
Munitions wash up on popular Israeli beaches
Israeli security forces closed two popular beaches yesterday to scour them for explosives after two barrels filled with munitions were found washed up on the shores of southern Israel.
NZer reportedly given hard labour for being in terror group
NZ foreign affairs officials are checking a report that Lebanon's Military Tribunal has sentenced a Jordanian New Zealander and six others to hard labour for forming a terrorist group.
Ugly embassy fortress proves US expects no affection
The closure of the US embassy in Yemen highlights how vulnerable embassy facilities and its workers are in the age of the suicide bomber writes Patrick Cockburn.
Bin Laden appeals to Obama to end war
Osama bin Laden has allegedly said in a new audiotape that President Obama's Afghanistan strategy is "hopeless" and has called on the US to end the Afghanistan war and break its alliance with Israel.
CIA use drills, guns to interrogate
Handguns, electric drills and mock executions were used by the CIA to elicit information from terrorist suspects, reports surface.