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US security coordinator Lieutenant General Keith Dayton salutes as he visits the Palestinian security headquarters known as the 'Muqataa' in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, December 2007. A Canadian colonel who advises Dayton has made at least three recent visits to the Gaza Strip, security officials said.

Advisor to US general visited Gaza: Palestinians

AFP - Friday, May 9 03:30 pm

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) - An advisor to a US general helping revamp Palestinian security forces has made several trips to Gaza, even though Washington considers the Hamas rulers of the territory terrorists, Palestinian officials said on Friday. More »

  • U.S. general's posting to Pakistan reported cancelled

    Reuters - Friday, May 9 10:49 am

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military has dropped plans to assign the former commander of the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Pakistan, after sharp criticism of his Guantanamo command in Pakistani media, the New York Times reported on Friday. More »

  • Terror strategy dilemma over Qatada

    Press Assoc. - Friday, May 9 03:31 am

    Ministers are to face fresh calls to change their anti-terror strategy after a preacher once dubbed "Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe" was granted bail. More »

  • Three members of the Movement for Democratic Change who say they were beaten with sticks by members of Mugabe's youth in Masvingo, 300km south of Harare, May 3, 2008. Pressure mounted on Zimbabwe Thursday to admit foreign observers to oversee a presidential election run-off amid fresh claims pro-government militias were instilling terror in the countryside.

    Pressure mounts on Zimbabwe amid violence claims

    AFP - Friday, May 9 03:02 am

    HARARE (AFP) - Pressure mounted on Zimbabwe Friday to admit foreign observers to oversee a presidential election run-off amid fresh claims that pro-government militias are deliberately instilling terror. More »

  • U.S. says 5-10 percent of Guantanamo inmates fight again

    Reuters - Friday, May 9 12:05 am

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Between 5 and 10 percent of inmates freed from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay have returned to terrorism since their release, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday. More »

  • Omar Khadr is seen in this undated family portrait.

    Guantanamo judge threatens to halt Canadian case

    Reuters - Thursday, May 8 08:40 pm

    GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - A Guantanamo war court judge threatened on Thursday to halt the case of a Canadian terrorism suspect captured at age 15 if the U.S. government fails to turn over records of his detention. More »

  • Three members of the Movement for Democratic Change who say they were beaten with sticks by members of Mugabe's youth in Masvingo, 300km south of Harare, May 3, 2008. Pressure mounted on Zimbabwe Thursday to admit foreign observers to oversee a presidential election run-off amid fresh claims pro-government militias were instilling terror in the countryside.

    Pressure mounts on Zimbabwe amid fresh violence claims

    AFP - Thursday, May 8 08:29 pm

    HARARE (AFP) - Pressure mounted on Zimbabwe Thursday to admit foreign observers to oversee a presidential election run-off amid fresh claims that pro-government militias were deliberately instilling terror. More »

  • Omar Khadr is seen in this undated family portrait.

    Guantanamo judge threatens to suspend Canadian case

    Reuters - Thursday, May 8 05:26 pm

    GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - A Guantanamo war court judge threatened on Thursday to suspend the case of a Canadian terrorism suspect captured at age 15 if the U.S. government fails to turn over daily records of his detention. More »

  • Four on Tamil Tiger terror charges

    Press Assoc. - Thursday, May 8 01:52 pm

    Four men accused of conspiring to support the banned terrorist Tamil Tigers organisation have been remanded in custody. More »

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