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Taiwan President Pledges Close Ties With China

5/21/2012

TAIPEI -- Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou began his second term in office on Sunday with a forecast for deeper relations with old rival China. But he said a formal peace accord was not urgent. His comments came amid two days of street demonstrations.

Hundreds off Somalis Complete Military Training

5/20/2012

(IRIN) - Over 600 Somali troops completed six months of military training in southwestern Uganda on 10 May and are heading home to boost the forces fighting Al Shabab.

Record Number of Africans Flee to Yemen

5/20/2012

A record number of African refugees and migrants have arrived in Yemen this year. Most are from Ethiopia. U.N. refugee agency spokesman Andrej Mahecic says more people are crossing the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden to get to Yemen. “There are now more than 43,000 people – migrants and refugees – from the Horn of Africa who have reached Yemen during the first four months of this year. We are looking at the record figures compared to the same period last year or any other year before,” he said.

EU forces mount first attack on Somali pirates' onshore bases

5/17/2012

JOHANNESBURG — With an estimated 300 hostages currently in the hands of Somali pirates, the first attack on a pirate land base by the European Union’s anti-piracy force Tuesday was a delicate one: In all, several speedboats were destroyed as well as fuel and ammunition stores, alliance officials said.

US to assign Army brigade to Africa for training

5/17/2012

WASHINGTON (AP) - Army leaders say a combat brigade will be assigned to the Pentagon's Africa Command next year in a pilot program that will send small teams of soldiers to countries around the continent to do training and participate in military exercises.

Official: 1 dead from attack on Kenya's coast

5/16/2012

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Attackers fired shots and detonated four grenades outside a nightclub in Kenya's coastal town of Mombasa after they were denied entry, killing a security guard and wounding five people, including one of the assailants, police officials said Wednesday.

U.S. Treasury sanctions take aim at al Qaeda, rogue regimes

5/13/2012

David Cohen's office has set its sights on a key target since its inception in 2004: drastically reducing al Qaeda's ability to attack and finance its operations. The results have been clear, the U.S. Treasury's undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence said Thursday.

For victims in Sierra Leone, Taylor's verdict brings relief

5/13/2012

Freetown, Sierra Leone (CNN) -- Jabati Mambu has lived all his adult life without his right hand. He was only 15 when rebels of the Revolutionary United Front swept through Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone. In their signature, sinister style, they hacked off Mambu's hand with a machete.

Al-Qaeda underwear bomber 'was double agent'

5/13/2012

Reports from the US say the would-be suicide attacker in a foiled "underwear bomb" plot was in fact a double agent. US officials are quoted as saying that the person dispatched by Yemen-based al-Qaeda to attack a US-bound plane had infiltrated the group.

SECURITY: A quick reaction force moulded by Africa's circumstances

5/13/2012

JOHANNESBURG, 9 May 2012 (IRIN) - Africa’s crises are both honing and stalling the formation of the African Standby Force (ASF) of the African Union (AU) - a quick reaction force that could eventually number about 30,000 troops to be deployed in a range of scenarios, from peacekeeping to direct military intervention.

Yemen plot exposes new world of US spying

5/13/2012

As details of the foiled al Qaeda plot to blow up a U.S.-bound airline became public, the world learned not only about a daring operation to stop terrorists, but also about the new reality of how U.S. intelligence works.

Al Qaeda in Yemen has "whole outfit" devoted to attacking U.S.

5/13/2012

The Yemeni branch of al Qaeda now has "a whole outfit designated to target the U.S. homeland," according to a source closely working with U.S. intelligence agencies and the military.

New pirate prison in Somalia aims to relieve international overload

5/13/2012

Somali pirates captured on the high seas and prosecuted in other countries are now being transferred to a new prison in Somalia. It's a significant change for countries combating piracy but are seeing their own jail systems overwhelmed as the U.S. and other countries continue to catch and turn over pirates to countries willing to prosecute them.

Drone strike kills 8 militants in south Yemen

5/13/2012

A U.S. drone strike killed eight militants in southern Yemen Thursday morning, continuing a coordinated assault on al Qaeda and its affiliates in the area, security officials said

Iranian news agency reporter held on spying charges

5/13/2012

KABUL - An Afghan journalist with the state-run Iranian news agency was detained has been detained by intelligence operatives on the charge of spying for the neighbouring country, an official said on Sunday.

U.S. Ambassador: Early Afghanistan Withdrawal Would 'Set the Stage for Another 9/11'

5/13/2012

U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker said that Sunday's attacks on Western embassies in Afghanistan are evidence that the U.S. should continue its mission there and not withdraw early, despite growing public aversion to the war.

Afghan-German Strategic Pact To Be Signed Before Chicago Conference

5/13/2012

Kabul (BNA) President Hamid Karzai in a meeting with German Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Michael Kakh discussed continued mutual relations and signing of the long-term strategic cooperation treaty between the two nations.

US Foils al-Qaida Airliner Bomb Plot

5/13/2012

The United States has broken up an al-Qaida plot to place a bomb aboard a U.S.-bound airliner. A Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) statement said close cooperation with overseas security and intelligence partners enabled the thwarting of the plot, which involved an improvised explosive device (IED).

Think Again: Al Qaeda

5/13/2012

Osama bin Laden was fond of recounting the following parable from the Quran to rally his followers in times of despair: A much-better-armed Christian army employed war elephants in a fearsome assault against Mecca, aspiring to destroy the Kaaba shrine, one of Islam's most sacred sites. But birds showered the Christian army with pellets of hard-baked clay, and the Arabs eventually defeated the invaders.

Video shows Taliban welcome for man who escaped jail

5/13/2012

Islamabad, April 20 (IANS) A high-profile prisoner, who escaped the Bannu jail following an audacious Taliban attack, has been welcomed back into the Taliban fold, shows a dramatic video telecast on DawnNews.

Top Afghan Officials Welcome Pact with US

5/13/2012

The partnership agreement signed by President Barack Obama and Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday is getting a generally positive reception from officials in Kabul. Some top Afghans are welcoming the long-term U.S. commitment to their country’s security.

Priorities Chart Way Forward for Eucom

5/13/2012

STUTTGART, Germany, May 4, 2012 – Using the new defense strategic guidance as its roadmap, officials at U.S. European Command say they’ve fixed their compasses on four basic priorities: maintaining ready forces, completing a successful transition in Afghanistan, sustaining strategic partnerships and countering transnational threats.

400 inmates escape as rebels storm Pakistani jail

5/5/2012

ISLAMABAD (PAN ): More than 100 militants stormed a high-security prison in Pakistan’s troubled northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday, freeing at least 400 inmates, officials said.

Ex-Taliban Ambassador Flees to UAE Fearing For His Life

5/5/2012

Former Taliban Ambassador Abdul Sallam Zaeef has fled Afghanistan to the United Arab Emirates, fearing for his life after US forces attempted to search his home, Al Jazeera reported.

Hafiz Saeed calls for jihad against America

5/5/2012

MUZAFFARABAD / LAHORE: In a fiery Friday sermon, Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed called on the people to wage jihad against America in order to save Pakistan and Islam. “Come to us. We will teach you the meaning of jihad… The time to fight has come.”

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