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Germany says Namibia terror scare only security test (Reuters)

November 19th, 2010

Reuters - A suspicious suitcase found at Windhoek airport that triggered an international alarm was only a test of local security and did not contain any explosives, German Interior Minister Thomas…

Is Germany Europe’s Next Terror Target? (Time.com)

November 19th, 2010

Time.com - Germany has so far been spared an al-Qaeda-inspired terror attack. But with a suspicious parcel found on a Munich-bound plane and authorities announcing that an attack is imminent,…

Terror Plot Foiled: But is the Threat in Yemen Growing? (Time.com)

October 31st, 2010

Time.com - Terror Plot Foiled: But is the Threat in Yemen Growing?

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Explosive packages reflect new Yemen terror threat (AP)

October 29th, 2010

In this image taken from video, showing the binternational/b airport at Sana, Yemen, on Friday Oct. 29, 2010, after news was released of a credible terror plot from a Yemeni based group.  A foreign intelligence service is thought to have alerted authorities to a possible terrorist threat in the U.S., prompting investigators to search air-cargo containers which unearthed explosive devices aboard aeroplanes in Dubai and Britain, in a terror threat believed to originate in Yemen. (AP Photo/APTN) ** TV OUT **AP - The discovery of two explosive-laden packages sent from Yemen and aimed at U.S. and Western interests represents a new escalation in the terror threat emanating from this violence-wracked,…

French minister: Saudis warn of new terror threat (AP)

October 17th, 2010

AP - Saudi intelligence services have warned of a new terror threat from al-Qaida in Europe, “notably France,” Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux said Sunday.

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9/11 link to militant in Europe terror alert (AP)

October 8th, 2010

A man reads the Quran inside a mosque in Hamburg, northern Germany, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. Hamburg security officials shuttered the al-Quds mosque, later dubbed Taiba mosque, in August, forcing its members to scatter. But authorities insist they have the city's estimated 200 extremist Muslims — including 45 al-Qaida followers — under surveillance and have sought to downplay Hamburg's role in the binternational/b terror scene. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)AP - The Islamic militant whose disclosures under U.S. interrogation in Afghanistan triggered Europe’s terror alert is an old friend of a man convicted in the 9/11 attacks and, as…

Europe Terror Threat: Caught Between Caution and Alarm (Time.com)

October 7th, 2010

Time.com - As the pace of terror-related news quickens, European security experts and officials have the tricky task of reacting to attack threats without over-dramatizing them

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Euro terror alert spotlights voiceprint technology (AP)

October 5th, 2010

A police officer with a dog, patrols a central London train station, Monday Oct. 4, 2010. Britain's Foreign Office has upgraded its travel advice for France and Germany, warning Britons going to those countries that the threat of terrorism there is high. Britain's Home Secretary Theresa May said that the threat of terrorism in the U.K. remains unchanged at 'severe,' meaning an attack is highly likely. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Did their voices betray them? The discovery of an alleged terror plot against Europe owes at least some of its success to “voiceprint” technology that allows law enforcement…

Japan warns about Europe terror; tourists are calm (AP)

October 4th, 2010

A police officer with a dog, patrols a central London train station, Monday Oct. 4, 2010. Britain's Foreign Office has upgraded its travel advice for France and Germany, warning Britons going to those countries that the threat of terrorism there is high. Britain's Home Secretary Theresa May said that the threat of terrorism in the U.K. remains unchanged at 'severe,' meaning an attack is highly likely. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Japan and Sweden joined the U.S. and Britain on Monday in warning citizens about traveling in Europe because of concerns about a terror attack. Pakistani intelligence officials said…

Japan warns about terror in Europe (AP)

October 4th, 2010

A police officer with a dog, patrols a central London train station, Monday Oct. 4, 2010. Britain's Foreign Office has upgraded its travel advice for France and Germany, warning Britons going to those countries that the threat of terrorism there is high. Britain's Home Secretary Theresa May said that the threat of terrorism in the U.K. remains unchanged at 'severe,' meaning an attack is highly likely. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Japan issued a travel alert for Europe on Monday, joining the United States and Britain in warning of a possible terrorist attack by al-Qaida or other groups, but…