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Threat of action needed to stop Iran nukes: Israel (Reuters)

November 8th, 2010

Reuters - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the West on Monday to convince Iran that it would be willing to take military action to prevent Tehran from producing…

Crisis-hit Greece votes under threat of snap poll (AP)

November 7th, 2010

AP - In a major test of support for austerity measures, voters in crisis-hit Greece will cast ballots in local elections Sunday that could force the Socialist government to call…

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,…

UK spy boss defends secrecy, nukes key threat (Reuters)

October 28th, 2010

Former British Ambassador to the U.N. and present SIS chief John Sawers speaks at United Nations headquarters, in New York, April 13, 2009. REUTERS/Chip EastReuters - Britain’s top spy, in the first public speech by a serving UK espionage chief, said on Thursday terrorists might hit the West again “at huge human cost” but…

UK spy boss defends secrecy and says nukes key threat (Reuters)

October 28th, 2010

Former British Ambassador to the U.N. and present SIS chief John Sawers speaks at United Nations headquarters, in New York, April 13, 2009. REUTERS/Chip EastReuters - Britain’s top spy, in the first public speech by a serving UK espionage chief, said on Thursday terrorists might hit the West again “at huge human cost” but…

UK spy boss: Nukes a wider threat than terrorism (Reuters)

October 28th, 2010

Former British Ambassador to the U.N. and present SIS chief John Sawers speaks at United Nations headquarters, in New York, April 13, 2009. REUTERS/Chip EastReuters - Britain’s top spy, in the first public speech by a serving UK espionage chief, said on Thursday terrorists might hit the West again “at huge human cost” but…

Megi threat appears to weaken before China landing (AP)

October 21st, 2010

A boat sails past docked ships at a port in Haikou, in south China's Hainan province, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010. Residents scrambled to stockpile food and authorities ordered ships to remain docked as southern China geared up Wednesday for a super typhoon after it killed 15 people and wiped out crops in the northern Philippines. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - Typhoon Megi’s threat appeared to ease Thursday as it approached southern China, but residents kept up precautions for a storm that killed 20 people and damaged thousands of…

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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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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