Articles related to "Terrorist Organizations"

Before and since 9/11, one of the most effective ways to fight terrorism has been economic. With this goal, certain provisions prohibit material support to terrorists.

Conflict spreads in the north-eastern region between the government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE over the closing of a sluice water gate to Sinhalese villages.

The New Peoples' Army (NPA) remains steadfast in its pursuit of what it calls a "protracted peoples' struggle" against the Philippine government.

When violence occurs in the Middle East, it also carries a mixed baggage of opinions and hardens animosities among already sensitive populations all over the world.

10 militants from the Lashkar-e-Taiba launched the largest coordinated terrorist attack in India's history. Its leaders claim it has over 10000 trained operatives.

Dave Ellison, a seventh-grade teacher, reports how he taught his students about events leading up to the attack on the United States on September 11, 2001.

According to a recent National Intelligence Estimate, the American homeland is still susceptible to terrorism.

An end to the war is finally achieved after a month of bloodshed in the Middle East, but the ceasefire that follows is greeted with little optimism.

The new G.I. Joe film is due to hit screens in 2009 amidst fan grumblings.

There are growing concerns that the terrorist group Hezbollah is increasing its presence in America's backyard.

Atlas/Columbia's The International is a tightly constructed conspiracy thriller starring Clive Owen, Naomi Watts and Armin Mueller-Stahl

Rewards for Justice Program pays cash awards for bringing terrorist to justice and prevent acts of international terrorism against U.S. persons or property.

Canada should use its unique influence to broker a final round of negotiations between Sri Lanka's government and the Tamil Tiger rebels to end the constant bloodshed.

A look at the recent decision by Judge Anna Diggs Taylor to strike down NSA warrantless surveillance.

Get Smart is so much better than its summer trailer let on--it looks like a typical eye-rollingly lame exercise in obvious humor. But surprisingly, it's pretty cute.

Liberal MP (Member of Parliament) Bob Rae has been banned from Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan government justified it calling Rae a Tamil Tiger supporter.

"Murder in Montmartre" is the lastest in a series of Paris-based murder mysteries, featured young, edgy private detective, Aimee Leduc.

Find out the penalty for selling counterfeit bags.

Initial speculation on the cause of the crash of Flight 447 Monday focused on weather issues, but some pilots believe a bomb must have exploded on board the aircraft.

FUNimation/Marvelous Entertainment's Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino is well written and animated, but isn't as strong as the original series. 8/10.

Lebanon's fragile economy is crippled by Israel's latest attacks.

An engrossing story, talented cast, and unexpected twist combine to make 'Traitor' an international spy thriller worth watching.

Obama protests that he never had a close relationship with Rashid Khalidi however the two men and their wives shared conversations and meals over a period of years.

Peter Bergen, author of Holy War, Inc., wrote an assessment for the Washington Post this past weekend of al Qaeda on its twentieth anniversary.

Jubilation on the streets of Colombo. President Mahinda Rajapaksa talks of a "home grown solution," encourages the Tamil diaspora to come back and help in nation-building

Israel and Palestine have been in a virtual state of war for over 60 years. After so much fighting, why are they still no closer to finding a peaceful resolution?

A psychological thriller about two detectives, an international thriller about the FBI, and a fantasy adventure about a dying city hit movie screens this fall.

The announced resignation of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert could result in new troubles and delayed peace negotiations in an already volatile region.

More global conflict situations deteriorated than improved during the last month, according to a new monthly assessment by the International Crisis Group.

Fiction from Sara Genge, R. Neube, Holly Phillips, Benjamin Crowell and Harry Turtledove, and an early contender for the 2009 Nebula Award for best novella by Nancy Kress

The assassination on June 28, 1914 of the heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, sparked World War I.

Urumqi is the capital city of Xinjiang, a large desert province in the northwest of China. It is a business and transportation hub, and site of the riots of July 2009.

Iron Man is the first big blockbuster of summer, and Marvel has created the next successful superhero franchise. Jon Favreau and Company has struck gold with Iron Man.

Tehran offers the traveller a look at some impressive museums and the chance to stock up on some great bargains at the bazaar.

John Hagee endorsed John McCain last week. He has been criticized for his anti-Catholic statements, but his Apocalyptic writings are even more disturbing.

Farfur, the Mickey Mouse clone who preached the virtues of violence and Islamism, has been taken off the air pending a review.

Ridley Scott's Body of Lies, starring Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio, is a solid post 9/11 espionage thriller. 7/10

Since the 1980s, MANPADS have been used to target civilian aircraft in a number of terrorism attacks. The Guardian System provides a countermeasure against this threat.

Cloak of Deception is a Star Wars Expanded Universe novel by James Luceno.

Something is happening in the American Northeast. A strange toxin is making people do horrible things. What could be causing these strange events in The Happening?

The US has decided to freeze assets of a group it says helps a Sri Lankan terrorist group purchase weapons and wage a bloody insurgency.

Susan Kozma, a Hungarian holocaust survivor, explains Israel's reign of terror in Palestine and beyond.

This article looks at the method of extraordinary rendition as part of the Bush administration's foreign policy regarding the "War on Terror".

Leonardo DiCaprio's movie Blood Diamond lets us experience the appalling horrors perpetrated by monstrous thugs who rule the lethal blood diamond trade.

The concentration camp has been used for over one hundred years by many nations at war including the British and Italians in Africa and the Germans during World War II.

Having kicked off the summer movie season with an impressive worldwide box office of over 570 million dollars, Iron Man hits DVD with hours of great extra features. 8/10

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra is not a pure action film. It is not a war film. Instead it is a bad CGI-plagued, science fiction dud film. Will a sequel repeat its flaws?

There are vast amount of finances being used to conduct the war on terror. However, terrorism seems to be on the rise still. Is the "war on terror" a bad strategy?

CBS is bringing back Jericho for a partial second season. Is it worth your time to catch up on the series and could something like the show really happen?

The Middle East brand was a natural for the Republican war hero. It has stayed with him even as the economy replaced Iraq as the campaign's leading issue.