25 in Yemen arrested in attack on US embassy
SAN'A, Yemen - At least 25 militants with suspected links to al-Qaida have been arrested in connection with the deadly attack on the U.S. Embassy in the Yemeni capital, a senior security official said Thursday.
Nations:Yemen People:Osama bin Laden Source:(AP)
2008-09-18
Bush: 'We are at war with extremists'
WASHINGTON - President Bush said Wednesday that the attack on the U.S. embassy in the capital of Yemen was a reminder that the United States remains "at war" with ideological extremists.
Nations:Yemen U.S. Afghanistan Pakistan People:David Petraeus Osama bin Laden Activities:Bush Admin. Source:(AP)
2008-09-17
Tainted milk sickens 6,000 babies in China
BEIJING (AFP) - China said Wednesday more than 6,000 babies had fallen ill and three died after drinking milk powder contaminated with a toxic chemical, as it vowed massive efforts to contain a widening food scandal.
Nations:China Gabon Yemen Burundi Myanmar New Zealand People:Wen Jiabao Activities:2008 China Milk Powder Crisis Source:(AFP)
2008-09-17
16 dead in car bomb, ambush at US Embassy in Yemen
SAN'A, Yemen - Suspected militants armed with automatic weapons, rocket-propelled grenades and at least one suicide car bomb assaulted the U.S. Embassy in the Yemeni capital on Wednesday. The coordinated attack killed 16 people, including six assailaints, officials said.
Nations:Yemen Egypt People:Dick Cheney Activities:Islamic Terrorists Source:(AP)
2008-09-17
Pentagon announces charges in USS Cole bombing
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon said Monday it is charging a Saudi Arabian with "organizing and directing" the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole -- and will seek the death penalty.
People:Michael Hayden Activities:USS Cole Bombing Source:(AP)
2008-06-30
Detainee claims USS Cole attack planning
A suspected al Qaeda member said he planned the 2000 attack on the USS Cole and was the link between Osama bin Laden and a group that bombed the U.S. Embassy in Kenya in 1998, according to a transcript released on Monday of a hearing at Guantanamo Bay.
Nations:Tanzania Pakistan Activities:USS Cole Bombing
2007-03-19
At least 112 drown off Yemeni coast
A boat loaded with more than 200 Somali and Ethiopian migrants capsized in the Gulf of Aden during a treacherous night crossing and at least 112 people drowned, a Yemeni official said Friday.
Nations:Yemen Somalia Ethiopia
2007-02-16
30 more countries could have nukes soon
The head of the U.N. nuclear agency warned Monday that as many as 30 countries could soon have technology that would let them produce atomic weapons "in a very short time," joining the nine states known or suspected to have such arms.
Nations:Namibia Yemen North Korea Bangladesh Moldova Czech Republic Activities:Korea Nuclear Crisis
2006-10-16
WHO says cancer killed 7.5 million people in 2005
Seven and a half million people worldwide died from cancer in 2005 and the number of cases in the Middle East is expected to soar over the next 15 years, Moroccan news agency MAP quoted the World Health Organization as saying.
Nations:Somalia Bahrain Libya Sudan Afghanistan Palestine
2006-09-16
More Saudis sent home from Guantanamo
Saudi Arabia has said that 13 of its nationals who were held at the US detention camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have returned home.
Nations:Bahrain Afghanistan Yemen Uganda Kuwait Morocco Activities:CIA Prison Scandal
2006-06-25
U.S.: 3 Guantanamo inmates hanged selves
Three Guantanamo Bay detainees hanged themselves with nooses made of sheets and clothes, the commander of the detention center said, bringing further condemnation of the isolated camp where hundreds of men have been held for years without charge.
Nations:Afghanistan Yemen Tunisia Saudi Arabia U.S. Activities:CIA Prison Scandal
2006-06-11
Pentagon Releases Extensive Gitmo List
The U.S. government released the first list of detainees held at the Guantanamo Bay prison on Wednesday -- the most extensive accounting yet of the hundreds of people held there, nearly all of them labeled enemy combatants.
Nations:Afghanistan Yemen Cuba Saudi Arabia Australia Activities:CIA Prison Scandal Global War on Terrorism
2006-04-19
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