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According to sources U.S. intelligence agencies recently disrupted a ruthless plot by, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) before it became a threat to the U.S. The Yemen-based al-Qaeda offshoot of was planning to destroy a U.S.-bound airliner, once again proving that al-Qaeda remains fixed on aviation as a terror target.

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The killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden one year ago by Navy Seals at his compound in Pakistan has been marked by cheers throughout the country, but counter terrorism expert Tom Maertens has warned that now with almost all of the terror groups leadership now captured or killed, future terrorist attacks will be harder to predict.

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An undercover Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) undercover operation culminated recently with the arrest of five self-described anarchists, who allegedly plotted to blow up Ohio's Brecksville-Northfield High Level Bridge.

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A new terror threat surfaced recently in issue #9 of the al-Qaeda online English language magazine "Inspire." The flashy e-magazine called on Western sympathizers to wage war within the United States by starting wildfires.

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British police recently arrested seven people on suspicion of financing terrorism and money laundering.

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An improvised explosive device (IED) exploded in a waiting room at a Pakistani railway station in the eastern Punjab province city of Lahore recently, killing three people and injuring more than 27 others.

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In recent years pipeline safety has been a major issue, but according to a recent alert issued to the gas pipeline industry by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), a new wave of cyber attacks is currently under way.

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An analysis by the National Research Council has found that the number and capability of weather satellites circling the planet "is beginning a rapid decline" with tight budgets significantly delaying or eliminating missions to replace them.

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At least 103 people were killed when a ferry carrying 300-passengers capsized on Brahmaputra River in India's Assam state.

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More than 154 people were injured in Yerevan city's Republic Square recently when hundreds of gas-filled balloons exploded after being ignited by a cigarette during a political event, staged by Armenia's ruling Republican Party.

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Washington County first responders recently had to deal with a new and dangerous phenomenon when a Prescott, WI man committed suicide by mixing household chemicals, to create a deadly gas in a car parked in Hastings, MN's Point Douglas Park.

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Patients and staff members at the Villa Marie Claire hospice in Saddle River, NJ were evacuated recently after elevated readings of carbon monoxide (CO) were detected in the building's basement.

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Point Pleasant Fire Department crews were called to the ICL-IP America plant in Gallipolis Ferry, WV recently after a pump failure resulted in the accidental release of phosphorus trichloride liquid and hydrochloric acid fumes.

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A portion of Pleasanton, CA's Stanley Boulevard was closed recently after a crane dropped a Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) transformer, spilling the Polychlorinated biphenyls from inside the transformer onto the intersection roadway.

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There has been an upsurge in Islamist violence across Africa, which experts attribute to an emerging strategy being used by al-Qaeda.

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Somalia's militant group al-Shabaab recently issued a warning on militant forums threatening a wave of terror attacks in Britain if radical cleric Abu Qatada is deported to Jordan.

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The Los Angeles Times recently published pictures of US service-members in Afghanistan, posing with the dismembered bodies of Afghan insurgents.

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Just days after similar siege in Afghanistan, a similar wave of coordinated bomb and gun attacks, recently killed at least 36 people and injured more than 150 others across six provinces in Iraq.

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Recently at his trial for homicide and terrorism, Anders Behrik, the admitted murderer of 77 people in Norway last summer, said he used a video game to train for his shooting spree.

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An Australian Special Operations Task Group recently found and destroyed a large narcotics operation in southern Afghanistan.

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