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US court gives lifer to Nigerian 'underwear bomber'

A US district court has sentenced Nigeria's "underwear bomber" to life in prison for his role in trying to blow up a packed airliner on Christmas Day 2009. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 25, was......

US may have killed Awlaki, but not his ideas: Al Qaeda

Al Qaeda has confirmed the death of US-born Yemeni militant cleric Anwar al-Awlaki in a CIA drone strike but vowed to avenge his killing, described by President Barack Obama as a "major blow" to......

Top Al Qaeda cleric Awlaki killed in Yemen

Anwar al-Awlaki, the public face of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, has been killed, the Yemeni defence ministry announced on Friday, signalling another major setback to the terror network after......

Obama sacks intel chief Dennis Blair

President Obama has asked his Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair to step down. As director of National intelligence, Blair was responsible for collationof intelligence among the 16......

'Man removed from NY bound plane not Nigerian'

Nigeria's aviation authorities said thatthe passenger arrested from a New York-bound flight and detained in Puerto Rico for being on US' 'no-fly list', was a Gambian and not a Nigerian national and......

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