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Al-Qaida links with Southeast Asia fraying

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A top Indonesian terror suspect captured in the Pakistani town where Osama bin Laden was later killed insists he was unaware of the al-Qaida leader’s presence there, according to the video of his interrogation obtained by The Associated Press.

Posted: February 19th, 2012 in Latest Global Nation Stories | Read More »

Philippine military not raising alert level despite blasts in Asia

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The Armed Forces of the Philippines is not raising its alert status amid bomb attacks in Asia since Monday.

Posted: February 15th, 2012 in Latest Global Nation Stories | Read More »

Malaysia to help Philippines identify dead extremists

In this Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, photo, Philippine National Police Special Action Forces examine the site on the island province of Jolo in southern Philippines where three most wanted leaders of the al-Qaida-linked terrorist groups Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiyah were among those allegedly killed in a US-backed airstrike at dawn in one of the most significant successes against terrorism in Southeast Asia in recent years. The military said, the three killed terrorist leaders are Filipino Abu Sayyaf leader Umbra Jumdail, Malaysian Zulkifli bin Hir and a Singaporean leader in Jemaah Islamiyah Abdullah Ali.  AP PHOTO

The Philippine military said Friday Malaysia would send forensics experts in an effort to obtain proof that Filipino forces had killed three of Southeast Asia’s most-wanted terror suspects.

Posted: February 10th, 2012 in Headlines,Latest Global Nation Stories | Read More »

Philippine extremist planning attacks when killed

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In this Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, photo, Philippine National Police Special Action Forces examine the site on the island province of Jolo in southern Philippines where three most wanted leaders of the al-Qaida-linked terrorist groups Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiyah were among those allegedly killed in a US-backed airstrike at dawn in one of the most significant successes against terrorism in Southeast Asia in recent years. The military said, the three killed terrorist leaders are Filipino Abu Sayyaf leader Umbra Jumdail, Malaysian Zulkifli bin Hir and a Singaporean leader in Jemaah Islamiyah Abdullah Ali.  AP PHOTO

A key Abu Sayyaf commander killed in a US-backed airstrike in the southern Philippines was planning terror attacks, including new kidnappings of foreigners and bombings, when he was slain, security officials said Sunday.

Posted: February 5th, 2012 in Featured Gallery,Latest Global Nation Stories | Read More »

10 terror suspects go on trial in Indonesia

Ten Islamists accused of planning attacks against Indonesian police went on trial Thursday, facing life sentences if found guilty.

Posted: January 12th, 2012 in Latest Global Nation Stories | Read More »

Malaysia detains more than 10 terror suspects

Malaysia has detained more than 10 men suspected to be involved in an Indonesia-based militant group smuggling weapons from the Philippines, reports said Thursday.

Posted: November 17th, 2011 in Headlines,Latest Global Nation Stories | Read More »

Kidnappers free Fil-Am but keep teenage son

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In this photo taken on October 3, 2011 freed US woman Gerfa Yeatts Lunsmann (C) and Zamboanga City Mayor Celso Lobregat (L) give a press conference in the southern city of Zamboanga after she was freed by armed men in nearby Basilan island. Lunsmann of the US was kidnapped in a lawless part of the Philippines on July 12, and spent nearly 12 weeks in captivity but she was forced to leave behind her son and nephew, authorities said. AFP PHOTO/ HO / Office of Zamboanga City Mayor Celso Lobregat

She is finally free but her ordeal is far from over. Looking deeply traumatized, she worries about her 14-year-old son, who remains in captivity.

Posted: October 4th, 2011 in Latest Global Nation Stories,Photos & Videos | Read More »

Indonesia seeks 12 years for top Islamist extremist

Indonesian prosecutors on Thursday sought 12 years in jail for Abu Tholut, seen as one of the most dangerous Islamist extremists in the mainly Muslim country.

Posted: September 15th, 2011 in Latest Global Nation Stories | Read More »

UK warns citizens against travel to southwest Mindanao, Sulu

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The United Kingdom has reminded its nationals not to travel to southwest Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago, citing “ongoing terrorist and insurgent activities” in those areas.

Posted: September 15th, 2011 in Latest Global Nation Stories | Read More »

The Artist Abroad

What have we learned from 9/11?

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A section of steel from the World Trade Center is shown on display at the Patriot Memorialin Wellington, Florida. AP

On the 10th anniversary of the horrific tragedy of 9/11, I find I have little to add in terms of how the collapse of the twin towers has affected all New Yorkers, whatever ethnicity, political or religious beliefs they may have. So much in the public arena—whether in print, the Internet, radio, and TV—has been devoted to this particular anniversary that the risk of being maudlin and trite is too great, at least for me, to add to the babble. Besides, I have had my fill of narrow memorializing. Much of the current commentary adds nothing new and is often simply a rehash of what has already been said.

Posted: September 13th, 2011 in Blogs,Featured Columns | Read More »

9/11 is marked worldwide with reflection, prayers

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Candles, balloons and roses stand at the marker of 9/11 victim Mary Rose Abad in Manila Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011. Dozens of former shanty dwellers offered prayers for Abad, whose Filipino-American husband had nearly 50 brightly colored homes built for them for free in 2004 to fulfill his wife's wish to help very poor Filipinos. Sunday marks the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks in New York.  AP Photo/Aaron Favila

WELLINGTON, New Zealand—A mother in Malaysia greeted her dead son. People in Manila left roses for the victim who helped give them homes. And mourners in Tokyo stood before a piece of steel from Ground Zero, remembering the 23 bank employees who never made it out alive. Ten years on from 9/11, the day that [...]

Posted: September 11th, 2011 in Featured Gallery,Latest Global Nation Stories,Photos & Videos | Read More »

Post 9/11 US immigration policies

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Almost everyone in the United States remembers the tragic terrorist attack on 9/11 that killed more than 3,000 people.

Posted: September 11th, 2011 in Global Pinoy,Latest Global Nation Stories | Read More »

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