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Relatives react by the coffin of Mohamed Merah during his funeral ceremony near Toulouse, southern France, Thursday, March 29, 2012. Mohamed Merah is blamed for a series of deadly shootings which have shocked France and upended the country's presidential race. Merah, who claimed allegiance to al-Qaida, died in a hail of gunfire one week ago after a dramatic 32-hour-long standoff with law enforcement. Algerian authorities said they didn't want to take Mohamed Merah's remains, as his Algerian-born father had wanted. (AP Photo/Marthial Roland)

France detains 19 suspected Islamist extremists

Cecile Brisson, Thomas Adamson The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, March 30, 2012 - 9:42am

PARIS -- French police detained 19 people Friday as they launched a crackdown on suspected Islamist extremists in cities around the country, President Nicolas Sarkozy said, promising more raids to come.

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Toll from Israel Gaza strikes now 14 militants

Ibrahim Barzak The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, March 10, 2012 - 8:56am

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- The worst violence between Israel and the Gaza Strip in nearly a year entered its second day on Saturday, as Israeli aircraft killed 14 militants, according to Palestinian health officials. Militants responded by firing nearly 100 rockets, seriously wounding an Israeli civilian.

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Protesters shout slogans as the official results of the country's presidential election are being announce at Taghyeer (Change) Square, where protesters have been camping at for around one year to demand the resignation and trial of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, Feb. 24, 2012. Yemen's election commission says 65 percent of registered voters in the country cast their ballot for Vice President Abed Rabo Mansour Hadi in the single-candidate election for the nation's new president. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

185 Yemeni troops killed in al-Qaida attack

Ahmed Al-Haj The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, March 6, 2012 - 11:08am

SANAA, Yemen -- The death toll from an al-Qaida assault on a military base in southern Yemen has risen to 185 government soldiers, military and medical officials said Tuesday. Many soldiers' bodies were found mutilated, and some were headless.

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Yemen fighting kills 30 troops, 14 militants

Ahmed Al-Haj The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, March 4, 2012 - 10:19am

SANAA, Yemen -- Yemeni military officials say at least 30 soldiers and 14 al-Qaida militants have been killed in fighting in the southern province of Abyan.

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Suicide bomber hits rival Pakistan militant base; 23 die

Riaz Khan The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, March 2, 2012 - 7:28am

PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- A suicide bomber killed 23 people, many of them believed to be militants, in an attack Friday on the headquarters of a rival insurgent group in northwest Pakistan, a government official said.

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Yemeni protestors chant slogans during a demonstration demanding the prosecution of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. President Ali Abdullah Saleh arrived at an unspecified location in the United States, according to the country's foreign press office. His journey had taken him from Oman, through London. Human Rights Watch, which says it has documented the deaths of hundreds of anti-government protesters in confrontations with Saleh's security forces, was outraged by the Yemeni president's travel to the U.S. for medical treatment. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

US airstrikes kill 4 al-Qaida militants in Yemen

Ahmed Al-Haj The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 10:08am

SANAA, Yemen -- U.S. airstrikes targeting leaders from Yemen's active al-Qaida branch killed four suspected militants, including a man suspected of involvement in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole, officials said Tuesday.

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Shawan Sadek Saeed Bujak appears in the Oslo courthouse, Oslo, Norway Monday Jan. 30, 2012. Two men accused of plotting to attack a Danish newspaper that caricatured the Prophet Muhammad were found guilty Monday of terror charges in Norway, the first convictions under the country's anti-terror laws. The Oslo district court sentenced alleged ringleader Mikael Davud to seven years in prison and co-defendant Shawan Sadek Saeed Bujak to three and a half years. (AP Photo/Scanpix/Berit Roald)

2 convicted in Norway of plotting terror attack

Bjoern H. Amland The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, January 30, 2012 - 10:41am

OSLO, Norway -- Two men accused of plotting to attack a Danish newspaper that caricatured the Prophet Muhammad were found guilty Monday of terror charges in Norway, the first convictions under the country's anti-terror laws.

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Palestinians gather around the wreckage of a car targeted in an airstrike in Gaza City, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011. Two suspected Islamic militants were killed in an Israeli missile strike on their vehicle near a crowded public park in Gaza City on Thursday, a Palestinian health official said. Israel's military had no immediate comment. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Israeli strike kills 2 suspected militants in Gaza

Ibrahim Barzak The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, December 8, 2011 - 10:43am

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- An Israeli airstrike on a car near a crowded park in downtown Gaza City killed two militants on Thursday, the second missile strike this week after a period of relative calm along the Israel-Gaza border.

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(KHALID TANVEER/The Associated Press) Pakistani protesters burn representation of American flag at a rally to condemn U. S. strikes on militants’ hideouts in Pakistani tribal areas, in Multan, Pakistan on Friday, Oct 14, 2011. A militant killed alongside a Haqqani militant network commander in a U.S missile strike was buried Friday in a ceremony attended by 2,000 locals and supporters, including Arab militants and a lawmaker from the country’s largest opposition party. Banner reads “we condemn US strikes.”

Pakistani leader vows operations against Haqqanis

Chris Brummitt The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, November 9, 2011 - 8:51am

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s president promised to work with the United States to “eradicate” the militant Haqqani network, a pledge made during a meeting with visiting American congressmen, according to one of the lawmakers.

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In this photo taken on July 15, 2011, Malik Ishaq, a leader of the banned Sunni Muslim group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, is greeted by supporters with rose-petals upon his arrival in hometown after his release from jail, in Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan. Fourteen years in prison had not tempered one of Pakistan's most feared extremist leaders: Within days of his release, Ishaq was preaching murderous hatred toward Shiites infront of cheering crowds, energizing a militant network whose members have joined al-Qaida for terror strikes. (AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer)

Militant deal sours in Pakistan

Asif Shahzad The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, October 28, 2011 - 10:34am

ISLAM NAGAR, Pakistan -- The deal saw one of Pakistan's most feared militants walk from jail apparently in exchange for his commitment to nonviolence, help in reining in other fighters and possibly delivering the votes of his followers.

Supporters showered Malik Ishaq with rose petals when he left the prison in the eastern city of Lahore in July. Days later, he was preaching murderous hatred toward minority Shiites to crowds of cheering Sunnis, energizing a network whose members have joined al-Qaida for terror strikes. That was too much for Pakistani authorities, who arrested him again last month.

Pakistan has a well-documented history of trying to coopt or strike deals with militants of various causes, and a close examination of the Ishaq case shows how that can play out.

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Gaza's Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, center, speaks to the press following Friday prayers, in Gaza City, Friday, Oct. 14, 2011. It is expected that Hamas will free the captured Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit in exchange for over 1,000 Palestinian prisoners within a week. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Family: Israeli soldier likely home Tuesday

Diaa Hadid The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, October 14, 2011 - 9:22am

JERUSALEM -- An Israeli soldier captured by Gaza militants will likely return home Tuesday, said a spokeswoman for his family on Friday, ending a five-year ordeal for his family and the country.

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Pakistan orders detention of prominent militant

Zarar Khan The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, September 22, 2011 - 8:53am

ISLAMABAD -- The Pakistani government placed a prominent Islamist militant under temporary house detention because of his attempts to stoke conflict between Sunni and Shiite Muslims since his release from prison two months ago, police said Thursday.

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(The Associated Press) Pakistani plainclothes police officers stand next to burning vehicles after a suicide bombing in Quetta, Pakistan on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011. A suicide car bomber attacked Shiite Muslims in southwestern Pakistan on Wednesday as they were heading home after morning prayers at the start of an Islamic holiday. The blast killed 10 people, officials said.

Suicide car bomb kills 10 in southwest Pakistan

Abdul Sattar The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, August 31, 2011 - 10:10am

QUETTA, Pakistan — A suicide car bomber attacked Shiite Muslims in southwestern Pakistan on Wednesday as they were heading home after morning prayers at the start of an Islamic holiday. The blast killed 10 people, officials said.

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Police officers stand in front of a court where 21 year old Arid Uka is on trial in Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011. Uka is accused of killing two US airmen at the airport of Frankfurt last March. The 21-year-old Kosovo Albanian confessed Wednesday to the killing, saying in emotional testimony at the opening of his trial that he had been influenced by radical Islamic propaganda online.(AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Shooting suspect admits killing US airmen

David McHugh, David Rising The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, August 31, 2011 - 9:29am

FRANKFURT, Germany — A 21-year-old Kosovo Albanian confessed Wednesday to killing two U.S. airmen at the Frankfurt airport, saying in emotional testimony at the opening of his trial that he had been influenced by radical Islamic propaganda online.

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Anti-government protestors hold up their national flag, bearing the words "The people want a transitional council" in Arabic, during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Taiz, Yemen, Monday, June 20, 2011. Tens of thousands of Yemenis have taken to the streets of the capital, demanding that the president's son leave the country. Ahmed Saleh, 42, is a one-time heir apparent who commands the elite Yemeni Presidential Guard. The force has been leading the crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators since the uprising began in February. (AP Photo/Anees Mahyoub)

Militants seize parts of a Yemeni city

The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, June 20, 2011 - 12:55pm

SANAA, Yemen -- Islamic militants emboldened by months of turmoil in Yemen launched a surprise dawn attack Wednesday on a southern city, seizing entire neighborhoods for nearly 12 hours before withdrawing to farmlands on the outskirts, security officials said.

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