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Philippine rebels rake it in from vote extortion

Agence France-PresseApril 28, 2013 06:16
Leftist Philippine rebels are raking in millions of dollars extorting money from candidates in next month's elections and will likely use this to buy guns, a senior military official said on Sunday. Each candidate illegally pays between 50,000 and five million pesos ($1,210-121,000) to buy protection from the New People's Army (NPA), said Major-General Jose Mabanta, commander of one of the country's army divisions. "My estimate is that half of all political contenders are paying, half in my area. That is also true in other areas," he told reporters.

Iran denies involvement in Canadian train plot

April 23, 2013 05:15
By Marcus George DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran on Tuesday denied involvement in a plot to derail a passenger train in Canada that police say was backed by al Qaeda elements based in Iran. Canadian police said there was no indication that the plot was sponsored by the Iranian state, with which Canada severed diplomatic relations last year. Iran nevertheless reacted angrily.

Canada thwarts "al Qaeda-backed" train plot, Iran denies role

April 22, 2013 14:33
By Euan Rocha and Alastair Sharp TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian police have arrested two men and charged them with plotting to derail a Toronto-area passenger train in an operation that they say was backed by al Qaeda elements in Iran. "Had this plot been carried out, it would have resulted in innocent people being killed or seriously injured," Royal Canadian Mounted Police official James Malizia told reporters on Monday.

Somali reporter killed in fourth journalist murder this year

April 21, 2013 15:15
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A Somali journalist working for the government broadcaster was shot dead outside his home in the capital Mogadishu on Sunday, the fourth reporter to be murdered in the country this year, the union of journalists said. Mohamed Ibrahim Rageh, who worked for Somali National Television and Radio Mogadishu, was killed by unknown assailants as he returned home after work, according to Abdirahim Isse Addow, director of Radio Mogadishu, who was quoted by the National Union of Somali Journalists.

Paramilitaries 'mutiny' in Sudan's Darfur

Agence France-PresseApril 21, 2013 14:30
Paramilitary forces in Sudan's Darfur have mutinied, the interior ministry said on Sunday, as a United States diplomat expressed concern that security in the western region is worsening. "A small group from the Central Reserve Police started a mutiny," the ministry said in a statement carried by the official SUNA news agency. It said the mutineers were from the West Darfur unit of the special police and were based in the state capital El Geneina near the Chadian border.

Eight killed in gun attack in Kenyan town - Red Cross

April 18, 2013 13:53
GARISSA, Kenya (Reuters) - Gunmen shot dead eight people when they sprayed bullets into a restaurant in the eastern Kenyan town of Garissa on Thursday, the Kenya Red Cross said. The east African nation has suffered a series of grenade and gun attacks since it sent troops into neighbouring Somalia in late 2011 to pursue the al Shabaab rebels linked to al Qaeda.

Suspected militant kills himself in Mogadishu blast - police

April 18, 2013 05:15
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A suspected al Shabaab militant was killed on Thursday trying to plant a bomb in a busy district of the Somali capital, a police official said, after the Islamist group threatened more attacks following two deadly assaults this week. Western and Somali officials are concerned that al Shabaab, who were driven out of Mogadishu two years ago but still control swathes of mainly rural areas, may be regrouping and seeking to rebuild their strength in the capital.

Somali militants threaten more attacks after bombs kill 30

April 15, 2013 10:31
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali militants linked to al Qaeda warned on Monday of further attacks in the capital, a day after killing at least 30 people in a wave of coordinated bombings and shootings that exposed the fragility of security gains in Mogadishu. "Yesterday's blasts eliminated the dreams of the puppet government. More lethal attacks are coming," Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, al Shabaab's spokesman for military operations, told Reuters by telephone.

Somali militants threaten more attacks after killing 30

April 15, 2013 04:00
By Abdi Sheikh and Feisal Omar MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali militants linked to al Qaeda warned on Monday of further attacks in the capital, a day after killing at least 30 people in a wave of coordinated bombings and shootings that exposed the fragility of security gains in Mogadishu. African peacekeeping troops blocked streets and searched houses across the city at dawn to flush out suspected members of the Islamist militant group al Shabaab, which claimed responsibility for the strikes.

Greece releases DHKP/C terror suspects

April 12, 2013 14:46
Greece has released 13 suspected members of the terrorist Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front (DHKP/C), in what is likely to become a diplomatic scandal with Turkey. The DHKP/C is a terrorist organization, which recently attacked the US Embassy and later a ministry building and the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) headquarters in Ankara. In the US Embassy attack on Feb.
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