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July 6, 2006

Britain braces for painful first anniversary of London bombings (AFP)

AFP - Britain is preparing to remember the victims of the London bombings, one year on from the blasts which left the nation stunned to discover they were perpetrated by home-grown Islamist suicide attackers.


Embattled professor fights to keep job (AP)

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AP - The University of Colorado professor who likened some Sept. 11 victims to a Nazi official has appealed to keep his job as school officials move to fire him for what they say is research misconduct.

July 5, 2006

Terror victim's mom pushes for peace (AP)

AP - Marie Fatayi-Williams stood before the cameras a year ago in the shadow of a bus ripped apart in London's terrorist bombings, a mother grieving for a missing son with a message condemning terrorism.

London bombing survivors demand public inquiry (Reuters)

Reuters - Survivors of last year's London bombings, which killed 52 travellers and wounded more than 700 on the capital's transport system, say vital questions remain unanswered by the British government.


Terrorist file found in British ditch (AFP)

AFP - A sensitive 46-page defence ministry file with details of how the British armed forces would respond to a terrorist incident has been found in a roadside ditch, the Sun newspaper said.


July 4, 2006

Washington is losing 'war on terror': experts (AFP)

AFP - Despite high-profile arrests, security operations and upbeat assessments from the White House, the United States is losing its "global war on terror," experts warn.


Washington is losing 'war on terror': experts (AFP)

AFP - Despite high-profile arrests, security operations and upbeat assessments from the White House, the United States is losing its "global war on terror," experts warn.


Blair urges British Muslims to step up fight against Islamist extremism (AFP)

AFP - Prime Minister Tony Blair has urged British Muslims to do more to combat Islamist extremism after a poll showed that more than one in 10 of them think the London bombers were martyrs.


Blair urges British Muslims to step up fight against Islamist extremism (AFP)

AFP - Prime Minister Tony Blair has urged British Muslims to do more to combat Islamist extremism after a poll showed that more than one in 10 of them think the London bombers were martyrs.


Blair under fire as Muslims split on "martyr" bombers (Reuters)

Reuters - British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Tuesday he was trying to engage with Britain's Muslim community but Islamic extremism could not be defeated by government alone.


London 7/7 bombs show homegrown threat to Europe (Reuters)

Reuters - Some 12 hours before he blew himself up on the London underground, Shehzad Tanweer was playing cricket until late evening in a park in northern England.


'Significant minority' of British Muslims see London bombers as martyrs: poll (AFP)

AFP - More than one in 10 British Muslims think the perpetrators of the London bombings last year should be regarded as martyrs, according to an opinion poll.


'Significant minority' of British Muslims see London bombers as martyrs: poll (AFP)

AFP - More than one in 10 British Muslims think the perpetrators of the London bombings last year should be regarded as martyrs, according to an opinion poll.


'Significant minority' of British Muslims see London bombers as martyrs: poll (AFP)

AFP - More than one in 10 British Muslims think the perpetrators of the London bombings last year should be regarded as martyrs, according to an opinion poll.


'Significant minority' of British Muslims see London bombers as martyrs: poll (AFP)

AFP - More than one in 10 British Muslims think the perpetrators of the London bombings last year should be regarded as martyrs, according to an opinion poll.


July 3, 2006

British minister says new attack "inevitable" (Reuters)

Reuters - A new guerrilla attack on Britain is inevitable, a British junior minister responsible for counter-terrorism said on Monday.


Al Qaeda tried to infiltrate Britain's MI5: report (Reuters)

Reuters - Al Qaeda sympathizers have been trying to infiltrate British security service MI5, a news report said on Monday.


Police probe 70 terror-related cases one year after July 7 (AFP)

AFP - Police are investigating an unprecedented 70 terrorist-related cases in Britain and the rest the world, with new threats constantly emerging.


Police probe 70 terror-related cases one year after July 7 (AFP)

AFP - Police are investigating an unprecedented 70 terrorist-related cases in Britain and the rest the world, with new threats constantly emerging.


Legal battle pits terrorist fears against civil liberties (AFP)

AFP - The government is appealing against a High Court ruling that challenged a key element of its anti-terrorist measures in a case that pits security concerns against civil liberties.




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