IQ: Exit polls show that Viktor Yanukovich qualifies for run-off after being ousted during the Orange Revolution. Ukraine will regress back into the influence of Russia on important military and economic matters. Updated Jan. 17, 2010 1:53pm EST
Al Qaeda linked to rogue air network: U.S. official
TIMBUKTU, Mali (Reuters) – In early 2008, an official at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security sent a report to his superiors detailing what he called “the most significant development in the criminal exploitation of aircraft since 9/11.”
Yemen security chief gives tribes’ Qaeda warning
SANAA(AFP) — Yemen’s chief of central security warned the country’s tribes on Sunday that if they harbour suspected members of Al-Qaeda they could face dire consequences. General Yahya Saleh, nephew of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, said “we broadly tell citizens…
Pakistan/Security: Plan to attack parliament foiled, says Malik
ESISC Pakistan‘s Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Friday that security forces thwarted a terrorist plan to attack the parliament in Islamabad by arresting a would-be suicide bomber.
Russia Could Finish Testing New ICBM in 2010
NTI Russia might finish testing its experimental RS-24 ICBM this year, a defense industry source told Interfax yesterday (see GSN, Oct. 27, 2009).
Afghanistan/Terrorism: Large explosion near German embassy
On Friday, a large explosion shook up the centre of Kabul. According to the first reports, a missile hot the diplomatic district, which holds the presidential palace as well as most of the Western embassies and the main office of the United Nations.