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Donald Trump Suspends Refugee Entry, Vows Priority For Christians
President Donald Trump signed an order Friday to suspend admission of all refugees for 120 days while a new system is put in place to tighten vetting for those from predominantly Muslim countries and give preference to religious minorities. Trump said that the goal is to screen out "radical Islamic terrorists" and that priority for admission would ...
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Barack Obama Ramps Up Bid To Explain His Terror-Fighting Strategy
Working to ease public jitters ahead of the holidays, President Barack Obama will use visits to the Pentagon and the National Counterterrorism Center this week to try to explain his strategy for stopping the Islamic State group abroad and its sympathizers at home.
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Experts Say Paris Attacks Similar to 26/11; High Alert in Mumbai
High alert has been sounded in Mumbai after the multiple terror attacks in Paris on Friday night that left over 120 people dead.
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US Terrorism Database Doubles in Recent Years
A government database of known or suspected terrorists doubled in size in recent years, The Associated Press has learned. The growth is the result of intelligence agencies submitting names more often after a near-miss attack in 2009.
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Boston bombing suspect's name was on classified US government watch lists
The name of one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was listed on the US government's highly classified central database of people it views as potential terrorists. But the list is so vast that this did not mean authorities automatically kept close tabs on him, sources close to the bombing investigation said on Tuesday.
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Boston Marathon blasts: Investigators scour video, photos for clues
US investigators led by the FBI are poring over video and photographs from the widely watched Boston Marathon for clues to determine who is responsible for two bombs that exploded near the finish line on Monday, killing three people and injuring more than 100, officials said.
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Iran's terror activities pose threat to America: Officials
There is a link between Iran and terrorist operations in India, Thailand and Georgia, top American intelligence officials have said, warning that expansion of terror activity sponsored by the Iranian government poses a threat to America.
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U.S. official says Benghazi consulate was 'terrorist attack'
The assault on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi last week in which four Americans died was a "terrorist attack" that may have had an al Qaeda connection, a top U.S. counterterrorism official told Congress on Wednesday.
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Donald Trump Suspends Refugee Entry, Vows Priority For Christians
President Donald Trump signed an order Friday to suspend admission of all refugees for 120 days while a new system is put in place to tighten vetting for those from predominantly Muslim countries and give preference to religious minorities. Trump said that the goal is to screen out "radical Islamic terrorists" and that priority for admission would ...
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Barack Obama Ramps Up Bid To Explain His Terror-Fighting Strategy
Working to ease public jitters ahead of the holidays, President Barack Obama will use visits to the Pentagon and the National Counterterrorism Center this week to try to explain his strategy for stopping the Islamic State group abroad and its sympathizers at home.
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Experts Say Paris Attacks Similar to 26/11; High Alert in Mumbai
High alert has been sounded in Mumbai after the multiple terror attacks in Paris on Friday night that left over 120 people dead.
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US Terrorism Database Doubles in Recent Years
A government database of known or suspected terrorists doubled in size in recent years, The Associated Press has learned. The growth is the result of intelligence agencies submitting names more often after a near-miss attack in 2009.
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Boston bombing suspect's name was on classified US government watch lists
The name of one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was listed on the US government's highly classified central database of people it views as potential terrorists. But the list is so vast that this did not mean authorities automatically kept close tabs on him, sources close to the bombing investigation said on Tuesday.
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Boston Marathon blasts: Investigators scour video, photos for clues
US investigators led by the FBI are poring over video and photographs from the widely watched Boston Marathon for clues to determine who is responsible for two bombs that exploded near the finish line on Monday, killing three people and injuring more than 100, officials said.
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Iran's terror activities pose threat to America: Officials
There is a link between Iran and terrorist operations in India, Thailand and Georgia, top American intelligence officials have said, warning that expansion of terror activity sponsored by the Iranian government poses a threat to America.
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U.S. official says Benghazi consulate was 'terrorist attack'
The assault on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi last week in which four Americans died was a "terrorist attack" that may have had an al Qaeda connection, a top U.S. counterterrorism official told Congress on Wednesday.
