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China To Set Up Anti-Terror Force To Protect Overseas Interests
China is working to develop a first-class, crack anti-terror force that can operate at home and abroad and protect the country's overseas interests, a senior Chinese officer said in comments carried by state media on Saturday.
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Donald Trump To Focus Counter-Extremism Program Solely On Islam: Report
The Trump administration wants to revamp and rename a US government program designed to counter all violent ideologies so that it focuses solely on Islamist extremism, five people briefed on the matter told Reuters.
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Judge Denies Hearing Woman's Evidence Until She Takes Off Veil
A judge in Australia has denied to hear evidence from the wife of an Islamic extremist after she refused to remove the veil of her burqa despite being offered alternative options.
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Islamic Extremists Attack African Union Base In Somalia
Heavily armed fighters from the Islamic extremist group al-Shabab attacked a base for African Union peacekeepers in southwestern Somalia on Friday, blasting their way into the compound and exchanging fire with peacekeepers, a Somali military official said.
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Key US Senate Panel Chairman Opens Inquiry Into California Massacre
9 days after 14 people were shot dead in California by a married couple the FBI says were inspired by Islamic extremism, the Republican chairman of a key US Senate panel demanded the Justice Department on Friday turn over much of the evidence collected so far in the case.
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Centre Blocks Websites, Facebook Pages to Counter Islamic State Propaganda
Cracking the whip on terror propaganda being carried on Internet, the government today ordered banning of two websites belonging to Islamic State, and some pages on social networking site, Facebook, after it was found that they contained material detrimental to the country's sovereignty.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin Opens Moscow's Largest Mosque
President Vladimir Putin opened Moscow's new grand mosque today, urging Russia's Islamic leaders to stand against extremism at a time when some 2,400 Russians are fighting with Islamic State in the Middle East.
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Al Jazeera Says Its Journalist Ahmed Mansour to Remain in Custody in Germany
The pan-Arab television network Al Jazeera said today that one of its best known journalists, Ahmed Mansour, had been ordered to remain in custody after appearing before a judge in Germany.
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Al Jazeera Journalist Says Surprised by Arrest in Germany
A high-profile Al Jazeera journalist arrested in Germany at the weekend at the request of Egypt has said he was surprised by the move and expects to face a judge soon, in a case likely to raise fresh questions about Cairo's crackdown on dissent.
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Al-Jazeera Reporter Still Held in Berlin on Egypt Warrant
Al-Jazeera journalist Ahmed Mansour was being held in Berlin police custody today awaiting a judge's decision on his further detention on an international arrest warrant issued by his native Egypt, authorities said.
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Britain to Announce New Laws on Islamic Extremism
British Prime Minister David Cameron was to announce new laws to combat "poisonous Islamist ideology" Wednesday in his first major policy announcement since winning last week's general election.
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China To Set Up Anti-Terror Force To Protect Overseas Interests
China is working to develop a first-class, crack anti-terror force that can operate at home and abroad and protect the country's overseas interests, a senior Chinese officer said in comments carried by state media on Saturday.
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Donald Trump To Focus Counter-Extremism Program Solely On Islam: Report
The Trump administration wants to revamp and rename a US government program designed to counter all violent ideologies so that it focuses solely on Islamist extremism, five people briefed on the matter told Reuters.
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Judge Denies Hearing Woman's Evidence Until She Takes Off Veil
A judge in Australia has denied to hear evidence from the wife of an Islamic extremist after she refused to remove the veil of her burqa despite being offered alternative options.
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Islamic Extremists Attack African Union Base In Somalia
Heavily armed fighters from the Islamic extremist group al-Shabab attacked a base for African Union peacekeepers in southwestern Somalia on Friday, blasting their way into the compound and exchanging fire with peacekeepers, a Somali military official said.
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Key US Senate Panel Chairman Opens Inquiry Into California Massacre
9 days after 14 people were shot dead in California by a married couple the FBI says were inspired by Islamic extremism, the Republican chairman of a key US Senate panel demanded the Justice Department on Friday turn over much of the evidence collected so far in the case.
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Centre Blocks Websites, Facebook Pages to Counter Islamic State Propaganda
Cracking the whip on terror propaganda being carried on Internet, the government today ordered banning of two websites belonging to Islamic State, and some pages on social networking site, Facebook, after it was found that they contained material detrimental to the country's sovereignty.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin Opens Moscow's Largest Mosque
President Vladimir Putin opened Moscow's new grand mosque today, urging Russia's Islamic leaders to stand against extremism at a time when some 2,400 Russians are fighting with Islamic State in the Middle East.
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Al Jazeera Says Its Journalist Ahmed Mansour to Remain in Custody in Germany
The pan-Arab television network Al Jazeera said today that one of its best known journalists, Ahmed Mansour, had been ordered to remain in custody after appearing before a judge in Germany.
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Al Jazeera Journalist Says Surprised by Arrest in Germany
A high-profile Al Jazeera journalist arrested in Germany at the weekend at the request of Egypt has said he was surprised by the move and expects to face a judge soon, in a case likely to raise fresh questions about Cairo's crackdown on dissent.
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Al-Jazeera Reporter Still Held in Berlin on Egypt Warrant
Al-Jazeera journalist Ahmed Mansour was being held in Berlin police custody today awaiting a judge's decision on his further detention on an international arrest warrant issued by his native Egypt, authorities said.
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Britain to Announce New Laws on Islamic Extremism
British Prime Minister David Cameron was to announce new laws to combat "poisonous Islamist ideology" Wednesday in his first major policy announcement since winning last week's general election.
