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19 tourists killed when hot air balloon catches fire
Feb 26, 2013 at 7:10 AM PDT
A hot air balloon flying over Egypt's ancient city of Luxor caught fire and crashed into a sugar cane field on Tuesday, killing at least 19 foreign tourists in one of the world's deadliest ballooning accidents and handing a new blow to Egypt's ailing tourism industry.

Family, friends: No indication Mohamud was a terrorist
Jan 28, 2013 at 6:01 PM PDT

PORTLAND, Ore. -- The mother of an Oregon terrorism suspect told jurors on Monday she had no idea her son was conspiring with al-Qaida recruiters.

The first indication something was awry came the evening of the planned bombing, Mariam...
Portland City Center

Family, friends: No indication Mohamud was a terrorist
Jan 28, 2013 at 6:01 PM PDT
The defense begins in the trial of Mohamed Mohamud, charged with attempting to bomb the 2010 Christmas tree lighting event in downtown Portland. Friends and family said there was no indication Mohamud was anything other than a gregarious and studious teenager.

Classmates say terror suspect was cheerful student
Jan 25, 2013 at 5:15 PM PDT
Jurors in Mohamud's terrorism trial on Friday heard about the side of Mohamud his defense attorneys have sought to illustrate: a happy-go-lucky freshman at Oregon State University in 2009 with a solid group of friends and a penchant for drinking.

Defense focuses on airport FBI interview of bomb plot suspect
Sep 24, 2012 at 4:28 PM PDT
Defense lawyers for an Oregon terrorism suspect gave a preview of their entrapment defense on Monday during the cross-examination of a retired FBI agent.

Embassies targeted as anti-film protests spread
Sep 14, 2012 at 11:39 AM PDT
Angry protests over an anti-Islam film spread across the Muslim world Friday, with demonstrators scaling the walls of U.S. embassies in Tunisia and Sudan and torching part of a German embassy.

Judge releases man accused of firebombing Corvallis mosque
Jun 5, 2012 at 6:41 PM PDT
A federal judge on Tuesday allowed a man accused of firebombing a mosque in Corvallis to be released to home detention.

EU navy, helicopters strike pirate supply center
May 16, 2012 at 7:54 AM PDT
European Union naval forces in attack helicopters on Tuesday conducted their first onshore raid on a suspected pirate lair in Somalia. A pirate said the strike destroyed a supply center and set back operations.

Father of Portland bomb plot suspect alerted FBI
May 1, 2012 at 5:52 PM PDT
The phone call was revealed during a hearing on Tuesday. Mohamed Mohamud's father warned that his son was planning to fly to Yemen to become a violent jihadist.

Man claims US tortured him to reveal info about Portland mosque
Apr 18, 2012 at 11:07 AM PDT
Yonas Fikre said he was met by two men who identified themselves as FBI agents and asked questions about the Portland mosque. Fikre says the agents told him he had been placed on the federal no-fly list, and could only return to the U.S. if he...

Egypt's economy slumps under weight of unrest
Nov 26, 2011 at 12:03 PM PDT
Political differences aside, what has become clear is that the latest clamor against Egypt's military rulers is pummeling the country's already flailing economy at a crucial time when many hoped winter tourism would pick up. A financial crisis is looming, say analysts.

2010 bomb plot on mind of police, tree-lighting event crowd
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Nov 25, 2011 at 5:04 PM PDT

PORTLAND, Ore. – A year after holiday revelers in downtown Portland found out about an alleged plot to car-bomb the annual holiday tree-lighting festival at Pioneer Courthouse Square, the big event is back and police say they are not expecting...
Portland City Center

2010 bomb plot on mind of police, tree-lighting event crowd
Nov 25, 2011 at 5:04 PM PDT

PORTLAND, Ore. – A year after holiday revelers in downtown Portland found out about an alleged plot to car-bomb following the annual holiday tree-lighting festival at Pioneer Courthouse Square, the big event was back amid heightened...
Portland City Center

Suspect arrested for 2010 Corvallis mosque firebombing
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Aug 25, 2011 at 9:12 AM PDT
Federal officials arrested a 24-year-old man on charges of firebombing an Oregon mosque last year and said he was motivated by racial hatred following the arrest of a Muslim man accused of plotting to set off a car bomb in Portland.

South Sudan celebrates birth with raising of flag
Jul 9, 2011 at 11:29 AM PDT
The world has a new country as South Sudan celebrated it's first day as an independent nation on Saturday.