EU action against terrorism
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- Obama must live up to Guantanamo pledge: Commissioner — 11 January 2012, 22:22 CET
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The European Union's home affairs commissioner urged US President Barack Obama on Wednesday to fulfill his promise to close Guantanamo, calling the continued detention of prisoners "a disgrace".
- Football: Nuclear advice for Euro 2012 organisers — 13 December 2011, 18:04 CET
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The UN atomic agency said Tuesday it was training authorities in Poland
on how to detect and respond to potential acts of "nuclear terrorism" at
the Euro 2012 football championship next June and July.
- Europeans more fearful of debt crisis than terrorism: poll — 25 November 2011, 22:21 CET
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Europeans see the economic crisis as a bigger threat to their security than terrorism or organised crime, an EU-wide poll showed on Friday.
- Europe sets rules for airport body scanners — 14 November 2011, 15:50 CET
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The European Commission set rules Monday for the use of body scanners at airports, allowing travellers to choose a different screening method and barring authorities from storing someone's image.
- Three radical Islamists jailed in Bosnia over terrorism — 10 November 2011, 17:29 CET
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A Bosnian court on Thursday sentenced three radical Islamists to up to
four and half years in prison for preparing a terrorist attack against
members of EU forces here and the local Christian community.
- EU voices 'great satisfaction' on end of ETA violence — 23 October 2011, 13:16 CET
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European Union leaders welcomed with "great satisfaction" on Sunday the
decision by Basque group ETA to end more than 40 years of separatist
violence.
- EU sanctions five Iranians over Saudi ambassador 'plot' — 21 October 2011, 22:35 CET
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The European Union on Friday targeted five Iranians with anti-terrorist
sanctions relating to an alleged failed bid to assassinate the Saudi
ambassador in the United States.
- EU sanctions five people for Saudi ambassador 'plot' — 21 October 2011, 15:52 CET
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The European Union on Friday said it was targeting five people with
anti-terrorist sanctions relating to an alleged failed bid to
assassinate the Saudi ambassador in the United States.
- West warns Iran over alleged murder plot in US — 12 October 2011, 20:37 CET
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The United States and its European allies on Wednesday warned that Iran
may face retaliation after Washington detailed an alleged Iranian plot
to kill the Saudi ambassador to the US.
- Iran sternly warned over alleged murder plot in US — 12 October 2011, 16:52 CET
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Iran got stern warnings of possible retaliation from the European Union
and the United States Wednesday after Washington detailed an Iranian
plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to the US.
- EU warns of 'serious' global implications in Iran plot in US — 12 October 2011, 13:58 CET
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The European Union voiced "grave concern" Wednesday after the United
States said it had foiled an Iranian plot to kill the Saudi ambassador,
warning it could have serious international implications.
- Major countries launch new anti-terror group — 22 September 2011, 23:02 CET
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Twenty-nine countries from around the world, plus the European Union, on
Thursday launched a new multilateral organization dedicated to fighting
terrorism.
- EU slams US failure to close Guantanamo as 'shame' — 09 September 2011, 20:27 CET
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The EU's home affairs commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem on Friday slammed
Washington's failure to close the Guantanamo Bay detention centre as "a
shame".
- Arab Spring 'strongest answer' to 9/11, says EU — 09 September 2011, 20:53 CET
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Arab Spring protesters bent on bringing freedom to Tunisia, Egypt and Libya are "the strongest answer" to the 9/11 attacks of a decade ago, the European Union said on Friday.
- EU condemns 'evil' attack in New Delhi — 08 September 2011, 11:04 CET
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European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton denounced on
Thursday a deadly bomb attack in New Delhi as an "evil" act of
terrorism.
- Qaeda offshoot acquires Libyan air missiles: EU — 05 September 2011, 23:36 CET
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Al-Qaeda's north African branch has acquired a stockpile of weapons in Libya, including surface-to-air missiles that are threatening air travel, the EU's counter-terrorism coordinator said on Monday.
- World is safer 10 years after 9/11: EU, NATO — 05 September 2011, 19:39 CET
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The world is safer today than in the aftermath of the September 11
attacks on the United States, with global terror groups weaker than 10
years ago, senior EU and NATO officials said Monday.
- EU condemns UN building bombing in Nigeria — 26 August 2011, 18:52 CET
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European Union president Herman Van Rompuy denounced Friday the "senseless"
and "brutal" suicide bombing against the UN compound in the Nigerian
capital Abuja.
- EU's Ashton in Israel, Palestinian territories next weekend — 20 August 2011, 14:56 CET
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The EU's foreign affairs chief will visit Israel and the Palestinian
territories on August 27 and 28, a diplomatic source said Saturday, as
regional tensions escalated on a third day of fighting.
- EU's Ashton condemns 'unreservedly' attacks on Israel — 18 August 2011, 21:49 CET
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EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton on Thursday condemned "unreservedly"
a string of attacks on Israel that left seven Israelis dead.
- EU opposition in Norway falls after attacks: poll — 04 August 2011, 13:42 CET
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Seven out of 10 Norwegians are against joining the EU, a poll showed Thursday, attributing the record opposition to the debt crisis but also hinting the July 22 attacks had dampened resistance to the bloc.
- Calls to expel Romanian MP over Norway comments — 29 July 2011, 16:42 CET
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The Socialist group in the European Parliament and a Roma rights group
on Friday called on the ruling party in Romania to expel a lawmaker who
pinned blame for the Norway attacks on EU leaders.
- EU seeks to widen terror surveillance to 'lone wolves' — 28 July 2011, 23:21 CET
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Norway's "near impossible to prevent" bloodbath underlines the need to sharpen counter-terror surveillance against "lone wolves" and all the forms of extremism, EU terror experts said on Thursday.
- Police scramble to track extreme-right after Norway attacks — 28 July 2011, 18:18 CET
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Anders Behring Breivik may have acted alone on his killing spree in
Norway but European police forces are preparing to keep close watch on
other potentially dangerous right-wing extremists.
- EU sets sights on extremists in wake of Norway tragedy — 26 July 2011, 19:23 CET
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Non-EU nation Norway is to be invited to join European Union interior ministers in seeking action against radicalisation and xenophobia as the bloc seeks a response to far-right terror threats.
