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Members of Somalia’s Al-Shabab militant group patrol on foot on the outskirts of Mogadishu in this Monday, March, 5, 2012 file photo. The slaying of a British soldier in east London raised questions about the reach of the terrorist group al-Shabab, after a British government official said one of the two men tried to go to Somalia to train or fight with the group. Source: AP Photo


Kenya: UK soldier killing suspect arrested in 2010

Kenya: UK soldier killing suspect arrested in 2010

Nairobi, AP—A suspect in the savage killing of a British soldier on a London street was arrested in Kenya in 2010 near the East African country’s border with Somalia, an anti-terrorism police official said Sunday. Michael Adebolajo was believed to have been...
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British police activity close to the scene where a man was murdered in John Wilson Street, Woolwich, south-east London, England, 22 May 2013. (EPA)


Opinion: A betrayal of Islam

Opinion: A betrayal of Islam

British Prime Minister David Cameron was right to describe the brutal murder of a British soldier committed by a radical Muslim of African descent as a “betrayal of Islam.” One of the perpetrators of London’s so-called “machete attack” appeared in a video...
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Islamist preacher Omar Bakri attends an interview with Reuters at his home in Tripoli, northern Lebanon May 24, 2013.(REUTERS/Stringer)


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Masai wait to cast their ballots in front of a polling station during the presidential and parliamentary elections near town of Magadi some 85 km (53 miles) south of Nairobi March 4, 2013. (REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic)


At Least 15 Killed on Kenya Coast on Election Day

At Least 15 Killed on Kenya Coast on Election Day

Nairobi/Mombasa, Reuters—At least 15 people were killed in attacks by machete-wielding gangs on Monday as Kenyans queued to vote in a presidential election they hope will rebuild the nation’s image after a disputed 2007 poll unleashed weeks of tribal bloodshed....