Ecuador says it has arrested five alleged members of the Colombian rebel group Farc inside its territory. Defence Minister Gustavo Larrea said the suspected rebels were detained by the army during a search of farms and houses close to the Colombian border. It comes amid a growing crisis over a Colombian raid inside Ecuador in which a senior Farc leader was killed. On Thursday Nicaragua said that like Venezuela and Ecuador it was breaking diplomatic relations with Colombia. Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said "we are breaking off relations because of the political terrorism" carried out by...
Ecuador offers FARC recognition if rebels drop 'terrorism'
Turkish Press
Turkish Press
Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa (right) listens to a question from Venezuelan TV journalist Tania Diaz during an interview in which Correa said he was willing to recognize Colombia's Marxist FARC rebels as legitimate combatants if they stop acting...
US to dismiss drug charges against Colombian FARC rebel
The Miami Herald
The Miami Herald
WASHINGTON -- Three years after officials hailed his arrest as a major drug war victory, U.S. prosecutors asked a judge Tuesday to dismiss cocaine charges against Colombian rebel leader Ricardo Palmera. In 2005, Palmera became the first member of the...
Al Qaeda second-in-command Ayman al Zawahiri has urged Muslims to join the insurgency in Iraq ...
Skynews
Skynews
Terror group's number two "I urge all Muslims to hurry to...
Philippines: Al-Qaeda-linked rebel hurt
USA Today
USA Today
Posted | Comment | Recommend | | | JOLO, Philippines (AP) A top al-Qaeda-linked militant long hunted by U.S. and Filipino troops was wounded during a military attack on a rebel encampment in the southern Philippines, a...
Burundi rebels bomb capital
TVNZ
TVNZ
Apr 23, 2008 11:08 PM Rebels in Burundi fired mortar bombs at the capital Bujumbura, hitting the residence of the Pope's envoy in the latest flare-up of violence that has killed 33 people in a week, the army said on Wednesday. Fighters from the...
Pakistan in rebel talks
Gulf Daily News
Gulf Daily News
PESHAWAR: Pakistan's new government has drafted a peace agreement with Taliban militants in its troubled tribal belt bordering Afghanistan, officials and a rebel spokesman said yesterday. The government launched talks with...
Bin Laden's driver can contact jailed Qaeda leaders
International Herald Tribune
International Herald Tribune
: Osama bin Laden's driver can send notes to top al Qaeda leaders imprisoned at Guantanamo asking them to describe the job he performed for the group in Afghanistan, a war crimes court judge ruled on Wednesday. The driver, Salim Hamdan of Yemen,...



