Plot to blow up president foiled

VENEZUELAN authorities have arrested two people suspected of plotting to kill Hugo Chavez by blowing up the president's plane with an anti-tank weapon. Justice Minister Tarek El Aissami said the suspects were apprehended during a raid on a house where authorities found a...

Afghan forces foil suicide attack in South

Following a suicide attack in Afghanistan in which two suicide bombers killed two policemen and wounded 9 officers and 8 civilians at a police station, elsewhere Afghan authorities were able to foil an attempted suicide bombing."Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) foiled a...

Raids foiled Barcelona bomb plot, says judge

"A group of alleged Islamist militants arrested in Barcelona at the weekend were planning a suicide bomb attack on the city's public transport system, a Spanish judge said yesterday. Twelve Pakistani and two Indian nationals were detained in a series of raids in the city on...

Vienna 'embassy bombing' foiled

"Austrian police say they have arrested a man who attempted to enter the US embassy in Vienna with a bag containing explosives and nails. The suspect is a 42-year-old man of Bosnian origin from the north-eastern province of Lower Austria, police spokeswoman Michaela Raz...

Wiretaps 'foiled terror attacks'

And if there had not been wiretaps...?"The US director of intelligence has said wiretaps played a significant role in stopping bomb attacks by suspected Islamists in Germany last week. Michael McConnell told a Senate committee eavesdropping had revealed that the suspects had...