Chinese police have killed 18 people in a raid on an alleged militant training camp in the western autonomous region of Xinjiang, officials say.
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Six Islamists with explosives held in Bangladesh
Sun 7 Jan 2007
Security forces arrested six Islamists in possession of a large quantity of explosives in a town near the Bangladesh capital, officials said on Sunday.
"The militants were arrested with 31 packets of high explosives from hideouts in Narayanganj town 16 km (10 miles) from the capital Dhaka late on Saturday," said an official of the elite Rapid Action Battalion.
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Islamic jungle hideout near capture
Jan. 8, 2007
KISMAYO, Somalia — A jungle hideout used by Islamic militants that is believed to be an al-Qaida base was on the verge of falling to Ethiopian and Somali troops, the defense minister said Monday.
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