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International terror suspect slips net in Britain
January 16, 2007

LONDON - An international terror suspect who had been under a controversial loose form of house arrest is on the run, Home Secretary John Reid said.

The unidentified person is the third to slip the net since Prime Minister Tony Blair's government introduced control orders in 2005. They were brought in as a compromise measure after a court ruled it could not hold foreign terror suspects indefinitely in prison without charge or trial. In a written statement to lawmakers, Reid, who is already under pressure over a series of administrative blunders by his department, said that the individual had absconded earlier this month.

The individual, who was compelled to report daily to police and surrender travel documents, had "recently been radicalised and wanted to travel abroad for terrorism-related purposes", Reid said. It was not believed that the person was a threat to the public, he added.

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Russian Security on High Alert After Being Warned About Possible Terror Attack on Mass Transit
Tuesday, January 16, 2007

MOSCOW — Russian authorities have ordered security forces on high alert after receiving information from foreign officials pointing to the threat of a terrorist attack on public transportation, officials said Tuesday. Authorities were checking information about the potential threat, they said.

A federal anti-terrorism headquarters received information "from foreign partners ... about the possibility a subversive terrorist act could be committed on ground transport and in the metro," according to a statement confirmed by a Federal Security Service official who said he was not authorized to give his nam

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Hezbollah Inside America: FOX News Tells All in Documentary
Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Does any terrorist organization pose a greater threat to Americans than Al Qaeda? The shocking answer to that question unfolds this Saturday, January 20th, at 8 p.p. EST, as FOX News Channel presents a breakthrough documentary, “Smokescreen: Hezbollah Inside America.”

While Americans are still largely focused on Al Qaeda and Usama bin Laden — who’s presumably rotting away in some cave — the terrorist group Hezbollah has been setting up shop right here in America’s heartland. And most Americans don’t know a thing about it. But we should no more about Hezbollah — a lot more.

As tensions with Iran are increasing, it’s important to keep in mind that Hezbollah is largely funded by Iran and has operated as its tool in terror operations around the world. As former Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte recently reminded us: “Hezbollah’s self-confidence and hostility toward the U.S. as a supporter of Israel could cause the group to increase its contingency planning against U.S. interests.”

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