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Colombia's FARC guerrilla movement was trying to get hold of radioactive material to make a "dirty bomb," Colombian Vice-President Francisco Santos said on Tuesday. Santos told the United Nations Conference on Disarmament that materials found on computers of Raul Reyes, the deputy commander of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), showed the group was in negotiations to get hold of radioactive matter for a bomb. (Reuters)

Radioactive Cargo `Stolen By Al-Qaeda' Dirty Bomb Bid Spurs Rise in Regional Piracy By Anucha Charoenpo (Bangkok Post) Al-Qaeda is among international terrorist organisations responsible for an increase in piracy against ships carrying radioactive materials through the Malacca Straits, an expert in regional affairs has warned. The terrorist groups' main aims were to obtain substances such as uranium and plutonium oxide for use in so-called dirty bombs, said Panithan Watthanayakorn, a political lecturer at Chulalongkorn University. He said the Malacca Straits, between Indonesia's Sumatra island and Malaysia, was not adequately patrolled because of internal disputes within regional countries, which...