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Somali Ax Man Gets 9 Years for Cartoonist Attack

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - A Somali man convicted of terrorism for breaking into the home of a Danish cartoonist who had caricatured the Prophet Muhammad has been sentenced to nine years in prison. The Aarhus city court ruled Friday that Muhideen Mohammed Geelle should be expelled from Denmark after serving the sentence. The...

What Does North Korea Want?

(Nov. 23) -- North Korea, the capricious wild child of the international community, is acting out to get the world's attention with deadly consequences that threaten to spiral out of control. What isn't clear is why Pyongyang is so rapidly escalating its provocations now, or whether today's shelling of a populated South...

Diver's Breathing Could Be Used to Thwart Attack

(Nov. 16) -- For years, the military has looked at ways to spot -- and stop -- divers and swimmers who could pose a security threat to ports and ships. Now an acoustics expert says he may have found a way to use the sound of a diver's breathing to ward off a potential attack. "One of the main concerns is a diver coming to...

Deadly Attacks on Christians Spread Through Baghdad

(Nov. 10) -- Car bombs ripped through Christian neighborhoods today across Baghdad, killing at least three and terrorizing Iraqi Christians, who have been targeted with "destruction" by al-Qaida. At least 25 were wounded in bombings and mortar attacks. Some of the casualties were non-Christians. In the neighborhood of...

Every Cop in Mexican Town Quits After Station Attack

(Oct. 28) -- The entire 14-man police force in a northern Mexican town has resigned en masse after their station came under fire from suspected drug traffickers. The police headquarters in Los Ramones, a rural town about 40 miles east of Monterrey, is pockmarked with bullet holes after gunmen drove up to the station and...

Background on attack

The attack on Pearl Harbor (called Hawaii Operation or Operation AI by the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters (Operation Z in planning) and the Battle of Pearl Harbor) was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941 (December 8 in Japan).

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