Jailed militant to seek office
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Firebrand uprising leader Marwan Barghouthi has decided to run for Palestinian President from his Israeli jail cell, says an official of his Fatah faction.
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Militants on Sunday made a bid on the life of former minister of state for external affairs and National Conference president Omar Abdullah when they exploded an improvised explosive device in Anantnag in south Kashmir.
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The suspect, Abdel Nur, is expected to make his first appearance in court today or tomorrow.
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On Tuesday, a federal judge will announce Al Qaeda recruit's long-awaited prison sentence.
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A powerful paramilitary boss faces a long prison sentence &#151; and possible extradition to the United States &#151; because he broke a partial amnesty deal by continuing to run a drug smuggling ring from jail, authorities said Friday.
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A PALESTINIAN democracy activist who has campaigned for non-violent resistance to Israeli occupation said today he would run for president to succeed Yasser Arafat.
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An Australian once detained in  Guantanamo Bay on suspicion of helping al Qaeda said on Friday  he would stand for election to the New South Wales state  parliament.
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A former Guantanamo prisoner thought to have forged ties with al-Qaida since his release is leading a militant band whose members have strapped explosives on two
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A Pakistani lawyer who spearheaded opposition to President Pervez Musharraf was temporarily released from detention for a Muslim holiday on Thursday and vowed to press ahead with his campaign.
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A militant convicted of role in the bomb attacks on Bali island and Jakarta was sentenced to a relatively lenient jail term of 10 years by the South Jakarta District Court here Tuesday.
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The decision by Marwan Barghouti, an imprisoned Palestinian leader, to run for president of the Palestinian Authority should be welcomed by all who want to see real democracy emerge in Palestine (&quot;Barghouti faces Fatah opposition,&quot; Dec. 3).
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A 73-year-old dissident who was freed after nearly a decade in a Myanmar prison vowed Monday to continue campaigning for democracy in the military-ruled country.
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CHARISMATIC radical Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti yesterday announced from an Israeli prison cell that he would run to succeed the late Yasser Arafat as president.
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An Indonesian Muslim militant who was serving 20 years for the bombing of a Sulawesi karaoke bar has escaped from jail, a prison official said on Monday.
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The man most Palestinians would like to see succeed late President Yasser Arafat may run in upcoming elections despite five life prison terms handed down by Israel for orchestrating murders, his lawyer says.
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An Islamic militant involved in an assassination attempt on President Pervez Musharraf a year ago has escaped from custody, triggering a nationwide hunt, Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said Tuesday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - The jailed West Bank leader Marwan Barghuti has decided to run for the post of Palestinian Authority president, a member of the dominant Fatah faction&#39;s higher committee said.