Al-Qaida in Nigeria?
Nigerian security services have arrested a group of men alleged to have links to the al-Qaida network. Three men were arrested in connection with the discovery of explosive-making materials and devices. Nigeria has not experienced an Islamist "terrorist" attack, and there is no evidence of ties with the broader al-Qaida. Scattered Islamist groups operate in the northern reaches of the country. A militant group known as the "Nigerian Taliban" - with no connection to the Taliban in Afghanistan - has been active in the heavily Muslim north of the country in recent years, but internal security forces have severely limited the operations of the group.
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The Los Angeles Police Department's plans to "map" Muslim enclaves in the city have met with protest from various Muslim activists and civil libertarian groups. LAPD officials hope to combat the threat of "Islamist radicalism" by "mapping the locations of these closed, vulnerable communities... and help weave these enclaves into the fabric of society." The American Civil Liberties Union criticised the plan because it is "premised on the faulty notion that Muslims are more likely to commit violent acts than people of other faiths".
Civilians to be tried by Pak military courts
General Pervez Musharraf has defended a major amendment ordered on Saturday that allows military courts to try civilians on charges of terrorism. Musharraf insisted that this was not a "draconian" measure, but was necessary for the state to clamp down on the rising tide of militancy in the country.
The Frontier Post slams the amendment to the Army Act of 1952.
Benazir Bhutto has pledged to break off talks with Musharraf, with whom she had originally planned to negotiate a power-sharing agreement.
Najam Sethi, editor of Pakistan's Daily Times, argues that Musharraf hopes that Bhutto and the Islamists will balance each other out in future elections, negating the democratic threat to his rule.
Prabakharan's days numbered
Sri Lanka's air force chief has promised that his pilots will "go all out to get rid" of Prabakharan, the elusive leader of the rebel Tamil Tigers. A military air raid recently killed the rebels' political chief.
The "terrorist" double-act
Iran has accused the United States of supporting terrorists in Iraq, pointing to Washington's refusal to support the Iraqi government's decision to expel members of the Mujahideen Khalq - a revolutionary Islamist militant group which has targeted Iran from its bases in Iraq. Tehran equates the situation with the Mujahideen Khalq to that in the north of Iraq, where the dug-in Kurdish PKK rebels have attracted the attention of the Turkish military.
The American Prospect takes a look at a handful of Democrat congressmen trying to counter the Bush administration's tough approach to Iran.
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has suggested that Iranians who criticise the country's nuclear program are "traitors".
UDA disarm
The Ulster Defence Association, the largest Protestant paramilitary organisation in Northern Ireland, renounced violence on Sunday after years of terrorising the region's Catholic minority.
Corsican separatist on trial
Yvan Colonna, the Corsican separatist accused of gunning down Claude Erignac, the then governor of the island, in 1998, has gone on trial in Paris. A campaign of separatist violence has simmered for decades in Corsica.
Peres in Irsaeli first
When Israeli president Shimon Peres addresses Turkish MPs in Ankara on Tuesday, he will be the first Israeli president to address the legislature of a Muslim country.
