Mr.Panetta said he believed the killing gave the United States the best chance to defeat al-Qaida since the attacks of September eleventh,two thousand one.

VOA: special.2011.06.11

The president said groups like al-Qaida would surely use a nuclear weapon if they got one.

VOA: special.2010.04.17

One day,Al scraped together a few dollars for a lottery ticket.

VOA: special.2009.10.04

One of them,Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, was found guilty.

VOA: special.2011.02.26

according to Al Baghdadia TV. One demonstrator complained that the Iraqi government was "not doing enough to protect its citizens."

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

The sectarian war between Ahlu-Sunna and al-Shabab is just one of several conflicts raging between and among Islamist groups in Somalia.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

He asks if Iraq wants to return to square one and the days of coups, chaos,sectarianism, al Qa'eda,and Saddam Hussein.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

"The TTP is one of those. So when al-Qaida is able to do that, they don't have to develop their own operation.

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

"Well,some definite facts.One is that he has al-Qaida connections. Secondly,that it was a fairly sophisticated device."

VOA: standard.2009.12.26

"The power structure in Kandahar in the eyes of the people of Kandahar is the problem number one, and the Taliban and al-Qaida number two."

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

One wrinkle in the Times Square plot is that the claim of responsibility came not from al-Qaida, but from the Tehrik-e-Taliban, the Pakistani Taliban group.

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

In one case,a U.S.interrogator reportedly threatened to kill the children of detained al Qaida mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed if new terrorist attacks were launched on the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.08.24

and one is Somali,". The business group that hired al-Mizan says the ship was carrying mainly food and electronics from the United Arab Emirates to Somalia's capital Mogadishu.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

One of those tourists was killed. Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb says it killed an American teacher in Nouakchott in June, because he was allegedly trying to convert Muslims to Christianity.

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

Given that he was officially invited by the president of Eritrea and given that Eritrea is not a state party, one could argue that there is no risk at all on President al-Bashir."

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

The Syrians straddle the fence between the order of conservative nations on the one hand and this alliance with Iran on the other and it would make perfect sense for Bashar al-Assad to pose as the mediator with the Iranians, which means: hey,if you folks think I'm bad, think of the Iranians,they're much worse, but I have credit in their bank and I can deal with the Iranians."

VOA: standard.2009.03.18