Man puts Pacific isles on terror alert

AP - The Iraqi prime minister put his nation on its highest alert for terror attacks, as insurgents hammer Iraqi security forces preparing to take over for a U.S. combat mission that formally ends on Tuesday.

AFP - Nigeria on Sunday put security forces on red alert after a new outburst of sectarian violence left at least 100 people dead, mainly women and children, as machete wielding gangs burned down villages, officials said.

AFP - Nigeria on Sunday put security forces on red alert after a new outburst of sectarian violence left at least 100 people dead, mainly women and children, as machete wielding gangs burned down villages, officials said.

AFP - Nigeria on Sunday put security forces on red alert after a new outburst of sectarian violence left at least 100 people dead, mainly women and children, as machete wielding gangs burned down villages, officials said.

AFP - North Korea put its military on combat alert as US and South Korean forces Monday started a major joint exercise which the communist nation has branded a prelude to invasion.

AFP - North Korea put its military on combat alert Monday as US and South Korean forces started a major joint exercise which the communist nation has branded as a prelude to invasion.

Reuters - Security was tight across India on Tuesday as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addressed the nation on its Independence Day after Washington warned of possible militant strikes in the wake of July's deadly train bombings.

AFP - British police have said they had foiled a plot to blow up planes to the United States in mid-air, putting the nation on its maximum terror alert and snarling air traffic around the world.