A second car bomb in two days has exploded outside a Colombian police station. The most recent explosion occurred at the municipal police station in Villa Rica while another attack on Wednesday (02/01) that killed 11 happened in the southwestern town of Tumaco. FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) rebels are suspected of the Tumaco attack. In all at least 16 are dead and more than 60 injured in the two attacks.

Although it can be chalked-up to inflammatory rhetoric for his followers, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khanenei told worshippers on Friday (02/03) that Iran will carry out its threats against the United States should the need arise. He also said that the U.S. threats of military action against Iran showed desperation and a "lack of logic in the face of Iran's reasonable discourse."

An air strike by Philippines Armed Forces killed a total of 15 terrorists including 3 of the Most Wanted with links to al-Qaeda. The strike took place in Parang, Sulu killing terrorist leaders from Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiyah (JI). One official said the attack was in retaliation for the deaths of 19 soldiers in October.

Although Russia has had its suspicions about UK intelligence using a fake rock filled with spy technology in Moscow, the British government has been reluctant to admit it. Until now. Footage of alleged spies using the device was first aired on Russian TV in 2006, but the UK denied the claims. Now a BBC documentary has forced government officials to admit the footage is real saying the Russians "had us bang to rights."

RIA Novosti - "[I]n a BBC documentary due to be broadcast later today, Jonathan Powell, then Prime Minister Tony Blair’s chief of staff, admitted the footage was genuine."

Alleged Canadian spy, Sub-Lt. Jeffrey Paul Delisle, once worked in what is being called a clearinghouse for both military and civilian intelligence, and a center for information gathered from the Canadian Coast Guard and the Canadian Border Services Agency. The Halifax facility also serves as the communications and intelligence center for the Royal Canadian Navy's Atlantic operations. Delisle is alleged to have stolen some of Canada's most closely guarded secrets and passed them to a foreigner. If convicted, he faces life in prison.

Israeli websites continue to face the threat of cyber attacks, with some of the most recent and high-profile targets being the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and El Al Airlines. The victimized websites, although affected by the attacks, were not knocked offline or immobilized.

A pro-Palestinian group called "Nightmare" has taken credit for these latest hacks, and warns of more to come. Other groups, like Hamas, are also calling for increased cyber attacks on Israel.

Kabir Sokoto, the suspected leader of Boko Haram and the mastermind of the Christmas Day attack on a Nigerian church that left 37 people dead, escaped from police custody less than a day after being arrested.

Boko Haram, a radical Nigerian Islamist group, claims responsibility for this attack, and others as violence continues between Nigeria's Muslim north and Christian south.

The Guardian - "Suspected Boko Haram chief Kabir Sokoto reportedly behind Christmas Day church massacre flees in handcuffs."

With newly appointed U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey scheduled to visit Israel, Defense Minister Ehud Barak is prepared to provide an intelligence assessment that indicates Iran has not yet decided to make a nuclear bomb. There has been some speculation the U.S. asked Israel to delay any actions against Iran and its nuclear program, and in a radio interview Barak said Israel was "very far off" from any such decision.