The immediate threat to Bolan's life dispelled, he turned his attention to the terrorist siege on the embassy.

Ms. Politkovskaya, who had two adult children, had worked for Novaya Gazeta since 1999, and covered the second Chechen war and the terrorist siege of a Moscow theater in 2002.

His other best seller was "Nothing Lasts Forever," about Joe Leland, a burned-out ex-cop turned security consultant who is caught in a terrorist siege of an office building.

It was revealed Ironhide had once thwarted a terrorist siege only for the police to almost mess it up, leaving him feeling frustrated with humans.

Each episode featured a central theme (for example, a terrorist siege, the Channel Tunnel, or a costume drama) which sketches could revolve around.

Mr. Putin ordered the changes to the political system in the aftermath of the terrorist siege of Middle School No.1 in Beslan, which ended in chaos on Sept. 3.

And he's diddling with having carpentry work done when, we suspect, he's laying plans for the biggest terrorist siege on the city since the Urban Wars.

Asian markets were today still buoyed by the Chinese rate cuts, appearing unaffected by the terrorist siege that killed more than 100 people in Mumbai and caused the closure of the Indian stock exchange.

Ruth's time in the series climaxes in a three-episode-long terrorist siege when her husband sends a team of armed mercenaries to spring her from the prison.