Terrorism
Obama wins applause for delicate dance through Mideast's political minefield (The Globe and Mail)
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:02:12 GMT - Obamamania works even in a country that had been deeply skeptical of him just 24 hours before
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Visa survey shows foreign travel remains popular (INO News)
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:00:58 GMT - (AP:NEW YORK) The weak U.S. dollar has not dissuaded Americans from planning trips abroad this year, but they may be heading to destinations closer to home, according to a survey released Thursday by Visa Inc.
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US backs out of talks with Syrian delegation (Middle East Online)
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:56:57 GMT - US State Department cites conflicting schedules for backing out of rare talks with visiting Syrian delegation.
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News Europe (Aljazeera)
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:52:24 GMT - Turkey’s air force has bombed several bases of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, the Turkish military says.
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Asia-Pacific nations begin talks (TVNZ)
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:48:28 GMT - Asia-Pacific nations began annual talks on Thursday about threats to the region's security and prosperity, ranging from global financial turmoil and disaster preparedness to border spats and nuclear diplomacy.
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HAYWARD / Cop charged in probe of mishandling files (San Francisco Chronicle)
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:47:04 GMT - A Hayward police officer on military leave is one of two Marine Corps reservists charged with sharing classified files in a terrorist probe without authorization, authorities said Wednesday. Master Sgt. Reinaldo Pagan, 42, was charged by military officials in...
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Is Obama Listening? (Middle East Times)
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:45:39 GMT - All eyes have been on the Democratic Party's presumptive presidential nominee, Barack Obama, during his current Middle Eastern and European tour this week, but whoever expects new revelations from the popular American politician is bound to be disappointed.
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Thursday (Bernama)
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:43:49 GMT - SINGAPORE, July 24 (Bernama) -- The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will participate in a meeting of the ASEAN regional forum on security, Russian news agency, Itar-Tass, reported.
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Check It Out (Israel National News)
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:43:24 GMT - (IsraelNN.com) The government's latest approval for lifting travel restrictions on 24 Arab terrorists includes Zakariya Zubeidi, former head of the Fatah-aligned Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades. Responsible for the murder of several Israelis, he renounced terrorism.
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Ambassador: al-Qaida leaving Iraq for Afghanistan (Boston Globe)
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:41:27 GMT - Al-Qaida's foreign fighters who have for years bedeviled Iraq are increasingly going to Afghanistan to fight instead, the Iraqi ambassador to the United States said Wednesday.
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September 11 and Terrorism
Church surrenders lot near ground zero for $20M
(AP)
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:30:22 GMT - AP - The World Trade Center site's owner has offered $20 million to acquire the 1,200-square-foot lot of a church destroyed on Sept. 11, freeing one more piece of land needed to rebuild every inch of ground zero.
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Judge to Moussaoui jury: You got it right
(AP)
Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:25:57 GMT - AP - The judge in the trial of convicted Sept. 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui says she told jurors that they made the right decision in sparing his life.
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Bin Laden driver denied al-Qaida links
(AP)
Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:49:35 GMT - AP - U.S. military prosecutors on Wednesday played an interrogation video that shows a driver for Osama bin Laden denying any connection to al-Qaida but also fretting that he is "finished."
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Bin Laden happy with September 11 toll, war court told
(Reuters)
Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:58:19 GMT - Reuters - Osama bin
Laden's driver overheard the al Qaeda leader saying he was
happy about the death toll in the September 11 attacks and
thought the hijacked plane that crashed in Pennsylvania was
shot down, according to one of the driver's interrogators.
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9/11 relative fights N.Y. co-op board to keep flag
(AP)
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:58:24 GMT - AP - A relative of a Sept. 11 victim is fighting his co-op board, which wants him to remove a magnetized American flag from his door.
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Nation - Monday
(Investor's Business Daily)
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:46:28 GMT - Investor's Business Daily - The war crimes trial began at the U.S. Navy base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, nearly 7 years after the 9/11 attacks prompted Pres. Bush to declare war on terrorism. Osama bin Laden's former driver, Salim Ahmed Hamdan, is standing trial on charges of conspiracy and providing material support for terrorism. He could face life in prison if convicted by a jury of U.S. military officers.
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McCain to speak at Sept. 11 forum on volunteerism
(AP)
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:07:39 GMT - AP - Republican presidential hopeful John McCain will speak about the need for public service at a national forum on that topic being held in New York on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
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WTC survivor staircase moves again at ground zero
(AP)
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:04:38 GMT - AP - A staircase people used to escape the World Trade Center during the Sept. 11, 2001, attack has been moved for a second time on the ground zero site.
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WTC site will be open again to families this 9/11
(AP)
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:17:29 GMT - AP - Sept. 11 victims' families will be allowed to return to ground zero to mourn their loved ones on the seventh anniversary of the terrorist attacks, officials said Friday.
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Billy Crystal joins 9/11 memorial foundation board
(AP)
Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:22:34 GMT - AP - Billy Crystal is going to help build the Sept. 11 memorial.
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Logistics, secrecy, hamper Guantanamo trials
(Reuters)
Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:04:10 GMT - Reuters - When
accused September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed grumbled
to the U.S. military war tribunal he couldn't get paper or file
legal motions with the court, he was told to put his complaints
in legal papers and file them with the court.
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Ex-NYC worker gets 15 years for 9/11 money theft
(AP)
Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:40:57 GMT - AP - A former medical examiner's office worker was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison for stealing at least $9 million, much of it intended to identify victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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9/11 'mastermind' complains to judge
(AP)
Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:39:23 GMT - AP - The alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks said Thursday that the U.S. military is making it difficult for him to serve as his own lawyer.
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Guantanamo suspect wants classified documents
(Reuters)
Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:35:01 GMT - Reuters - An accused
September 11 conspirator told the U.S. military war court at
Guantanamo on Thursday that he should have access to classified
evidence against him, arguing that if he is executed the
secrets will be safer than in the hands of the FBI or CIA.
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Bush signs spy bill and draws lawsuit
(Reuters)
Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:59:57 GMT - Reuters - President George W. Bush signed a
law on Thursday overhauling the rules for eavesdropping on
terrorism suspects but immediately met a civil liberties
challenge calling it a threat to Americans' privacy.
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Senate bows to Bush, approves surveillance bill
(AP)
Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:38:27 GMT - AP - Bowing to President Bush's demands, the Senate sent the White House a bill Wednesday overhauling bitterly disputed rules on secret government eavesdropping and shielding telecommunications companies from lawsuits complaining they helped the U.S. spy on Americans.
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Senate passes Bush-backed telecom protection
(Reuters)
Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:06:13 GMT - Reuters - President George W. Bush won final
congressional approval on Wednesday of liability protection for
phone companies that took part in the warrantless domestic
spying program he began after the September 11 attacks.
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History TV network to retell September 11, WWII
(Reuters)
Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:20:05 GMT - Reuters - Cable network History --
formerly known as the History Channel -- is retelling the
stories of World War II and the September 11 attacks from a
fresh perspective.
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Judge rejects suit over Sept. 11 landfill remains
(AP)
Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:16:44 GMT - AP - A judge on Monday rejected a lawsuit brought by several families of Sept. 11 terrorism victims that sought to move World Trade Center debris, which may contain human remains, from a landfill to a plot of land that could be made into a cemetery.
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Judge dismisses case over 9/11 remains
(Reuters)
Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:39:33 GMT - Reuters - A U.S. judge on Monday dismissed a
case brought by families of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks who
said the city denied proper burials by sending debris
containing possible human remains to a garbage dump.
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London Terror Bombings
UK court rejects terror plotters' appeal
(AP)
Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:39:00 GMT - AP - A British court has rejected an appeal by five men, serving life sentences for plotting a bombing spree, to overturn their convictions.
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Court rejects appeal by bomb plotters
(AFP)
Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:15:32 GMT - AFP - Five men jailed last year for plotting an Al-Qaeda-linked bombing campaign lost an appeal against their convictions Wednesday.
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Three Britons plead guilty to explosives plot
(Reuters)
Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:10:49 GMT - Reuters - Three British Muslim men pleaded guilty
on Monday to conspiring to cause explosions, part of a plan
prosecutors say would have involved smuggling liquid bombs onto
airliners with the intention of blowing them up mid-flight.
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Canada's Bombardier launches new planes
(AP)
Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:17:23 GMT - AP - Canadian planemaker Bombardier Inc. issued a challenge to bigger rivals Boeing Co. and Airbus with the launch a new aircraft range on Sunday.
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Londoners mark July 7 bombings anniversary
(AP)
Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:39:58 GMT - AP - Londoners on Monday marked the third anniversary of the July 7 suicide bombings that killed 52 commuters during a rush-hour attack.
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London remembers deadly suicide bombings
(AFP)
Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:07:19 GMT - AFP - London marked the third anniversary Monday of the suicide bombings on the city's transport network, with ceremonies at blast sites as survivors and the victims' families remembered the deadly attacks.
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House arrest for Qaeda suspect on leaving UK jail
(Reuters)
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:07:34 GMT - Reuters - An Algerian suspected of links to Osama
bin Laden and bomb plots in the United States and France has
been freed from a British prison after more than seven years
but placed under house arrest while he fights deportation.
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Homeland Security
GeoEye sees growing revenues after satellite launch (Khaleej Times)
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:04:51 GMT - DULLES, Virginia - Commercial satellite imagery company GeoEye Inc GEOY.O said the launch of its new $502 million high-resolution GeoEye-1 satellite on Aug. 22 should help spur US government orders after a few sluggish months, which in turn could help buoy the company's shares.
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Removing FEMA 'mold' homes from Iowa will be costly (The Gazette)
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:02:42 GMT - The much-discussed FEMA "mold" mobile homes are now on their way elsewhere, but at considerable cost to taxpayers.Each of the 232 homes cost on average $7,100 to bring to Iowa, Alexandra Kirin, a FEMA public affairs officer, reported on Wednesday from Washington, D.C.That means $1.647 million was spent just to bring those 232 homes to Iowa as temporary housing for flood victims.The homes are ...
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Jonesville residents left without water following pump failure (The Alexandria Town Talk)
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:59:50 GMT - JONESVILLE -- Four rivers converge in Jonesville, but the small Central Louisiana town has been virtually without water since sometime Tuesday.
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Phila. area officials vying for Florida police chief job (Philly.com)
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:57:42 GMT - The search for a top cop in Fort Myers, Fla., has generated a bit of interest from some area police.
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Ambassador: al-Qaida leaving Iraq for Afghanistan (Boston Globe)
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:41:27 GMT - Al-Qaida's foreign fighters who have for years bedeviled Iraq are increasingly going to Afghanistan to fight instead, the Iraqi ambassador to the United States said Wednesday.
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Congress looking at police spying (Baltimore Sun)
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:37:11 GMT - Information sought on whether state police used federal funds Federal lawmakers are scrutinizing the Homeland Security Department's role in efforts by Maryland State Police to spy on peace activists and death penalty protesters, raising concerns that the operations were supported with federal dollars.
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Parades� political bans based on tradition, incident (Northwest Herald)
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:23:10 GMT - When it comes to politics, parades can have a politics all their own. And Democratic State’s Attorney challenger Tom Cynor is not the first person in recent years to run afoul of them.
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Vt. man sentenced to 21 years in child porn case (The Barre Montpelier Times Argus)
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:16:27 GMT - POWNAL -- A U.S. District Court judge on Wednesday sentenced a man who confessed to being part of a group whose members called themselves "boy lovers" and "boy cuddlers" to serve more than 21 years in prison. ... - By PATRICK McARDLE Herald Staff
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Mailbox for July 24 (Greeley Tribune)
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:14:26 GMT - Greeley would have been better served by drug enforcement rather than ICE
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MPD suspends training, redeploys more officers (The Washington Examiner)
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:13:27 GMT - D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier responded Tuesday to a recent surge in violent crime by suspending virtually all training across the department and pushing officers to the streets.
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