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Indian doctor cleared in Australian terrorism case

AP — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:06:09 +0000

An Indian doctor jailed in Australia last year in a bungled terrorism case has officially been cleared, Australian police said Friday.

Tunisian courts convicts 19 Islamic militants

AP — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:02:59 +0000

A Tunisian court convicted 19 Islamic militants on charges linked to plots to carry out attacks in the north African country or send fighters to Iraq, a defense lawyer said...

5th arrest in alleged plot to kill British PM

AP — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:28:40 +0000

Police in Britain say that a fifth suspect has been arrested in an alleged plot to kill British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

British make arrest in plot to kill prime minister

AP — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:05:37 +0000

British counterterrorism police arrested a 25-year-old man Tuesday as part of an investigation into threats to kill Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Britain’s Press Association...

British counterterrorism police make arrest

AP — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:36:58 +0000

British counterterrorism police say they have arrested a 25-year-old man in Blackburn, northern England.

Sajid Mansuri, the calm face of terror

Vikas — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:05:53 +0000

He is 35, cocky, well-read, speaks fluent English and looks at his interrogators unwaveringly in the eye. Sajid Mansuri, one of the ten men in custody for the Ahmedabad blasts, is emerging as the cold face of...

Justice delays new rules on terror investigations

AP — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:55:19 +0000

The Justice Department has agreed to delay new rules covering how the FBI investigates suspected terrorists, deferring to senators’ concerns that innocent Americans might be targeted without evidence of...

Senators: FBI rules could target innocent people

AP — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:22:45 +0000

Some Democratic senators say proposed rules to help the FBI catch terrorists could allow the government to spy on innocent Americans “without any basis for...

Senators seek to delay new rules in terror probes

AP — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:49:28 +0000

Two senators are seeking to delay new Justice Department rules that would let the FBI investigate Americans without any evidence of wrongdoing. The lawmakers fear the rules could lead to the singling out Muslims, Arabs or other racial and ethnic...

Pakistan likely to stay on course on war on terror

AP — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:56:20 +0000

Despite the massive shifts in Pakistan’s political landscape, the new government’s approach to dealing with Islamic extremists likely will follow the same lines it has since Pervez Musharraf sided with the U.S. after the 9/11...