Japan hostage in Yemen seized by Al-Qaeda: source
AFP - Sat Nov 21, 3:23 am ETA Japanese engineer kidnapped by Yemeni tribesmen has been seized by Al-Qaeda gunmen, a tribal source who has been seeking to negotiate his release said on Saturday.
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5 Florida men get prison for plotting terrorist attacks with al Qaeda
CNN - Fri Nov 20, 9:35 pm ETFive Florida men convicted of plotting terrorist acts with al Qaeda were sentenced Friday to long prison terms, the Department of Justice announced.
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200 Web sites spread al-Qaida's message in English
AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 20, 1:28 am ETIncreasing numbers of English-language Web sites are spreading al-Qaida's message to Muslims in the West. They translate writings and sermons once largely out of reach of English readers and often feature charismatic clerics like Anwar al-Awlaki, who exchanged dozens of e-mails with the Army psychiatrist accused of the Fort Hood shootings.
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An Accused Plotter With Feet in East and West
New York Times - 37 minutes agoThe profile that has emerged of David Headley, a U.S. citizen accused of plotting revenge against a Danish newspaper, suggests a man pulled between two cultures.
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The Fall of Greg Craig
Time.com via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 42 minutes agoHow Obama's lawyer sparked a battle royal when he tried to keep some of the President's campaign promises in the war on terrorism
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Al-Qaida suspect promises NY trial boycott
AP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 19, 8:20 pm ETA U.S.-trained scientist accused of shooting at FBI agents and helping al-Qaida vowed Thursday to boycott her January trial.
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Terror trials differ in civilian, military courts
AP via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 21, 10:37 am ETThe federal courts and military tribunals that will prosecute suspected terrorists vary sharply in their independence, public stature and use of evidence. But the Obama administration has so far offered no clear-cut rationale for how it chooses which system will try a detainee.
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3 men blow themselves up in Pakistani Kashmir
AP via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 21, 7:41 am ETThree suspected militants blew themselves up as police gave chase Saturday in the Pakistani part of disputed Kashmir, authorities said.
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Conflicting blast reports reflect fear in Pakistan
AP via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 21, 5:45 am ETA gas explosion injured one person and damaged a two-story building in northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border Saturday. Police initially said it was a bomb but later determined it was an accident.
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Hasan had intensified contact with cleric
Washington Post - Sat Nov 21, 4:19 am ETIn months before deadly shootings at Fort Hood, suspect was discussing transfering money, other actions with extremist imam, sources report.
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Prison holds promise for Ill. town
Washington Post - Sat Nov 21, 4:18 am ETThomson's all but vacant facility could be the new Guantanamo, bringing jobs and jitters to area.
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Obama Afghan decision to come after Thanksgiving
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 21, 4:06 am ETUS President Barack Obama has put off a decision on whether to send reinforcements to Afghanistan until after next week's Thanksgiving holiday amid resistance to a troop buildup among key Democrats and criticism from the right.
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Al Qaeda Suspect Promises to Boycott Her N.Y. Trial
Fox News - Thu Nov 19, 9:22 pm ETA U.S.-trained scientist from Pakistan accused of shooting at FBI agents and helping Al Qaeda vowed Thursday to boycott her January trial.
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FBI monitored alleged shooter's e-mail
UPI - 2 hours 43 minutes agoWASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The suspect in the Fort Hood, Texas, shootings allegedly traded coded e-mails regarding money transfers with a radical Muslim cleric, authorities said.
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Manmohan Singh On Afghanistan, Pakistan and China
Newsweek - 2 hours 58 minutes agoWearing a white kurta and a blue turban, India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, 77, appeared relaxed on the eve of his state visit to Washington, which takes place this week. Many Indians worry that the Obama White House, unlike the previous two American administrations, may tilt toward China instead of India. Singh sat down in his Delhi residence last week to discuss with NEWSWEEK's Lally ...
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Blast near aid office wounds 1 in NW Pakistan
AP via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 21, 12:08 am ETAn explosion struck the office of an aid organization in northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border on Saturday, wounding a security guard, police said.
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Upper-Bracket Tax May Be Needed for Afghan War Cost, Levin Says
Bloomberg via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 21, 12:01 am ETNov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Higher-income Americans should be taxed to pay for more troops sent to Afghanistan and NATO should provide half of the new soldiers, said Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
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Prison holds promise for job-strapped town
Washington Post - Sat Nov 21, 12:00 am ETCHICAGO -- On the edge of a cornfield 150 miles from Chicago lies a prison, all but vacant, that could become the new Guantanamo.
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Rebel conflict heightens humanitarian crisis in Yemen
Washington Post - Sat Nov 21, 12:00 am ETMAZRAQ, YEMEN -- From his tent made of blankets, Ali al-Majeshri stared at the tarpaulin tents in the refugee camp across the road. Five days before, he and his family had arrived at this wretched patch in a failing nation, driven here by a civil war that overnight had become a regional conflict....
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Hasan had intensified contact with radical Yemeni American cleric
Washington Post - Sat Nov 21, 12:00 am ETIn the months before the deadly shootings at Fort Hood, Army Maj. Nidal M. Hasan intensified his communications with a radical Yemeni American cleric and began to discuss surreptitious financial transfers and other steps that could translate his thoughts into action, according to two sources briefed...
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