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Reuters - Saturday, November 7

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda released a new videotape from its leader Osama bin Laden on Friday, said IntelCenter, a U.S.-based terrorism monitoring firm. More »

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Afghan Taliban says holding bodies of 2 foreign troops
Reuters - Saturday, November 7
By Sharafuddin Sharafyar
Liberal lawmakers defy Obama on Patriot Act
AP - Friday, November 6
Defying the Obama administration, the House Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to remove from the USA Patriot Act a tool for tracking non-U.S. citizens in anti-terrorism investigations.
American deported to Lebanon denies terror charges
AP - Friday, November 6
An American citizen convicted on terrorism charges in the United Arab Emirates said on Thursday he confessed under torture and suspected that U.S. authorities played a role in his detention and prosecution in the Gulf country.
Al Qaeda says was behind ambush on Yemen officers
Reuters - Friday, November 6
DUBAI (Reuters) - An al Qaeda group claimed responsibility on Thursday for the killing of seven Yemeni security officials in an ambush near the Saudi border this week.
$1 million bail offered in Chicago terrorism case
AP - Wednesday, November 4
An attorney says friends and family of a Chicago man accused of taking part in a terrorist scheme to attack a Danish newspaper are willing to post $1 million in real estate and cash to win his release on bond.
GOP Rep: Health reform scarier than terrorism
AP - Tuesday, November 3
A Republican congresswoman said Monday that people have more to fear from Democratic health care legislation than from terrorists.
Gitmo detainees set to receive swine flu vaccine
AP - Monday, November 2
Terrorism suspects held at the Guantanamo Bay naval base will soon get swine flu vaccines, despite complaints that American civilians should have priority, a military spokesman said Sunday.
Bush says Afghan war must be won to stop 'tyranny'
AFP - Sunday, November 1
Former US president George W. Bush said Saturday that the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan must be won to stop a return to "brutal tyranny" in the nation.
UN guard killed in Afghanistan hailed as hero
AP - Saturday, October 31
A United Nations security guard from Miami who died fighting Taliban attackers at a hotel in Afghanistan is being hailed as a hero by top U.N. staff for the lives he and another guard helped save.
Al-Qaeda sleeper agent sentenced to more than 8 years
AFP - Friday, October 30
A US judge sentenced Al-Qaeda sleeper agent Ali al-Marri to more than eight years in prison, rejecting pleas from prosecutors for a much longer jail term.
Afghanistan calms security fears after UN hostel attack
AFP - Friday, October 30
Afghan authorities played down fears Thursday of the Taliban wrecking next week's presidential election run-off and tried to assuage worries of a repeat of the rampant fraud which tarred the first round.
Somali PM says his country is haven for Al-Qaeda
AFP - Thursday, October 29
Al-Qaeda is using Somalia to train, regroup and plan further attacks, the Somali prime minister said Wednesday, warning it was also beginning to threaten regional stability.
US diplomat resigns to protest Afghan war
AP - Wednesday, October 28
A former Marine who fought in Iraq and became a diplomat in a Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan has resigned in a high-profile protest of the Afghan war.
Rights violated under guise of counter-terrorism - U.N.
Reuters - Tuesday, October 27
By Michelle Nichols
Iraqis blame politics for Baghdad bombs
Reuters - Tuesday, October 27
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The Iraqi government blamed the bloodiest bombings in years on al Qaeda and other extremists, but many ordinary Iraqis think political infighting before next year's election is the cause and fear worse is yet to come.
Iraq bombings spark international fury
AFP - Monday, October 26
Iraqi security forces were on high alert on Monday, a day after twin suicide vehicle bombs blamed on Al-Qaeda killed 99 people in Baghdad, provoking widespread international condemnation.
Taliban threaten Afghan run-off vote
Reuters - Sunday, October 25
By Hamid Shalizi