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Pakistan calls for peace with India (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 02:06 AM CST AP - Pakistan's president said Tuesday the peace process with India must move forward to "foil the designs of the terrorists" who killed 171 people in Mumbai last month.

Confessions throw Gitmo 9/11 trials into confusion (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 02:00 AM CST AP - Khalid Sheikh Mohammed said Monday he will confess to masterminding the Sept. 11 attacks, throwing his death-penalty trial into disarray and shocking victims' relatives who watched from behind a glass partition.

India poll results lift ruling Congress: analysts (AFP) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 01:58 AM CST AFP - India's ruling Congress party received a boost with its solid showing in recent state polls despite terror attacks and economic woes, as general elections loom next year, analysts said Tuesday.

Slain Mumbai rabbi was reading terror manual before attack: friend (AFP) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 12:13 AM CST AFP - A rabbi murdered in Mumbai by Islamic militants who stormed his home was reading a manual on what to do in case of a terrorist attack, the friend who identified his body said.

9/11 suspects ask to confess but postpone pleas (AFP) Posted: 08 Dec 2008 11:42 PM CST AFP - The self-proclaimed architect of the September 11, 2001 attacks Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four co-defendants said they will plead guilty to terror charges that could bring the death penalty.

9/11 suspects seek guilty plea bid (AFP) Posted: 08 Dec 2008 10:13 PM CST AFP - The five September 11 attacks suspects held at Guantanamo Bay confessed to terror charges, but postponed formally entering guilty pleas until a later court date, thwarting their bid for a speedy imposition of the death penalty and hoped-for martyrdom.

September 11 suspects bid for Guantanamo guilty pleas (Reuters) Posted: 08 Dec 2008 09:50 PM CST Reuters - Five Guantanamo defendants charged with orchestrating the September 11 attacks told a U.S. military judge on Monday that they wanted to confess and plead guilty to terrorism charges that could result in their execution.

French police arrest suspected new ETA military chief (AFP) Posted: 08 Dec 2008 08:03 PM CST AFP - French anti-terrorism police on Monday arrested the suspected military chief of the Basque separatist group ETA, just weeks after capturing his alleged predecessor "Txeroki," the interior ministry said.

NJ terror suspect said group 'not going to kill' (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2008 05:36 PM CST AP - A man accused with four others of plotting to kill soldiers on Fort Dix told an FBI informant that the group wasn't going to kill anyone, according to a transcript of a conversation with the informant shown to jurors Monday.

Bush: Pressure best response to combat terror (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2008 05:08 PM CST AP - President George W. Bush said Monday that those working to protect the country against another terrorist attack deserve a government willing to "stay on the offense" against potential threats.

Lawmaker wants probe of NSA terror evidence (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2008 04:52 PM CST AP - The chairman of a House intelligence subcommittee wants an investigation into whether the National Security Agency illegally withheld evidence from lawyers for an American Muslim scholar convicted of terrorism-related charges.

England cricketers arrive in India amid high security (AFP) Posted: 08 Dec 2008 03:09 PM CST AFP - A full-strength England cricket team arrived here on Monday amid tight security to resume their India tour, which was thrown into doubt following the terror attacks in Mumbai.

Suspected new ETA military chief arrested in France (AFP) Posted: 08 Dec 2008 01:32 PM CST AFP - French anti-terrorism police on Monday arrested three suspected ETA militants including one man identified as the Basque separatist group's new military chief, officials said.

9/11 defendants face murder, war crimes charges (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2008 11:39 AM CST AP - Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four co-defendants face murder and war crimes charges for their alleged roles in the attacks that killed 2,973 people on Sept. 11, 2001. Some details:

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, others in terror confession: judge (AFP) Posted: 08 Dec 2008 10:24 AM CST AFP - Alleged September 11, 2001 attacks mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four co-defendants indicated they will confess to terror charges in their trial before a US military tribunal in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the judge said Monday.

US sees 'positive' Pakistan actions (AFP) Posted: 08 Dec 2008 12:19 PM CST AFP - The United States said Monday that Pakistan has taken "some positive steps" to help India probe the attacks in Mumbai but said more cooperation was needed to prevent any follow-on attacks.

September 11 defendants ask to plead guilty (Reuters) Posted: 08 Dec 2008 09:00 AM CST Reuters - The self-styled mastermind of the September 11 attacks and four co-defendants sent a note to a military judge at Guantanamo on Monday saying they wanted to confess and plead guilty.

Heavy security presence evident ahead of England test (Reuters) Posted: 08 Dec 2008 04:57 AM CST Reuters - Heavily-armed guards patrolled the boundary of Chennai's Chidambaram Stadium on Monday as the city prepared to host this week's first test between England and India following last month's Mumbai terror attacks.

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