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Rice: Mumbai attacks could bear al-Qaida's stamp (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2008 04:20 AM CST AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Pakistan must show "resolve and urgency" as she called Wednesday for international cooperation in the investigation into the Mumbai attacks.

US military chief in Pakistan amid tension with India (AFP) Posted: 03 Dec 2008 03:47 AM CST AFP - The chief of the United States military arrived here for talks to address simmering tensions between Pakistan and India over the Mumbai terror attacks, a diplomat said on Wednesday.

Mumbai attacks a wake-up call for hotel security (Reuters) Posted: 03 Dec 2008 03:41 AM CST Reuters - The terror attacks in Mumbai last week have been a chilling reminder to India's hotels to step up investments in security and surveillance systems, experts say.

England cricketers set to accept India return after tighter security (AFP) Posted: 03 Dec 2008 03:00 AM CST AFP - England's cricketers are likely to agree to return to India for this month's Test series after being promised tighter security following the terrorist attacks on Mumbai last week.

Israelis mourn losses in Mumbai attacks (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 03 Dec 2008 02:00 AM CST The Christian Science Monitor - Thousands of Israeli mourners on Tuesday thronged the streets of this town, a place where neither Rabbi Gavriel nor Rivka Holtzberg – the young religious couple killed last week in the terror attacks in Mumbai (Bombay) – actually lived.

USA (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 03 Dec 2008 02:00 AM CST The Christian Science Monitor - Despite government counterterrorism efforts, the US "margin of safety is shrinking, not growing," according to a draft report by a congressionally mandated task force. A terrorist attack somewhere in the world using nuclear or biological weapons is a very real possibility before 2013, the commission states. It recommends increased attention to biological threats.

India suspects to be tried in Pakistan (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2008 01:14 AM CST AP - The Pakistani president says 20 terrorist suspects wanted by India in the wake of the Mumbai attacks will be tried in Pakistan if there is evidence of wrongdoing.

Caddick backs England return to India as decision nears (AFP) Posted: 02 Dec 2008 11:42 PM CST AFP - Andrew Caddick, the former England bowler who pulled out of a tour of India in the wake of 9/11, said he would be prepared to travel there in the wake of last week's terrorist attacks in Mumbai.

Nuclear, biological terror attack 'likely': US commission (AFP) Posted: 02 Dec 2008 10:05 PM CST AFP - Terrorists are "likely" to use nuclear or biological weapons in the next five years, a US commission warned, highlighting Pakistan as the weakest link in world security.

Chinese police to dispatch anti-terror liaisons (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2008 09:42 PM CST AP - China will send additional police officers to liaison with security forces in countries facing major terror threats, in a bid to boost cooperation and head off attacks, the Public Security Ministry said Wednesday.

Prosecutors expand indictment of Bernard Kerik (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2008 08:44 PM CST AP - Federal prosecutors added details Tuesday to the corruption indictment against Bernard Kerik, the former New York City police commissioner who withdrew from consideration for Homeland Security secretary when questions arose around his taxes.

Islamic extremists being coaxed toward YouTube (Reuters) Posted: 02 Dec 2008 07:16 PM CST Reuters - Islamic extremists are being instructed on how to use the popular video-sharing site YouTube as a way to disseminate propaganda videos, a U.S.-based terrorism monitor said on Tuesday.

Ex-generals to urge Obama action on torture issue (Reuters) Posted: 02 Dec 2008 07:03 PM CST Reuters - Barack Obama should act from the moment of his inauguration to restore a U.S. image battered by allegations of torturing terrorism suspects, said a group of retired military leaders planning to press their case with the president-elect's transition team on Wednesday.

American alleges torture in UAE detention (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 02 Dec 2008 06:20 PM CST McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — A Muslim American contends that he was tortured and beaten into confessing to a terrorism-related charge while the security services of the United Arab Emirates held him for nearly three months, allegedly at the U.S. government's request, his brother said Tuesday.

US official: India attack may have Pakistani roots (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2008 01:48 AM CST AP - U.S. and British citizens were the targets of the violent siege in Mumbai last week, although most of those killed in India's financial capital were Indians, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday.

India demands Pakistan hand over fugitives, testing pledge (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 02 Dec 2008 06:01 PM CST McClatchy Newspapers - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — India demanded Tuesday that Islamabad hand over 20 fugitives it says have taken refuge in Pakistan, in an escalation of the confrontation between the two countries in the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks.

Iraqi, Kuwaiti navies to police waterways together (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2008 04:07 PM CST AP - The Iraqi and Kuwaiti navies have agreed to patrol their common waterways together to guard against terrorism and smuggling in the Persian Gulf, the U.S. Navy said Tuesday.

Atheists want God out of Ky. homeland security (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2008 02:56 PM CST AP - A group of atheists filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to remove part of a state anti-terrorism law that requires Kentucky's Office of Homeland Security to acknowledge it can't keep the state safe without God's help.

How to Prevent Another Mumbai (Time.com) Posted: 02 Dec 2008 02:00 PM CST Time.com - Killing terrorists is not the answer. It's attacking the terrorists' ideology

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