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Pakistan confirms Mumbai arrests (AP) Posted: 10 Dec 2008 03:53 AM CST AP - Pakistan has detained a second alleged mastermind of the Mumbai terror attacks, the prime minister said Wednesday, apparently making good on pledges to pursue the perpetrators.

India asks UN to ban Paksitani group (AP) Posted: 10 Dec 2008 03:34 AM CST AP - India has demanded that the U.N. Security Council declare a Pakistan-based Islamic charity a terrorist group, saying it was a front for the militant organization it accuses of being behind the attacks on Mumbai.

Malaysia frees alleged militant tied to 9/11 attackers (AFP) Posted: 10 Dec 2008 01:20 AM CST AFP - Malaysia said Wednesday it had released suspected terrorist Yazid Sufaat, who has been detained since 2001 after being connected with the September 11 attacks in the United States.

India asks U.N. council to blacklist Mumbai planners (Reuters) Posted: 10 Dec 2008 01:02 AM CST Reuters - Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahamed urged the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to help punish anyone responsible for the deadly attacks in Mumbai by adding them to a U.N. terrorism blacklist.

Obama May Have to Decide on Execution for Accused Terrorists (Bloomberg) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 11:01 PM CST Bloomberg - Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- President-elect Barack Obama may soon have to choose between executing five confessed plotters of the Sept. 11 attacks or trying them in courts that do more to protect their rights.

Malaysia frees man believed to have 9/11 links (Reuters) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 10:20 PM CST Reuters - Malaysia has released five men held under suspicion of terrorism, including one believed to be linked to the September 11 attacks in the United States, the country's minister in charge of security said on Wednesday.

Criticism of US heard at UN session on terrorism (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 09:06 PM CST AP - Croatia's president took a swipe at the Bush administration Tuesday, telling the U.N. Security Council that the global fight against terrorism has been "compromised" by Washington's pre-emptive approach.

U.S. calls Pakistan efforts 'credible' but expects more (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 07:27 PM CST McClatchy Newspapers - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Indian police Tuesday made public what they claimed were the names and hometowns in Pakistan of the Islamist suspects who terrorized Mumbai, stepping up the pressure on Islamabad to intensify a crackdown on Muslim militants.

Prosecutors seek yet another sentencing for Ressam (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 04:21 PM CST AP - Federal prosecutors are seeking yet another sentencing for an al-Qaida-trained terrorist convicted of plotting to bomb Los Angeles airport at the turn of the millennium — this time without credit for helping to convict a fellow terrorist.

Pakistan won't hand suspects to India (AFP) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 03:49 PM CST AFP - Pakistan said Tuesday it would not hand over suspects in the Mumbai terror strikes to India and warned that while it wanted peace with its neighbour, it was ready for war if New Delhi decided to attack.

Bush defends 'necessary' US action in Pakistan (AFP) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 03:39 PM CST AFP - US President George W. Bush promised Tuesday to "do what is necessary" to blunt any terrorist threats originating from suspected extremist havens in Pakistan's remote tribal areas.

India, Pakistan nukes secure: Pentagon (AFP) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 01:53 PM CST AFP - The Pentagon expressed confidence Tuesday that India and Pakistan's nuclear arsenals remain secure despite tensions over the recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai.

Information on gunmen killed in Mumbai attacks (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 11:25 AM CST AP - Information released by Indian police on the nine suspected Islamic militants killed during the terror attack on Mumbai. All alleged hometowns in Pakistan:

Bush defends his record of using military might (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 03:14 PM CST AP - President George W. Bush on Tuesday defended his doctrine of pre-emptive war and warned that the United States must remain willing to "to take the fight to our enemies across the world."

Coroner allows majority verdict at Menezes inquest (AFP) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 10:33 AM CST AFP - The coroner at the inquest into the death of a Brazilian mistakenly killed by anti-terror police said Tuesday he would accept a majority verdict from jurors, to help them agree a decision.

England to donate funds for Mumbai terror victims (AFP) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 07:36 AM CST AFP - England's cricket team will donate half their match fees for the first Test against India to the families of victims of last month's terror attacks in Mumbai, batsman Alastair Cook said on Tuesday.

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