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Obama campaigns for help in Afghan terror fight (AP) Posted: 03 Apr 2009 03:46 PM PDT AP - Courting Europe with an American-style campaign, President Barack Obama on Friday talked up his plans — popular here — to eliminate nuclear weapons, close the Guantanamo Bay prison and tackle global warming.

Homeland Security boss says cartels under pressure (AP) Posted: 03 Apr 2009 03:22 PM PDT AP - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says strategies outlined with Mexican officials this week will put warring drug cartels in a vice.

Egyptian student cleared in Florida explosives trial (Reuters) Posted: 03 Apr 2009 03:03 PM PDT Reuters - A U.S. jury acquitted an Egyptian student on Friday of two explosives charges that could have sent him to prison for up to 20 years in a case that resulted in a terrorism conviction against another student.

Obama in terror warning to NATO allies (AFP) Posted: 03 Apr 2009 02:18 PM PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama warned his European NATO allies Friday that they face a greater risk of terror attacks than America and that he needs their help to defeat Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan.

Ex-U.S. sailor jailed for 10 years on terrorism charges (Reuters) Posted: 03 Apr 2009 01:54 PM PDT Reuters - A former U.S. Navy sailor stationed in the Middle East was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison on Friday for spying and providing material support to a terrorist organization.

Ex-sailor sentenced to 10 years in terror case (AP) Posted: 03 Apr 2009 01:38 PM PDT AP - A former Navy sailor convicted of leaking details about ship movements and the best ways to attack them was sentenced Friday to the maximum 10 years in prison.

DC attorney general decries gun amendment (AP) Posted: 03 Apr 2009 01:26 PM PDT AP - The nation's capital would be more vulnerable to a terrorist attack if the District of Columbia's gun laws were weakened, the city's attorney general said Friday.

75% Oppose Release of Guantanamo Inmates in the United States (Rasmussen Reports) Posted: 03 Apr 2009 10:02 AM PDT Rasmussen Reports - President Obama's intelligence chief said last week that some inmates at the Guantanamo terrorist prison camp may be released in the United States, but just 13% of U.S. voters think that should be allowed.

Obama Calls for Stronger NATO Effort to Pacify Afghanistan (Bloomberg) Posted: 03 Apr 2009 07:41 AM PDT Bloomberg - April 3 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama pressed NATO to step up efforts to stabilize Afghanistan, warning that terror groups based there are more likely to attack European countries than the United States.

Obama calls on NATO allies to raise game (AFP) Posted: 03 Apr 2009 07:32 AM PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama on Friday urged the NATO allies to boost their own military strengths and warned that Europe was more likely to fall victim to a terror attack than the United States.

Obama defends US role in Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 03 Apr 2009 05:48 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is defending the U.S. war in Afghanistan and says it could prevent a future terrorist attack somewhere in Europe.

France mulls taking in Algerian Guantanamo inmate (AFP) Posted: 03 Apr 2009 04:43 AM PDT AFP - France is considering taking in an Algerian detainee of the Guantanamo "war on terror" prison that US President Barack Obama has vowed to close by January, two sources said.

Sarkozy says France to accept Guantanamo prisoner (AP) Posted: 03 Apr 2009 04:41 AM PDT AP - In a symbolic gesture, French President Nicolas Sarkozy says he will accept one terrorist suspect being held at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp.

France mulls taking Algerian Guantanamo inmate: US (AFP) Posted: 03 Apr 2009 12:31 AM PDT AFP - France is considering taking in an Algerian detainee of the Guantanamo "war on terror" prison that US President Barack Obama vowed to close by January, two sources said.

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