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Contractor sentenced to over 5 years in 9/11 fraud (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2009 12:37 PM PDT AP - A former contractor was sentenced on Friday to more than five years in prison for defrauding the federal government during reconstruction of the Pentagon after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Spain: No torture probe of US officials (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2009 09:33 AM PDT AP - Spain should not investigate allegations that six senior Bush administration officials gave legal cover for the torture of terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Spanish prosecutors formally recommended Friday.

Pak 'terror culture' cited in Mumbai attacks trial (AFP) Posted: 17 Apr 2009 02:34 AM PDT AFP - The Islamist militant attacks on Mumbai were the product of Pakistan's "strategic terror culture," an Indian court was told Friday as the prosecution opened its case against one of the alleged gunmen.

Donors pledge $5 billion to stabilize Pakistan (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2009 03:24 AM PDT AP - International donors, led by the United States and Japan, pledged more than $5 billion Friday to stabilize Pakistan's troubled economy and fight the spread of terrorism in the Islamic nation and neighboring Afghanistan.

Obama Says U.S. Terror Memos Expose ‘Dark and Painful Chapter’ (Bloomberg) Posted: 16 Apr 2009 09:00 PM PDT Bloomberg - April 17 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama said he wants to move past “a dark and painful chapter” by exposing Bush administration legal memos that authorized harsh tactics in the interrogation of suspected terrorists.

Terror memos authorized harsh interrogation techniques (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 16 Apr 2009 02:00 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The Obama administration will not prosecute US intelligence officials involved in harsh interrogations of terror suspects, the president pledged on Thursday.

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