Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• Algeria hosts regional summit amid rise in terrorism (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Australia proposes revising counterterrorism laws (AP)
• Georgia man convicted of aiding terror groups (AP)
• Mich. prison assessed for possible Gitmo transfers (AP)
• Slain Jakarta florist said to have plotted blasts (AP)
• U.S. vows to embrace U.N. in break with Bush-era policy (Reuters)

Algeria hosts regional summit amid rise in terrorism (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 13 Aug 2009 02:00 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - West African Army commanders are concluding a two-day meeting Thursday in Tamanrasset, Algeria, to coordinate their efforts to fight terrorism.

Australia proposes revising counterterrorism laws (AP) Posted: 13 Aug 2009 12:17 AM PDT AP - Terrorism would be redefined to include psychological harm and police would gain emergency powers to search homes without warrants under proposed revisions to Australia's counterterrorism laws.

Georgia man convicted of aiding terror groups (AP) Posted: 12 Aug 2009 11:08 PM PDT AP - A 23-year-old Georgia man was convicted Wednesday of aiding terrorist groups by sending videotapes of U.S. landmarks overseas and plotting to support "violent jihad" after a federal jury rejected his arguments that it was empty talk.

Mich. prison assessed for possible Gitmo transfers (AP) Posted: 13 Aug 2009 04:49 PM PDT AP - Federal and state officials visited a maximum-security prison in rural Michigan on Thursday to begin assessing its suitability to house Guantanamo Bay detainees.

Slain Jakarta florist said to have plotted blasts (AP) Posted: 12 Aug 2009 09:31 PM PDT AP - When bomb blasts tore through two luxury hotels in Indonesia's capital where Andi Suhandi worked as a florist, he tried to phone a colleague to make sure he was safe.

U.S. vows to embrace U.N. in break with Bush-era policy (Reuters) Posted: 12 Aug 2009 08:32 PM PDT Reuters - The Obama administration will work with the United Nations to fight terrorism and other major world challenges, U.S. envoy Susan Rice said on Wednesday, marking a clear shift from the Bush administration's disregard for the world body.

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