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Indonesia seeks access to Guantanamo terror suspect (AFP) Posted: 27 Jan 2009 02:08 AM CST AFP - Indonesia is prepared to try alleged Al-Qaeda bomb plotter Hambali if he is returned to his homeland after the planned closure of the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, police said Tuesday.

Elder Bush: Son held to principles after attacks (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2009 08:35 PM CST AP - Former President George H.W. Bush says he's proud of how his son held to his principles during his presidency and kept the U.S. safe after the 2001 terror attacks.

Pentagon: Gitmo prisoner releases not fail safe (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2009 06:06 PM CST AP - The re-emergence of two former Guantanamo Bay prisoners as al-Qaida terrorists in the past week won't likely change U.S. policy on transfers to Saudi Arabia, the Pentagon said Monday.

Advocacy Groups Play Out India-Pakistan Dispute on Capitol Hill (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 26 Jan 2009 05:49 PM CST CQPolitics.com - A coalition of Indian-American groups will come to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to urge lawmakers to make U.S. military aid to Pakistan conditional on cooperation with investigations of November's terrorist attack in Mumbai.

2 plead guilty in NY Tamil Tiger terrorism case (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2009 03:24 PM CST AP - When customs agents questioned a carload of Sri Lankan immigrants entering the United States at the Canadian border in the summer of 2006, the men claimed they were headed to a bachelor party in Buffalo.

Obama's aunt has immigration hearing in April (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2009 05:32 PM CST AP - The Bush administration quietly withdrew in the weeks after Barack Obama's election a new rule requiring high-level approval before federal agents nationwide could arrest fugitive immigrants. The future for Obama's aunt, who had been living in the country illegally, will be determined at an immigration court hearing in April.

Court hears 9/11 conspirator's appeal in Va. (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2009 02:01 PM CST AP - Zacarias Moussaoui's guilty plea in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks was invalid because the government failed to turn over evidence that could have helped his defense, his attorney told a federal appeals court Monday.

EU backs Guantanamo closure but wary of accepting inmates (AFP) Posted: 26 Jan 2009 12:24 PM CST AFP - European Union nations expressed support Monday for US moves to close the Guantanamo "war on terror" prison camp but few are keen to accept the freed detainees.

3rd trial looms for alleged Sears Tower plotters (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2009 12:23 PM CST AP - Federal prosecutors will try for a third time to persuade jurors that six men from an impoverished Miami neighborhood were a blossoming al-Qaida cell bent on destroying Chicago's Sears Tower to help ignite a war against the United States.

EU: US must show Guantanamo detainees pose no risk (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2009 11:47 AM CST AP - European Union leaders said Monday they are willing to take prisoners being released from the U.S. detention camp at Guantanamo Bay — but only after detailed screening to ensure they don't import a terrorist.

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