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Charges dropped in Guantanamo terror trial (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 12:16 AM CST AP - The Pentagon's senior judge overseeing terror trials at Guantanamo Bay dropped charges Thursday against an al-Qaida suspect in the 2000 USS Cole bombing, upholding President Barack Obama's order to freeze military tribunals there.

CIA nominee vows to break with Bush policies (AFP) Posted: 05 Feb 2009 09:10 PM CST AFP - President Barack Obama's choice to head the CIA has made clear he would break with Bush administration policy against terror suspects, saying detainees would not be subjected to torture while in US custody or in allied countries.

Gates ignoring Obama on Guantanamo: rights group (AFP) Posted: 05 Feb 2009 05:43 PM CST AFP - A leading US rights group Thursday slammed Defense Secretary Robert Gates for not backing President Barack Obama's executive order to halt proceedings against terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay.

Obama CIA pick may back "limited" abuse prosecution (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2009 04:53 PM CST Reuters - President Barack Obama's choice to head the CIA said on Thursday he would support "limited" prosecution of any agents who deliberately violated the law in interrogating terrorism suspects.

Woman gets 22 years for '99 Mich. campus arson (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2009 04:48 PM CST AP - A radical activist who helped set a $1 million fire to protest research on genetically modified crops was sentenced Thursday to nearly 22 years in prison — even more than the prosecution recommended.

German, Tunisian sentenced in synagogue attack (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2009 04:27 PM CST AP - A French court sentenced a German convert to Islam to 18 years in prison Thursday for his role in the bombing of a synagogue in Tunisia that killed 21 people nearly eight years ago.

Army reports alarming spike in suicides last month (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2009 04:22 PM CST AP - The Army is investigating an unexplained and stunning spike in suicides in January. The count is likely to surpass the number of combat deaths reported last month by all branches of the armed forces in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere in the fight against terrorism.

Key Bush Gitmo advisers still on job at Pentagon (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2009 02:52 PM CST AP - A senior judge who has not followed President Barack Obama's order to halt military trials at Guantanamo Bay is among Bush administration appointees still overseeing how the Pentagon deals with terror captives.

Advocacy Groups Play Out India-Pakistan Dispute on Capitol Hill (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 05 Feb 2009 02:39 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.

Greek group vows attacks on police, other targets (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2009 07:28 AM CST AP - A previously unknown group that has claimed responsibility for a shooting and grenade attack against an Athens police station is vowing to kill police officers and expand its targets to prominent Greeks.

Prank video for 'world's best job' stars bin Laden (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2009 07:06 AM CST AP - More than 10,000 people have jumped at the chance to become the caretaker of a tropical Australian island — including a prankster identifying himself as terror mastermind Osama bin Laden.

Beijing wants return of Chinese held in Guantanamo (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2009 02:20 AM CST Reuters - China said on Thursday it objected to any country accepting Muslim Chinese terror suspects held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, a day after Canada denied it planned to take three.

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