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Condemned Ariz. serial killer gets 2 life terms (AP) Posted: 30 Mar 2009 04:39 PM PDT AP - A man convicted of killing six people and attacking 19 others was sentenced to two consecutive life terms plus nearly 365 years on Monday, just days after being condemned for the dozens of random, nighttime shootings that terrorized the city in 2005 and 2006.

Miss Universe and Miss USA tour Guantanamo (AP) Posted: 30 Mar 2009 04:22 PM PDT AP - Miss Universe and Miss USA have taken a firsthand look at the U.S. prison for terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay.

New homeland security tool to detect Conficker worm (AFP) Posted: 30 Mar 2009 02:57 PM PDT AFP - The US Department of Homeland Security released a tool on Monday to detect whether a computer is infected by the Conficker worm.

Clinton: New team not using 'war on terror' term (AP) Posted: 30 Mar 2009 02:31 PM PDT AP - The phrase "global war on terror" is finished, at least as far as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is concerned.

US launches new fight against Afghan drug trade (AP) Posted: 30 Mar 2009 02:06 PM PDT AP - American authorities are planning a broad new campaign to choke off the prime source of financing for terrorists in Afghanistan, sending in dozens of federal drug enforcement agents to disrupt the country's massive opium trade and the money that streams to the Taliban and al-Qaida.

Britain tightens security as leaders meet for G-20 (AP) Posted: 30 Mar 2009 12:03 PM PDT AP - Thousands of extra police are patrolling London's streets ahead of this week's Group of 20 summit amid fears that terrorists could capitalize on the presence of tens of thousands of unruly protesters to launch an attack.

Top US officials to discuss gun smuggling in Mexico (AFP) Posted: 30 Mar 2009 11:35 AM PDT AFP - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Attorney General Eric Holder will be in Mexico Thursday to discuss the problem of US weapons being smuggled south of the border, US Justice Department officials said Monday.

Police-Academy Assault Raises Fears of More Pakistan Terrorism (Time.com) Posted: 30 Mar 2009 09:50 AM PDT Time.com - Less than a month after a visiting cricket team was attacked, Lahore is once again besieged by suspected Islamist militants

Five arrested in UK ahead of G20 London protests (Reuters) Posted: 30 Mar 2009 09:20 AM PDT Reuters - Five people suspected of planning to join protests against the G20 summit in London on Thursday have been arrested after weapons were found during a raid on a house in southwest England, police said Monday.

Lawyer: Ex-US officials must face torture charges (AP) Posted: 30 Mar 2009 08:45 AM PDT AP - Six former Bush administration officials accused in a Spanish complaint of sanctioning the torture of terror suspects should come to Spain to face justice, a human rights lawyer urged Monday.

Five held under terror laws ahead of G20 summit (AFP) Posted: 30 Mar 2009 07:17 AM PDT AFP - Police arrested five people under anti-terror legislation in Devon, but they insisted on Monday there was no immediate link to the Group of 20 summit this week in London.

US won't hunt militants over Pakistan border: Obama (AFP) Posted: 30 Mar 2009 02:57 AM PDT AFP - President Barack Obama ruled out sending US troops on a hot pursuit of extremists across the Afghan border into Pakistan -- but demanded Islamabad hold up its end of the anti-terror struggle.

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