| White House aide resigns over NYC flyover (AP) Posted: 08 May 2009 04:22 PM PDT  AP - The White House official who authorized a $328,835 photo-op of Air Force One soaring above New York City resigned under fire Friday as the administration tried to move past the embarrassing incident that sent panicked workers rushing into the streets amid flashbacks of Sept. 11.
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| Terror suspect who fled Singapore held in Malaysia (AP) Posted: 08 May 2009 11:43 AM PDT  AP - An Islamic militant who escaped from a Singapore jail a year ago has been arrested in Malaysia, where his ability to remain in hiding for so long showed that terror networks in the region remain strong, officials said Friday.
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| Liberty's crown, closed since 9/11, to open July 4 (AP) Posted: 08 May 2009 02:25 PM PDT  AP - The Statue of Liberty's crown, with its exhilarating view of New York's skyscrapers, bridges and seaport, is reopening on Independence Day for the first time since terrorists leveled the World Trade Center just across the harbor.
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| Pakistani army vows to oust Taliban militants (AP) Posted: 08 May 2009 04:10 PM PDT  AP - Pakistan's army vowed Friday to eliminate militants from a northwestern valley but warned that its under-equipped troops face thousands of Taliban extremists who have seized towns, planted bombs made from pressure cookers, and dragooned children to be suicide bombers.
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| Pakistani forces bomb Taliban in Swat (Reuters) Posted: 08 May 2009 04:27 AM PDT  Reuters - Pakistani planes bombed the Taliban in their Swat bastion on Friday, after the prime minister ordered elimination of "militants and terrorists" and on the heels of a commitment to Washington to fight extremists.
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| CIA docs unclear on Pelosi interrogation briefings (AP) Posted: 07 May 2009 08:32 PM PDT  AP - CIA records show House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was briefed in September 2002 on harsh interrogation techniques being used on terrorist suspects, but the records do little to settle a dispute over whether she knew waterboarding had already been used against one prisoner by then.
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| Holder says terrorists won't be freed into US (AP) Posted: 07 May 2009 05:28 PM PDT  AP - The Obama administration will not release terrorists from Guantanamo Bay into neighborhoods in the United States, Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress on Thursday as he sought to reassure worried lawmakers.
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