Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• Volcanic ash grounds flights across much of Europe (Reuters)
• Mom of US man charged with terrorism speaks out (AP)
• Special Report: U.S. shifts gears to tackle homespun terrorism (Reuters)
• Ex-CIA chief approved destroying interrogation tapes: report (AFP)
• Volcanic ash halts much of northern Europe air travel (Reuters)
• Destruction of videotapes documented in CIA e-mail (AP)
• Iceland's volcanic ash halts flights across Europe (AP)
• Thai army chief takes charge of restoring order (AP)
• No time behind bars for imam in NYC subway plot (AP)
• Holder defends U.S. criminal, military terror trials (Reuters)

Volcanic ash grounds flights across much of Europe (Reuters) Posted: 16 Apr 2010 06:10 PM PDT Reuters - A huge ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano spreading out across Europe is causing air travel chaos on a scale unseen since the Sept. 11 attacks and costing airlines hundreds of millions of dollars.

Mom of US man charged with terrorism speaks out (AP) Posted: 16 Apr 2010 05:45 PM PDT AP - Pakistani authorities beat confessions out of some of the five northern Virginia men accused of planning terrorist acts in that country, the mother of one of the men said Friday.

Special Report: U.S. shifts gears to tackle homespun terrorism (Reuters) Posted: 16 Apr 2010 05:35 AM PDT Reuters - At a recent congressional hearing on homespun terrorism, Indiana Representative Mark Souder tore into a little-known Los Angeles County sheriff named Lee Baca.

Ex-CIA chief approved destroying interrogation tapes: report (AFP) Posted: 16 Apr 2010 05:23 AM PDT AFP - Former CIA chief Porter Goss approved a 2005 decision by an aide to destroy hundreds of tapes showing US agents harshly interrogating two terror suspects, The New York Times reported Friday.

Volcanic ash halts much of northern Europe air travel (Reuters) Posted: 16 Apr 2010 04:20 AM PDT Reuters - A huge ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano spread out across Europe on Friday causing air travel chaos on a scale not seen since the Sept. 11 attacks.

Destruction of videotapes documented in CIA e-mail (AP) Posted: 16 Apr 2010 03:43 AM PDT AP - Internal CIA e-mails show the former agency head, Porter Goss, agreed with a top aide's 2005 decision to destroy videotapes of the harsh interrogation of a terror suspect, a controversial action that remains the focus of an FBI investigation.

Iceland's volcanic ash halts flights across Europe (AP) Posted: 15 Apr 2010 11:43 PM PDT AP - An enormous ash cloud from a remote Icelandic volcano caused the biggest flight disruption since the 2001 terrorist attacks as it drifted over northern Europe and stranded travelers on six continents. Officials said it could take days for the skies to become safe again in one of aviation's most congested areas.

Thai army chief takes charge of restoring order (AP) Posted: 16 Apr 2010 11:53 AM PDT AP - Thailand's prime minister talked tough and handed more law and order powers to the army Friday after security forces were humiliated when an anti-government protest leader escaped a police raid by clambering down a rope from a hotel balcony in broad daylight as supporters cheered.

No time behind bars for imam in NYC subway plot (AP) Posted: 15 Apr 2010 09:20 PM PDT AP - An Afghanistan-born imam who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI during the investigation into a suicide bomb plot against New York City subway stations will not go to prison but must leave the country within 90 days, a judge ruled Thursday.

Holder defends U.S. criminal, military terror trials (Reuters) Posted: 15 Apr 2010 06:32 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday defended using both criminal and military courts to prosecute terrorism suspects amid a fierce fight over where to try the five alleged plotters of the September 11, 2001 attacks.

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