Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• Homeland Security and spy agency to work together (AP)
• Terrorism court hears of US embassy carnage (AFP)
• US moves to enhance cybersecurity cooperation (AFP)
• New scanner aims to make air travel safer (AP)
• Bahrain charges 23 Shiite activists with terrorism (AP)
• Wounded soldiers recall Fort Hood rampage terror (AP)
• Holbrooke backs US alert to travelers in Europe (AP)
• UN extends Afghan force amid terrorist concerns (AP)
• G8 seeks Sahel anti-terrorism progress at Mali meet (Reuters)
• Chile mine rescue unites a fractured world (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Thai police hold 15 Pakistanis, probe possible terror link (AFP)
• UK military official warns of air vulnerability (AP)
• Terrorist Hostage Negotiations: A Ban on Ransom Payments? (Time.com)
• Trickle of Western jihadists head to Pakistan (AFP)
• Guantanamo detainee goes on trial in NY court (AP)

Homeland Security and spy agency to work together (AP) Posted: 13 Oct 2010 03:34 PM PDT AP - Computer experts at the secretive National Security Agency are teaming up with the Homeland Security Department in an effort to strengthen the nation's defenses against cyber attacks.

Terrorism court hears of US embassy carnage (AFP) Posted: 13 Oct 2010 03:17 PM PDT AFP - Grown men wept and a US Marines sergeant recalled being blown off his feet as they testified Wednesday in New York about the bombing of two US embassies at the center of a high-profile terrorism trial.

US moves to enhance cybersecurity cooperation (AFP) Posted: 13 Oct 2010 02:00 PM PDT AFP - The Pentagon and Department of Homeland Security unveiled an agreement on Wednesday designed to boost cooperation in defending military and private computer networks from growing cyber threats.

New scanner aims to make air travel safer (AP) Posted: 13 Oct 2010 01:33 PM PDT AP - Homeland security officials are showing off the latest in future airport security technology — a machine developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory that can detect whether a passenger is carrying liquid explosives.

Bahrain charges 23 Shiite activists with terrorism (AP) Posted: 13 Oct 2010 11:12 AM PDT AP - Bahrain has charged 23 Shiite activists detained in a sweeping crackdown by the country's Sunni rulers with terrorism and conspiring against the government, a top justice official said Wednesday.

Wounded soldiers recall Fort Hood rampage terror (AP) Posted: 13 Oct 2010 04:51 PM PDT AP - A sergeant shot five times during last year's rampage at Fort Hood said Wednesday he recalled lying on the floor and locking eyes with Maj. Nidal Hasan after the Army psychiatrist cried out "Allahu Akbar" and unleashed a burst of gunfire into a crowd of soldiers preparing for deployment.

Holbrooke backs US alert to travelers in Europe (AP) Posted: 13 Oct 2010 10:44 AM PDT AP - U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke said Wednesday that the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks "wouldn't have happened" if Americans had been warned to be on the lookout for terrorism beforehand.

UN extends Afghan force amid terrorist concerns (AP) Posted: 13 Oct 2010 10:38 AM PDT AP - The Security Council voted unanimously Wednesday to extend U.N. authorization for the NATO-led force in Afghanistan for a year, expressing "strong concern" at the increase in terrorist activities by the Taliban, al-Qaida and other armed groups.

G8 seeks Sahel anti-terrorism progress at Mali meet (Reuters) Posted: 13 Oct 2010 10:09 AM PDT Reuters - Security experts from G8 nations met in Mali Wednesday to try to improve anti-terrorism coordination in Africa's Sahel zone, but the absence of Algerian officials underscored the lack of unity in the region.

Chile mine rescue unites a fractured world (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 13 Oct 2010 09:51 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Amid global currency and maritime disputes, terrorist plots and insurgent attacks, rising income inequality and dogged unemployment, the world has turned its attention to a barren piece of land in northern Chile.

Thai police hold 15 Pakistanis, probe possible terror link (AFP) Posted: 13 Oct 2010 05:03 AM PDT AFP - Police in Thailand said Wednesday they had arrested 15 Pakistani nationals involved in suspicious fundraising activity and were investigating possible links to a terrorist organisation.

UK military official warns of air vulnerability (AP) Posted: 13 Oct 2010 03:09 AM PDT AP - Cutbacks to Britain's fast jet capability could leave the country vulnerable to a Sept. 11-style attack, according to a senior Royal Air Force official.

Terrorist Hostage Negotiations: A Ban on Ransom Payments? (Time.com) Posted: 13 Oct 2010 12:20 AM PDT Time.com - African and Arab governments are proposing an international ban on ransom payments -- and putting E.U. nations in a bind

Trickle of Western jihadists head to Pakistan (AFP) Posted: 12 Oct 2010 10:53 PM PDT AFP - A small but determined band of Western militants are trickling into Pakistan's northwest -- home of an alleged terror plot in Europe -- for training in Taliban and Al-Qaeda enclaves, officials say.

Guantanamo detainee goes on trial in NY court (AP) Posted: 12 Oct 2010 05:35 PM PDT AP - A man accused of helping to build a truck bomb used in a 1998 terror attack on a U.S. embassy was a member of an al-Qaida cell that was determined to kill Americans, a federal prosecutor told jurors Tuesday, but a defense lawyer said the Tanzanian man was duped.

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