Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• U.S. puts brakes on "virtual" border fence (Reuters)
• US suspect in Mumbai siege, Danish plot to plead guilty (AFP)
• Court: Chicago man in terror case to change plea (AP)
• Homeland chief puts brakes on virtual fence funds (AP)
• Holder defends criminal trials for 9/11 suspects (Reuters)
• U.S. air travelers complain about body scans (Reuters)
• Holder: Osama bin Laden will never face US trial (AP)
• Nominee pledges 'straight talk' with Syria (AP)
• North African states meet on Qaeda terror threat (AFP)
• Chavez defends ETA suspects wanted in Spain (AP)

U.S. puts brakes on "virtual" border fence (Reuters) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 04:39 PM PDT Reuters - The U.S. government is pulling $50 million in funding from a problematic "virtual fence" meant to secure stretches of the Mexico border and is freezing additional funding for the project pending review, authorities said on Tuesday.

US suspect in Mumbai siege, Danish plot to plead guilty (AFP) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 04:29 PM PDT AFP - The charismatic Chicago man accused of scouting out the deadly 2008 Mumbai siege and a plot to kill a Danish cartoonist plans to plead guilty to terrorism charges, his lawyer said Tuesday.

Court: Chicago man in terror case to change plea (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 04:43 PM PDT AP - A Chicago man accused of scouting out the Indian city of Mumbai before the 2008 terrorist attack that left 166 people dead and plotting to attack a Danish newspaper has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges, a court said Tuesday.

Homeland chief puts brakes on virtual fence funds (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 03:51 PM PDT AP - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Tuesday that she will freeze funds for expanding the virtual fence that originally was supposed to monitor most of the 2,000-mile southern U.S. border by 2011 but now covers only a portion of Arizona's boundary with Mexico.

Holder defends criminal trials for 9/11 suspects (Reuters) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 03:43 PM PDT Reuters - Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday defended plans to prosecute some terrorism suspects in traditional criminal courts, urging lawmakers to avoid politicizing the decision and inflaming public fears.

U.S. air travelers complain about body scans (Reuters) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 02:25 PM PDT Reuters - Hundreds of U.S. air travelers have lodged complaints over use of full-body security scanners in the past year, charging they violate personal privacy and may be harmful to their health, documents released on Tuesday showed.

Holder: Osama bin Laden will never face US trial (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 04:05 PM PDT AP - Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress on Tuesday that Osama bin Laden will never face trial in the United States because he will not be captured alive.

Nominee pledges 'straight talk' with Syria (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 11:45 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's choice to be the first U.S. ambassador to Syria in five years told his Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday he'll deliver "unfiltered straight talk" to Damascus about its support of terror groups.

North African states meet on Qaeda terror threat (AFP) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 09:33 AM PDT AFP - Seven north African states held talks Tuesday in Algeria to plan a coordinated response to Al-Qaeda following a dangerous rise in the terror threat in the Sahara-Sahel region, officials said.

Chavez defends ETA suspects wanted in Spain (AP) Posted: 15 Mar 2010 06:05 PM PDT AP - President Hugo Chavez on Monday defended a group of Basque separatists who arrived in Venezuela years ago, saying he is certain they aren't involved in terrorism.

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