Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• Sick Sept 11 workers agree to $712 million settlement (Reuters)
• Germany says Namibia terror scare only security test (Reuters)
• Namibia suspicious package was a security test (AP)
• TSA chief defends much-criticized security measure (AP)
• Bail denied in SAfrica for Nigeria terror suspect (AP)
• Germany in security crisis till year-end: official (Reuters)
• Obama plans for civilian terror trials dealt blow (AFP)
• Is Germany Europe's Next Terror Target? (Time.com)
• Terror case: Is one conviction and 284 acquittals a success? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Sick Sept 11 workers agree to $712 million settlement (Reuters) Posted: 19 Nov 2010 11:06 AM PST Reuters - More than 10,000 workers suffering health problems stemming from the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center have agreed to a $712 million settlement with New York City, officials said on Friday.

Germany says Namibia terror scare only security test (Reuters) Posted: 19 Nov 2010 08:22 AM PST Reuters - A laptop bag containing a detonator and clock found at Namibia's main airport during loading of a flight to Munich was only a security test device, Germany said on Friday, not a bomb as initially feared.

Namibia suspicious package was a security test (AP) Posted: 19 Nov 2010 08:08 AM PST AP - A suspicious package found in a Namibian airport near bags bound for Munich was a device designed to test security and didn't contain explosives, officials said Friday. One aviation official said the test was conducted by Namibian police.

TSA chief defends much-criticized security measure (AP) Posted: 19 Nov 2010 04:18 AM PST AP - The head of the Transportation Security Administration says the close-quarter body inspections causing a furor among some passengers and pilots are unavoidable in a time of terrorist threats.

Bail denied in SAfrica for Nigeria terror suspect (AP) Posted: 19 Nov 2010 04:07 AM PST AP - A Nigerian terror suspect linked to the deadly bombings in Nigeria last month must be held without bail, a magistrate in South Africa said Friday.

Germany in security crisis till year-end: official (Reuters) Posted: 19 Nov 2010 01:22 AM PST Reuters - An increased terror threat to Germany will put security forces in a "state of emergency" until at least the end of the year, with the country's traditional Christmas markets at special risk, a senior official said.

Obama plans for civilian terror trials dealt blow (AFP) Posted: 18 Nov 2010 08:44 PM PST AFP - President Barack Obama's hopes of bringing "war on terror" suspects out of the shadows to try them in the full glare of civilian courts may have been dealt a fatal blow by a New York jury, experts said Thursday.

Is Germany Europe's Next Terror Target? (Time.com) Posted: 18 Nov 2010 07:55 PM PST Time.com - Germany has so far been spared an al-Qaeda-inspired terror attack. But with a suspicious parcel found on a Munich-bound plane and authorities announcing that an attack is imminent, the nation is nervous

Terror case: Is one conviction and 284 acquittals a success? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 18 Nov 2010 05:48 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Wednesday’s acquittal of alleged Al Qaeda terrorist Ahmed Ghailani on 284 of 285 charges is reigniting a debate over whether terror suspects should be tried by military commissions at Guantánamo rather than in civilian courts in the US.

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