Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• Michigan mosque plot suspect fires lawyer in court (AP)
• Suspect in Detroit serial rapes heading to trials (AP)
• NY court upholds Fla. doc's terrorism conviction (AP)
• Suspect in Detroit serial rapes heading to trial (AP)
• US lawmakers clash on Patriot Act measures (AFP)
• Egypt in focus as Clinton heads to security meeting (Reuters)
• German sues Macedonia over alleged CIA kidnapping (AP)
• Somali ax man gets 9 years for cartoonist attack (AP)
• Danish cartoonist's attacker jailed for nine years (AFP)
• Iraqi premier says he'll cut his salary by half (AP)

Michigan mosque plot suspect fires lawyer in court (AP) Posted: 04 Feb 2011 05:11 PM PST AP - The California man accused of plotting to blow up a Detroit-area mosque rejected his court-appointed counsel Friday, upset that the attorney is a Shiite Muslim and a "patron" of the Islamic center where he was arrested.

Suspect in Detroit serial rapes heading to trials (AP) Posted: 04 Feb 2011 01:59 PM PST AP - A man on parole for attempted murder was ordered to trial Friday in five rapes in Detroit that were part of a string of attacks that began on New Year's Day and terrorized the city.

NY court upholds Fla. doc's terrorism conviction (AP) Posted: 04 Feb 2011 01:57 PM PST AP - The conviction of a doctor who prosecutors said assisted terrorists by offering to treat injured al-Qaida fighters was upheld Friday by a federal appeals court, although one of three judges who decided the case said he believes one charge should have been tossed out.

Suspect in Detroit serial rapes heading to trial (AP) Posted: 04 Feb 2011 12:36 PM PST AP - A man on parole for attempted murder has been ordered to trial in a series of Detroit rapes that began on New Year's Day and terrorized parts of the city.

US lawmakers clash on Patriot Act measures (AFP) Posted: 04 Feb 2011 09:34 AM PST AFP - US lawmakers clashed Friday over how long to extend key provisions of a controversial surveillance law, designed to help authorities thwart terrorist plots, before they expire at month's end.

Egypt in focus as Clinton heads to security meeting (Reuters) Posted: 04 Feb 2011 06:58 AM PST Reuters - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton headed for a global security conference in Germany on Friday as U.S. planners struggle to assess how Egypt's political crisis may rewrite both the future of the Middle East and the deadlocked Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

German sues Macedonia over alleged CIA kidnapping (AP) Posted: 04 Feb 2011 07:33 AM PST AP - A German man allegedly snatched by the CIA in Macedonia and tortured at a secret prison in Afghanistan launched a claim in court Friday to demand official recognition and compensation for his ordeal. But a key supporter of his case was only allowed to give limited testimony on the opening day of the trial.

Somali ax man gets 9 years for cartoonist attack (AP) Posted: 04 Feb 2011 05:06 AM PST AP - A Somali man convicted of terrorism for breaking into the home of a Danish cartoonist who had caricatured the Prophet Muhammad was sentenced Friday to nine years in prison.

Danish cartoonist's attacker jailed for nine years (AFP) Posted: 04 Feb 2011 03:46 AM PST AFP - A Danish court jailed a Somali for nine years on Friday after finding him guilty of attempted terrorism and attempted murder for an axe attack on a cartoonist who caricatured the Prophet Mohammed.

Iraqi premier says he'll cut his salary by half (AP) Posted: 04 Feb 2011 03:17 PM PST AP - Iraq's prime minister said Friday he'll return half of his annual salary to the public treasury in a symbolic gesture that appeared calculated to insulate himself from the anti-government unrest spreading across the Middle East.

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