Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• Alleged mastermind of USS Cole bombing charged (AP)
• Orange alert ends with new US alert system (AFP)
• US links Pakistan spy agency to Haqqani militants (AFP)
• New terror alerts will be specific and short-lived (AP)
• Italy deports ex-Guantanamo Tunisian terror suspect (Reuters)
• U.S. unveils new terrorism alerts, scraps colors (Reuters)
• Napolitano applauds review of air traffic safety (AP)
• Italy deports Tunisian held at Guantanamo (AP)
• Malaysia and Saudi Arabia sign security pact: report (AFP)

Alleged mastermind of USS Cole bombing charged (AP) Posted: 20 Apr 2011 02:20 PM PDT AP - Military prosecutors re-filed terrorism and murder charges Wednesday against the suspected mastermind of the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole, making it the first case to move forward since President Barack Obama ordered military trials to resume at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. They also requested the death penalty in the case.

Orange alert ends with new US alert system (AFP) Posted: 20 Apr 2011 12:27 PM PDT AFP - Less than a decade after creating a color-coded threat system in response to the 9/11 attacks, the United States next week debuts an improved system for informing Americans about a terror risk, officials said Wednesday.

US links Pakistan spy agency to Haqqani militants (AFP) Posted: 20 Apr 2011 10:16 AM PDT AFP - The highest ranking officer in the United States armed forces accused Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency of having ties with terrorists as he arrived for security talks on Wednesday.

New terror alerts will be specific and short-lived (AP) Posted: 20 Apr 2011 09:46 AM PDT AP - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says the color-coded terror alert system will be replaced next week by two warnings — elevated and imminent.

Italy deports ex-Guantanamo Tunisian terror suspect (Reuters) Posted: 20 Apr 2011 06:45 AM PDT Reuters - Italy Wednesday deported a Tunisian former inmate at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo bay, accusing him of being part of an extremist cell.

U.S. unveils new terrorism alerts, scraps colors (Reuters) Posted: 20 Apr 2011 06:25 AM PDT Reuters - The Obama administration on Wednesday unveiled a new warning system to alert Americans about specific terrorism threats, formally pushing the much-ridiculed color-coded warnings into the trash bin.

Napolitano applauds review of air traffic safety (AP) Posted: 20 Apr 2011 05:24 AM PDT AP - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says she doesn't believe a spate of problems with air traffic control is exposing a potential vulnerability for terrorists.

Italy deports Tunisian held at Guantanamo (AP) Posted: 20 Apr 2011 05:05 AM PDT AP - The Italian government on Wednesday deported a Tunisian man who was held for eight years at Guantanamo on terrorism charges and then transferred to Italy in 2009 as part of the U.S. government's attempts to shut down the prison.

Malaysia and Saudi Arabia sign security pact: report (AFP) Posted: 19 Apr 2011 10:38 PM PDT AFP - Malaysia and Saudi Arabia have signed a security and intelligence sharing agreement geared towards stopping terrorism and fighting organised crime, a report said Wednesday.

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