Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• Senate votes to extend provisions of Patriot Act (AP)
• DHS pilot pleads not guilty in drowning death case (AP)
• US Senate votes extension of anti-terrorism powers (AFP)
• Senate votes to renew anti-terrorism provisions (Reuters)
• Sudanese arms trainer pleads guilty at Guantanamo (Reuters)
• Sudanese inmate pleads guilty at Guantanamo: US (AFP)
• Guantanamo prisoner admits aiding al-Qaida in deal (AP)
• 4 Israeli diplomatic missions closed by threats (AP)
• Saudi to remove books deemed to promote terrorism (AP)

Senate votes to extend provisions of Patriot Act (AP) Posted: 15 Feb 2011 04:49 PM PST AP - The Senate on Tuesday voted to extend for 90 days the legal life of three post-Sept. 11 terrorism-fighting measures, including the use of roving wiretaps, that are set to expire at the end of the month.

DHS pilot pleads not guilty in drowning death case (AP) Posted: 15 Feb 2011 04:47 PM PST AP - A Department of Homeland Security helicopter pilot has pleaded not guilty to allegations that he lied to investigators over his role in the 2005 drowning of a would-be illegal immigrant in South Texas.

US Senate votes extension of anti-terrorism powers (AFP) Posted: 15 Feb 2011 04:40 PM PST AFP - The US Senate voted Tuesday to extend controversial counter-terrorism search and surveillance powers at the heart of the Patriot Act law adopted after the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Senate votes to renew anti-terrorism provisions (Reuters) Posted: 15 Feb 2011 04:35 PM PST Reuters - The Senate approved a bill on Tuesday to extend for 88 days three provisions of the anti-terrorism Patriot Act set to expire in two weeks.

Sudanese arms trainer pleads guilty at Guantanamo (Reuters) Posted: 15 Feb 2011 09:39 AM PST Reuters - A Sudanese prisoner held at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay admitted he trained al Qaeda recruits in Afghanistan and pleaded guilty on Tuesday to terrorism charges.

Sudanese inmate pleads guilty at Guantanamo: US (AFP) Posted: 15 Feb 2011 09:05 AM PST AFP - A Sudanese inmate pleaded guilty on Tuesday to providing "material support to terrorism" before a military tribunal in Guantanamo, officials said.

Guantanamo prisoner admits aiding al-Qaida in deal (AP) Posted: 15 Feb 2011 01:50 PM PST AP - A Sudanese prisoner at Guantanamo Bay pleaded guilty Tuesday to two war-crimes charges, accepting a deal with military prosecutors that will spare him the possibility of life in prison if convicted at trial.

4 Israeli diplomatic missions closed by threats (AP) Posted: 15 Feb 2011 07:13 AM PST AP - Israel has temporarily closed at least four diplomatic missions abroad in response to threats against Israeli targets overseas, officials said Tuesday.

Saudi to remove books deemed to promote terrorism (AP) Posted: 15 Feb 2011 03:29 AM PST AP - An official at the Saudi Education Ministry says the kingdom plans to remove books from school libraries that are deemed to encourage terrorism or defame religion.

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