Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• Obama officials defend transfer of Gitmo detainees (AP)
• Group alleges abuse because of sexual orientation (AP)
• Belarus terror probe widens into crackdown on opposition (The Christian Science Monitor)
• $750 million earmarked for Pakistan's tribal women (AFP)
• Philippine army arrests bomb suspect with JI links (AP)
• Spending deal revealed: What got cut to avoid a government shutdown? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Obama officials defend transfer of Gitmo detainees (AP) Posted: 13 Apr 2011 04:02 PM PDT AP - Senior Obama administration officials defended the process for transferring terrorist suspects from Guantanamo Bay to foreign countries in response to Republican complaints that the rate of suspects returning to terrorist or insurgent groups is alarmingly high.

Group alleges abuse because of sexual orientation (AP) Posted: 13 Apr 2011 11:59 AM PDT AP - An advocacy group has filed 13 civil rights complaints on behalf of homosexual and transgender immigrants who it says were abused and neglected while in custody at detention centers run by the Department of Homeland Security in nine states.

Belarus terror probe widens into crackdown on opposition (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 13 Apr 2011 11:05 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Belarussian authorities said Wednesday that they have caught and extracted confessions from three people accused of detonating a powerful bomb that killed 12 people and injured more than 200 in a Minsk metro station Monday.

$750 million earmarked for Pakistan's tribal women (AFP) Posted: 12 Apr 2011 08:02 PM PDT AFP - Stung by fresh US criticism of its ability to defeat the Taliban on the Afghan border, Pakistan is turning to women in its latest bid to quell the terror threat and reduce poverty.

Philippine army arrests bomb suspect with JI links (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2011 07:30 PM PDT AP - A suspected militant believed to be a liaison between Muslim rebels and a Southeast Asian terrorist network was arrested in the restive southern Philippines, officials said Wednesday.

Spending deal revealed: What got cut to avoid a government shutdown? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 12 Apr 2011 02:43 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The Environmental Protection Agency will lose $1.6 billion in funding, a 16 percent reduction from last year. Agriculture programs are being cut by $3 billion. President Obama will lose $1.5 billion out of his new $8 billion high-speed rail initiative. And for the first time, the Department of Homeland Security faces a budget cut, to the tune of $784 million, or 2 percent below 2010’s level.

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