Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• Congress votes to renew anti-terrorism steps (Reuters)
• Congress sends terrorism-fighting bill to Obama (AP)
• Final suspect convicted in plot to blow up JFK (AP)
• US Senate renews anti-terror powers (AFP)
• Headley says he's no longer proud of Mumbai attack (AP)
• War-weary lawmakers send Obama a message (AP)
• US calls Chechen group terrorists, offers reward (AP)
• Testimony of a Betrayer: A Terrorist Operative in Chicago (Time.com)
• State Department names Caucasus Islamist group to terrorism list (Reuters)
• India, US pledge to boost intelligence cooperation (AP)
• Pakistan to use 'all means' against terror (AFP)

Congress votes to renew anti-terrorism steps (Reuters) Posted: 26 May 2011 05:03 PM PDT Reuters - Congress, racing the clock and rejecting demands for additional safeguards of civil liberties, passed a bill Thursday to renew three expiring provisions of the anti-terrorism Patriot Act.

Congress sends terrorism-fighting bill to Obama (AP) Posted: 26 May 2011 04:58 PM PDT AP - With just hours to spare before a midnight deadline, Congress has passed and sent to President Obama a four-year extension of three critical terrorism-fighting powers, including powers to conduct roving wiretaps and examine business records in pursuit of terrorists.

Final suspect convicted in plot to blow up JFK (AP) Posted: 26 May 2011 04:19 PM PDT AP - A 65-year-old imam from Trinidad was convicted Thursday by a federal jury of participating in a failed plot to blow up jet fuel tanks at John F. Kennedy International Airport, a scheme that authorities said was meant to outdo the Sept. 11 attacks and avenge perceived U.S. oppression of Muslims around the world.

US Senate renews anti-terror powers (AFP) Posted: 26 May 2011 03:22 PM PDT AFP - The US Senate voted Thursday to extend until 2015 controversial counter-terrorism search and surveillance powers at the heart of the Patriot Act adopted after the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Headley says he's no longer proud of Mumbai attack (AP) Posted: 26 May 2011 02:54 PM PDT AP - An admitted American terrorist who is the federal government's star witness in the deadly 2008 attack in Mumbai says he is no longer proud of the rampage that left more than 160 people dead.

War-weary lawmakers send Obama a message (AP) Posted: 26 May 2011 03:07 PM PDT AP - War-weary Republicans and Democrats on Thursday sent the strongest message yet to President Barack Obama to end the war in Afghanistan as the commander in chief decides how many U.S. troops to withdraw this summer.

US calls Chechen group terrorists, offers reward (AP) Posted: 26 May 2011 08:45 AM PDT AP - The Obama administration has declared a Chechen group as a terrorist organization, and is offering up to $5 million for information leading to its commander.

Testimony of a Betrayer: A Terrorist Operative in Chicago (Time.com) Posted: 26 May 2011 08:35 AM PDT Time.com - As he collaborated with both the U.S. and terrorist groups, David Headley has told tales that have roiled the already bad relationship between India and Pakistan. Now he is testifying against a friend

State Department names Caucasus Islamist group to terrorism list (Reuters) Posted: 26 May 2011 06:51 AM PDT Reuters - The United States on Thursday named an Islamist insurgent group in Russia's North Caucasus to its official list of terrorist groups and offered a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the location of its leader.

India, US pledge to boost intelligence cooperation (AP) Posted: 26 May 2011 06:36 AM PDT AP - U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano met with top Indian officials on Thursday as part of a security dialogue to increase cooperation in counterterrorism, intelligence sharing and cybersecurity between the two countries.

Pakistan to use 'all means' against terror (AFP) Posted: 25 May 2011 11:35 PM PDT AFP - Pakistan has authorised the use of "all means" to wipe out militants, following a string of humiliating Taliban attacks on security forces, but stopped short of unveiling specific new measures.

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