Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• NY judge releases Mass. agency from 9/11 lawsuit (AP)
• Senate confirms Mueller for new term as FBI head (AP)
• Lawmaker: 40 Americans join terrorists in Somalia (AP)
• Norway PM: After attacks, make country more open (AP)
• As Norway names dead, religious leaders and counselors offer comfort to a nation (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Warning on American-led Shebab attack on US (AFP)
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• Nepal denies arrested man is Mumbai bomb suspect (AP)
• Arrests prompt delays for Iraqis dreaming of US (AP)
• Mumbai probe focuses on local Indian terror group (AP)
• Lawmaker: 40 Americans joined Somali terror group (AP)

NY judge releases Mass. agency from 9/11 lawsuit (AP) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 04:17 PM PDT AP - The Massachusetts Port Authority was dismissed Wednesday as a defendant from the last pending wrongful death lawsuit related to the Sept. 11 attacks, leaving United Airlines and a security company facing a trial where airport screening procedures are expected to go under a legal microscope.

Senate confirms Mueller for new term as FBI head (AP) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 01:52 PM PDT AP - The Senate extended the term of FBI Director Robert Mueller for up to two years Wednesday, a day after President Barack Obama signed legislation making an exception to the 10-year limit for an FBI chief to serve. The vote was 100-0.

Lawmaker: 40 Americans join terrorists in Somalia (AP) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 01:34 PM PDT AP - Twice as many Americans as previously reported by law enforcement have traveled overseas to join an al-Qaida-linked organization, a congressional investigation found.

Norway PM: After attacks, make country more open (AP) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 04:23 PM PDT AP - Five days after an attacker incensed by Norway's culture of tolerance horrified the world, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday issued a quiet call of defiance to his countrymen: Make Norway even more open and accepting.

As Norway names dead, religious leaders and counselors offer comfort to a nation (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 11:41 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - As Norwegian police begin naming the victims from last Friday’s terrorist attacks, adding a human face to the country’s loss, caregivers and aid organizations say they stand ready to help the public sort out its raw emotions.

Warning on American-led Shebab attack on US (AFP) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 11:08 AM PDT AFP - The Somalia-based Shebab terror group linked to Al-Qaeda is actively recruiting Muslim Americans for terror strikes on the United States, a US lawmaker warned Wednesday.

(AP) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 09:57 AM PDT AP - Standard and Poor's agency cuts Greece's credit rating by 2 notches to CC.

Nepal denies arrested man is Mumbai bomb suspect (AP) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 03:12 AM PDT AP - Nepalese authorities say an Indian man arrested in Nepal last weekend has no links to the Mumbai attacks earlier this month that killed 20 people.

Arrests prompt delays for Iraqis dreaming of US (AP) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 12:17 AM PDT AP - Hussein Ibrahim al-Tikriti has a name and a resume that can create a lot of enemies in Iraq.

Mumbai probe focuses on local Indian terror group (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2011 05:36 PM PDT AP - The prime suspect in the deadly bomb attack in Mumbai — the Indian Mujahedeen — has re-emerged three years after authorities believed they virtually wiped out the terror group in a crackdown that left many of its leaders dead, in jail or hiding abroad.

Lawmaker: 40 Americans joined Somali terror group (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2011 05:28 PM PDT AP - The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee says more than 40 Americans have been recruited by al-Qaida-linked terrorists in Somalia and have gone there to fight.

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