Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• DHS group urges changes to fingerprint program (AP)
• US official: Program aimed at Libyan scientists (AP)
• FBI: Fake bomb suspect paid cash for flight (AP)
• Pakistan says U.S. warning on militants hurts ties (Reuters)
• 9/11 panelist: Hijackers could get state IDs today (AP)
• Niger attacks al-Qaida-linked cell, killing 3 (AP)
• Trial delayed for Mass. man accused in terror plot (AP)
• U.S. names Indian Mujahideen to terror blacklist (Reuters)
• Pakistan hits back at US criticism in Kabul attack (AP)
• Elderly terrorism suspects extradited to Germany (AP)
• Two go on trial over Minsk bomb blast (Reuters)
• Trial begins for Minsk subway bombers (AP)
• Ex-Red Army Faction terrorist refuses to testify (AP)
• Indonesia seeks 12-year term for militant suspect (AP)
• China sentences 4 Uighur men to death over attacks (AP)
• China gives the death penalty to 4 Uighur men (AP)

DHS group urges changes to fingerprint program (AP) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 04:00 PM PDT AP - A group charged with reviewing the Department of Homeland Security's controversial effort to identify illegal immigrants is recommending that federal officials use the program to identify serious criminals and not people accused only of minor traffic offenses.

US official: Program aimed at Libyan scientists (AP) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 02:52 PM PDT AP - The U.S. is trying to revive a program to prevent Libyan chemical, biological and nuclear scientists from working for terror groups or hostile nations, a State Department official said Thursday.

FBI: Fake bomb suspect paid cash for flight (AP) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 01:28 PM PDT AP - A Pennsylvania man accused of trying to take a fake bomb through security at Kansas City International Airport on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks paid cash for his airline ticket less than two hours before departure, an FBI agent said Thursday.

Pakistan says U.S. warning on militants hurts ties (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 12:43 PM PDT Reuters - The U.S. warning on militants based in Pakistan, blamed by Washington for this week's attack on the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, works against counter-terrorism cooperation between the two allies, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.

9/11 panelist: Hijackers could get state IDs today (AP) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 01:40 PM PDT AP - Hijackers like those who crashed planes in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania could still get state IDs today despite efforts to create uniform standards for identification, a member of the panel formed to examine the attacks said Thursday.

Niger attacks al-Qaida-linked cell, killing 3 (AP) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 12:22 PM PDT AP - An army patrol in Niger attacked a four-car convoy Thursday carrying suspected al-Qaida-linked militants, killing three of them and leading to the liberation of more than four dozen youths that had been forcibly recruited by the extremist group, the defense minister said.

Trial delayed for Mass. man accused in terror plot (AP) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 09:28 AM PDT AP - A judge has granted a request by attorneys for a Massachusetts man accused of conspiring to kill American troops in Iraq to delay the start of his trial.

U.S. names Indian Mujahideen to terror blacklist (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 07:43 AM PDT Reuters - The United States named the Indian Mujahideen (IM) to its official blacklist of foreign terrorist organizations on Thursday, saying it has killed hundreds of innocent civilians in attacks dating back to 2005.

Pakistan hits back at US criticism in Kabul attack (AP) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 06:31 AM PDT AP - American criticism of Islamabad's failure to pursue the Haqqani militant network blamed for this week's attack on the U.S. Embassy in Kabul risks damaging anti-terror cooperation between the two countries, Pakistan's Foreign Ministry warned Thursday.

Elderly terrorism suspects extradited to Germany (AP) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 05:38 AM PDT AP - Frankfurt prosecutors say two aging German leftist terrorism suspects have been extradited from France to face possible charges related to arson and bombing attacks in the late 1970s.

Two go on trial over Minsk bomb blast (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 04:58 AM PDT Reuters - Two men went on trial on Thursday on terrorism charges connected with a bomb blast at a central station of the Minsk metro in April which killed 15 people and injured scores of others.

Trial begins for Minsk subway bombers (AP) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 04:09 AM PDT AP - The trial has started in Belarus for two men accused of carrying out a terrorist attack in the capital's subway that left 15 dead and injured hundreds.

Ex-Red Army Faction terrorist refuses to testify (AP) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 03:35 AM PDT AP - A former leader of the leftist Red Army Faction terrorist organization is refusing to testify at the trial of a one-time comrade.

Indonesia seeks 12-year term for militant suspect (AP) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 12:32 AM PDT AP - Prosecutors are seeking a 12-year jail sentence for one of Indonesia's top terrorism suspects on charges of helping set up a terrorist training camp.

China sentences 4 Uighur men to death over attacks (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2011 09:21 PM PDT AP - Four ethnic minority men have been sentenced to death for the latest spate of violent attacks in China's Central Asian borderlands.

China gives the death penalty to 4 Uighur men (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2011 06:46 PM PDT AP - China has sentenced four Uighur (WEE'-gur) men to death for their roles in three separate alleged terror attacks in the far western Xinjiang region in July.

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