| Call for Sept 11 truce over New York Muslim Center
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Reuters - Families of September 11 victims are arguing whether to call a truce on the anniversary of the 2001 attacks on the United States as debate rages over plans for a Muslim center near the World Trade Center site. |
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| US terror training in Yemen reflects wider program
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AP - U.S. special operations forces are expanding their training of the Yemeni military as the Obama administration broadens its program to counter terrorism in countries reluctant to harbor a visible American military presence.
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| WTC steel column installed at ground zero
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AP - Officials hoisted a 70-foot piece of World Trade Center steel at ground zero Tuesday and vowed to open the Sept. 11 memorial by next year, although they acknowledged that the ongoing construction at the site would limit where and how the public could visit.
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| Clinton calls plan to burn Quran 'disgraceful act'
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AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday called a Florida church's threat to burn copies of the Muslim holy book to mark the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks a "disrespectful, disgraceful act."
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| Pressure rises on pastor who wants to burn Quran
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AP - The government turned up the pressure Tuesday on the head of a small Florida church who plans to burn copies of the Quran on Sept. 11, warning him that doing so could endanger U.S. troops and Americans everywhere.
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| AP sources: Former FBI man implicated in CIA abuse
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AP - A former CIA officer accused of revving an electric drill near the head of an imprisoned terror suspect has returned to U.S. intelligence as a contractor, training CIA operatives after leaving the agency, The Associated Press has learned. |
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| Religious leaders condemn "anti-Muslim" frenzy
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Reuters - U.S. religious leaders joined on Tuesday to condemn an "anti-Muslim frenzy" in the United States, and the head of U.S. forces in Afghanistan warned that a Florida church's plan for a Koran-burning could endanger American troops abroad. |
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| Obama to mark 9/11 anniversary at Pentagon
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AP - The White House says President Barack Obama will mark the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks at the Pentagon. |
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| Indonesia's new anti-terror chief seeks tougher laws
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AFP - The new chief of Indonesia's anti-terror agency complained Tuesday that courts were being too easy on terrorists and called for tougher laws to fight jihadist extremists.
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| Norway man pleads not guilty to terror financing
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AP - A Somali-born Norwegian citizen pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of sending over $30,000 to top leaders of an al-Qaida-linked Somali militant group at the start of the first trial under Norway's 2002 terror financing law.
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| Afghanistan ready to play in Pakistan: Noori
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AFP - Afghanistan paceman Khaliq Dad Noori Tuesday said his country was ready to play international cricket in Pakistan at a time when security fears have stopped most teams touring the terror-hit nation.
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| Philippines asks court to outlaw Abu Sayyaf
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AP - The Philippine government has asked a court to outlaw the Abu Sayyaf as a terrorist group and blacklist more than 200 of its Islamic fighters blamed for two decades of bombings, kidnappings and beheadings, officials said Monday. |
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