LAPD looks to uncover terrorist plots (AP)

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AP - The Los Angeles Police Department has launched a new reporting system aimed to help connect dots that could uncover local terror plots

 

Iran demands Israel stop force threats (AP)

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International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Mohamed ElBaradei is seen in Vienna in this March 3, 2008 file photo. A top Iranian official will discuss his country's disputed nuclear programme with ElBaradei in Vienna this week, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday. REUTERS/Herwig Prammer/FilesAP - Iran urged the U.N. Security Council to condemn Israel and demand that it stop threatening to use military force against the Islamic republic, according to a letter obtained Friday.


 

Rice criticizes Carter over Hamas plans (AP)

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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier take part in a joint news conference, Friday, April 11, 2008, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice criticized former President Carter on Friday for his reported plans to meet the exiled leader of the militant Palestinian group Hamas during a visit to Syria.


 

No signs of Qaeda at U.S.-Mexican border: official (Reuters)

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The metal border fence stretches across a valley separating the US and Mexico, near Campo, California on March 17, 2008. (Fred Greaves/Reuters)Reuters - Authorities have seen no signs of al Qaeda trying to insert operatives into the United States from Mexico, but the militant group has considered doing so, a U.S. intelligence official said on Friday.


 

US advice unheeded in Basra campaign: Petraeus (AFP)

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US Army General David Petraeus, Commander of American forces in Iraq, speaks to the media during a news conference at the Newseum April 10, 2008 in Washington, DC. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki disregarded US advice in launching a campaign in Basra last month that plunged Iraqi troops in fighting without adequate preparation, the US commander in Iraq said Friday.(AFP/GETTY IMAGES/File/Alex Wong)AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki disregarded US advice in launching a campaign in Basra last month that plunged Iraqi troops in fighting without adequate preparation, the US commander in Iraq said Friday.


 

US military deaths in Iraq at 4,031 (AP)

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AP - As of Friday, April 11, 2008, at least 4,031 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians. At least 3,288 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.

 

Doctor jailed in failed Glasgow attack (AP)

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A police forensic officer looks at the damaged main departure entrance at Glasgow airport, July 2, 2007. London's Central Criminal Court sentenced an Indian doctor to 18 months' jail on Friday for withholding information about planned car bomb attacks on central London and Glasgow airport. (David Moir/Reuters)AP - A British court sentenced an Indian doctor Friday to 18 months in prison for withholding information about last year's botched terrorist attack on crowded airport in Scotland.


 

Jury hits stalemate in terrorism retrial (AP)

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AP - Just as in the first trial, jurors hit a stalemate in the case against six men accused of scheming to destroy the Sears Tower in Chicago and bomb FBI offices in Miami and elsewhere. They were told to continue deliberating nonetheless.

 

Chinese anger and terror warnings cloud Olympics (Reuters)

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China supporters face off against pro-Tibet demonstrators as the Olympic torch relay continued in Buenos Aires April 11, 2008. REUTERS/Bernardino AvilaReuters - China said it was outraged by a resolution by U.S. lawmakers urging an end to a crackdown in Tibet as a Beijing-run newspaper linked al Qaeda to claimed plots to attack the Beijing Olympics.


 

CORRECTED: No signs of Qaeda at US-Mexican border (Reuters)

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Reuters - Authorities have seen no signs of al Qaeda trying to insert operatives into the United States from Mexico, but the militant group has considered doing so, a U.S. intelligence official said on Friday.

 

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