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(Pakistan) FATA: Three killed, 22 hurt in Bajaur blast: official -- roadside bomb
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-woman-killed-22-hurt-in-bajaur-blast-official-ss-09

(Pakistan) FATA: Nine Taliban militants killed in airstrikes in Pak
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Nine-Taliban-militants-killed-in-airstrikes-in-Pak/H1-Article1-500154.aspx
-- Anti-Taliban offensive could take a year: Pakistan -- FATA's South Waziristan
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100121/wl_asia_afp/pakistanunrestwaziristan

(Pakistan) Suspected suicide bomber arrested from Hangu
-- The bomber confessed that he was traveling to Islamabad to hit high-level targets, security officials said.
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/18-suspected-suicide-bomber-arrested-from-hangu-am-01

(Pakistan/U.S.) Wanted Filipino militant killed in drone attack - Abdul Basit Usman
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/18-wanted-filipino-militant-killed-in-drone-attack-am-02

(Pakistan/U.S.) Pakistan snubs US over new Taliban offensive
-- BBC: "Pakistan's army has said it will launch no new offensives on militants in 2010, as the US defense secretary arrived for talks on combating Taliban fighters."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8471789.stm
-- Gates urges Pakistan to expand crackdown on 'common enemies'
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/21/AR2010012100826.html
-- Gates warns of militant havens ahead of Pakistan visit
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-gates-warns-of-militant-havens-ahead-of-pakistan-visit-ss-02
-- Af-Pak region remains nerve centre of al-Qaeda: US
http://www.ptinews.com/news/478108_Af-Pak-region-remains-nerve-centre-of-al-Qaeda--US

(Pakistan/U.S.) Pakistan Resists Call by U.S. to Root Out Militants
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/world/asia/22pstan.html?hp

Pakistan: Security checkpoint attacked in southwest - in Balochistan
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.4222255201
-- Militants attack FC post as CM accuses of parallel government
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2055974&Language=en

(Pakistan) Taliban Threat for Kashmir. By Zafar Iqbal
http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/viewarticles.php?editorialid=927

India's patience thinning, Pak must act against terror: Antony
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Indias-patience-thinning-Pak-must-act-against-terror-Antony-/articleshow/5485083.cms

Afghanistan: Taliban soften image in bid to win Afghan hearts and minds
-- "Taliban 'counterinsurgency' aims to win hearts - Code of conduct bans burning schools, cutting off ears, lips, tongues"
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34969819/ns/world_news-the_new_york_times/
-- Taliban Overhaul Image to Win Allies
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/21/world/asia/21taliban.html?hp

(Afghanistan/Turkey) Al-Qaeda suspects planned to attack Turkish Afghan forces
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-199179-101-al-qaeda-suspects-planned-to-attack-turkish-afghan-forces.html

Afghanistan: Rights group attacks abuse and corruption
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=3.0.4222640553

(Afghanistan) Strong NATO Afghan civilian role could go to UK
http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-45578220100121

(Afghanistan) MEMRI: "Saudi Criticism of President Obama's Afghanistan Policy"
-- references Washington Post article by Saudi prince calling for "a constructive dialogue with the Taliban," and "to stop fighting the Taliban as a terror organization"
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/3918.htm

(Saudi Arabia) Omar Bin Laden: "Osama bin Laden is 'worth more alive than dead', declares his son"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6996210.ece

Iraq: Dozens wounded in violent attacks
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.4222640142

(Yemen/U.S.) Man accused of helping recruit 'Lackawanna Six' is in custody in Yemen -- Jaber Elbaneh
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2010/01/man_accused_of_helping_recruit.html
-- U.S. says Yemen group one of many al Qaeda branches
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60K0CX20100121

(U.S.) NYC - Aafia Siddiqui trial: Witness recounts struggle with al-Qaida suspect
-- AP: Army interpreter Ahmad Gul "recounted Wednesday how he subdued a U.S.-trained Pakistani scientist prosecutors say tried to kill Americans during a chaotic shootout in an Afghan police station in the summer of 2008"
-- "As Gul said Siddiqui struggled, she fired the weapon twice, he said. The chief warrant officer pulled a pistol and shot her in the stomach."
-- "FBI agent John Jefferson testified Wednesday that he heard her yelling, 'I'm going to kill all you Americans' after she was shot. He said he surprised it was in 'perfect English.'"
http://news.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view/20100120witness_recounts_struggle_with_al-qaida_suspect/srvc=home&position=recent
-- Pakistan Dawn: "Witnesses' accounts differ at Dr. Aafia's trial"
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/14-witnesses-accounts-differ-at-dr-aafia-trial-zj-01
-- AFP: "Mystery shrouds Pakistani scientist in US trial" - "the Pakistani family of Aafia Siddiqui, on trial in New York, insist she is a moderate Muslim more interested in flowers and animals than wielding weapons"
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j8OA1etOgNhjyI-Pj3JkOIpPOtIw

(U.S.) Fort Hood Attack - CSC Report: "Terrorism? Fort Hood report doesn't mention Islamic extremism."
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Military/2010/0120/Terrorism-Fort-Hood-report-doesn-t-mention-Islamic-extremism
-- Related Telegraph report
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamescorum/100023177/pentagon-report-on-fort-hood-is-a-travesty-that-doesnt-even-mention-islam/

(U.S.) WINEP: Can Family Turn Terrorists From Violence?
http://www.wtov9.com/news/22299290/detail.html

Iran denies rejecting UN nuclear swap offer
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100121/wl_mideast_afp/irannuclearpoliticsiaea

Jerusalem Post: "'Hamas accepts Israel's right to exist'"
-- "Senior Hamas official says group ready to nullify charter which calls for Israel's destruction."
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1263147942240&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(Africa) Drugs money fills al Qaeda coffers in West Africa
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5146506,00.html

Germany police hunt Munich 'bomb alert' traveler
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8472051.stm

Malaysia-led ceasefire monitors to return to southern Philippines
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/304988,malaysia-led-ceasefire-monitors-to-return-to-southern-philippines.html

Islamic Supremacist War on Women:

Sweden: Fadime Sahindal's brother sentenced for threats against author
-- "against a writer who wrote about honor related violence and who interviewed Fadime Sahindal's father"
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/01/sweden-fadime-sahindals-brother.html

Pakistan Daily Mail: "Couple tortured to death in name of honour"
http://dailymailnews.com/0110/21/Brief/Brief1.php

Indonesia: Sharia police rape case sparks debate in Indonesia's Aceh
http://www.mysinchew.com/node/34291

Other News:

Egypt: Christians of Egypt are Massacred, and President Mubarak is Still Silent
http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/9865212748.html

Egypt: US Congress Writes to President About Coptic Killings
http://allafrica.com/stories/201001200121.html

Australia/Egypt: Thousands Gather in Sydney to Protest Against Copts Persecution
http://www.aina.org/news/20100120164608.htm

(U.S.) NYC: Thousands of Copts rally in front of the UN to protest the killing of Christians in Egypt
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/01/nyc-thousands-of-copts-rally-in-front-of-the-un-to-protest-the-killing-of-christians-in-egypt/

(U.S.) AP: "More bias in US against Muslims than other faiths"
-- study performed by the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100121/ap_on_re/us_rel_muslims_prejudice
-- AP quotes Dalia Mogahed, senior analyst and executive director of Gallup Center for Muslim Studies
http://www.muslimwestfacts.com/MWFHOMEPAGE/home.aspx
-- makes no reference to Dalia Mogahed's interview with Islamic supremacist, anti-democracy group Hizb ut-Tahrir
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/10/white-house-advisor-interviewed-by-anti-democratic-hizb-ut-tahrir-group/
-- FBI Hate Crimes Report for 2008 shows anti-Jewish hate is 83% of religious hate incidents, 9% anti-Islam, and 8% anti-Christian
-- shows incidents by religion as follows: Anti-Jewish Incidents - 1,013, Anti-Islam Incidents - 105, Anti-Christian Incidents - 101
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/11/fbi-releases-2008-hate-crime-statistics/

US urges judge to bar Geithner role in AIG lawsuit
-- "Kevin Murray of Ypsilanti claims the government's bailout of AIG is illegal because the insurer has financial products that comply with Sharia principles"
http://www.wlns.com/Global/story.asp?S=11851405

(U.S.) New York Times to charge for online access
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article6996661.ece

(UK) Daily Telegraph's Niles Gardiner: "The National Association of Muslim Police is in denial over Islamist terrorism"
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100023166/the-national-association-of-muslim-police-is-in-denial-over-islamist-terrorism/
-- National Association of Muslim Police Links to Khomeinist Front Organisation
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2010/01/21/national-association-of-muslim-police-links-to-khomeinist-front/

(UK) "Jewish leaders attack Muslim Council 'deal'"
http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/26266/jewish-leaders-attack-muslim-council-deal

(UK) Moazzam Begg defends Cageprisoners - criticism for being "UK's leading promoters of al-Qaeda linked preacher, Anwar al-Awlaki"
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2010/01/21/shameless/

(UK) Police hunting march protesters
http://www.expressandstar.com/2010/01/21/police-appeal-after-protesters-clash/

UK: "All-faith stand against EDL march in Stoke-on-Trent"
-- BBC: "Christian, Muslim, Jewish and Sikh faith leaders have signed a pledge opposing a planned march by The English Defence League (EDL) in Stoke-on-Trent"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/staffordshire/8472611.stm

Kyrgyz support for Hizb ut-Tahrir waning
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2010/01/20/Kyrgyz-support-for-Hizb-ut-Tahrir-waning/UPI-76281264027568/

"OIC head calls on Islamic Ummah to assist Haiti affetees"
http://geo.tv/1-21-2010/57445.htm

Malaysia: "Arson attempts on 2 Malaysian Muslim prayer rooms"
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2010/01/21/general-as-malaysia-allah-ban_7290891.html?boxes=Homepagetopnews

Myanmar: Court to decide on Suu Kyi appeal within month
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/01/myanmar-court-to-decide-on-suu-kyi-appeal-within-month/

Against Nazi News:

Poland: Stolen sign to return to Auschwitz
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1263147946970&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

UK: "Why does Nick Griffin allow neo-Nazis to attend the BNP 'family festival'?"
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2010/01/21/why-does-nick-griffin-allow-neo-nazis-to-attend-the-bnp-family-festival/

Against Racial Supremacism News:

Texas: KKK letters disturb Seabrook residents
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=7230643

Against Totalitarianism News:

Communist China: Google Case Not Linked to Ties With US
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=9620365

Communist China: U.S. Defense Secretary Gates wants nuclear talks with China
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jan/21/gates-wants-nuclear-talks-with-china/?feat=home_headlines

Communist Vietnam jails democracy activists
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/01/communist-vietnam-jails-democracy-activists/
-- for subversion - sentences from 5 to 16 years in prison
-- Le Cong Dinh sentenced to 5 years in prison
-- Nguyen Tien Trung sentenced to 7 years in prison
-- Tran Huynh Duy Thuc sentenced to 16 years in prison
-- Le Thang Long sentenced to 5 years in prison
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8470110.stm

Communist Vietnam: Democracy advocates accused of promoting 'peaceful evolution'
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/01/democracy-is-a-crime/
-- Vietnam's new breed of dissident
-- accused of promoting 'peaceful evolution'
-- BBC reports: Le Cogh Dinh said: "I have been influenced by Western ideas of democracy, freedom and human rights during my studies abroad."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8471723.stm

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