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Pakistan: Suicide Bomb Kills 12 in Pakistan
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Suicide-Bomb-Kills-12-in-Pakistan-86533747.html


Pakistan: 4 women among 12 killed in Hangu suicide bombing
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\03\06\story_6-3-2010_pg1_5


Pakistan: Two security personnel killed, 2 wounded in explosion in Pakistan
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2065994&Language=en


Pakistan: Prayers for Sahil amid silence from gang of kidnappers -- 5 year old British boy kidnapped
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article7050922.ece
-- Please help us, kidnap boy's mother begs Foreign Office
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article7051217.ece


Pakistan: Swat lawyers threaten protest for Nizam-e-Adl implementation -- Sharia Law
http://www.thenews.com.pk/print1.asp?id=227181


Pakistan: Taliban call Pak army 'impure force'
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Taliban-call-Pak-army-impure-force/articleshow/5648013.cms


Pakistan/India: 11 men involved in Mumbai attack in Pakistan's terror list
http://www.hindustantimes.com/pakistan/11-men-involved-in-Mumbai-attack-in-Pakistan-s-terror-list/515123/H1-Article1-515100.aspx


Pakistan: No mention of Hafiz Saeed, Masood Azhar in Pak's terror list of 119
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/No-mention-of-Hafiz-Saeed-Masood-Azhar-in-Paks-terror-list-of-119/articleshow/5640100.cms


Pakistan "TTP 'commander' Faqir reported killed in Mohmand"
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/front-page/06-ttp-commander-faqir-reported-killed-in-mohmand-630-rs-07


Pakistan will be rid of terrorists soon: Gilani
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\03\06\story_6-3-2010_pg1_1


(Pakistan/U.S.) US searching for 'radicalized' Americans
-- AP: "The top U.S. diplomat in Pakistan says the Obama administration does not know how many Americans might have disappeared overseas to train with al-Qaida or other terrorist groups."
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_PAKISTAN_PATTERSON?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2010-03-05-19-31-22


(Pakistan/U.S.) Holbrooke unsure if Pakistan against Afghan Taliban
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/04-holbrooke-afghan-taliban-qs-03


Afghanistan: Pakistani workers killed in Afghanistan attack
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8548815.stm


Iraq: Al-Qaida Group Warns Violence Against Iraqi Voters
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/middle-east/Al-Qaida-Group-Warns-Violence-Against-Iraqi-Voters-86654902.html


Iraq: Bombers Kills 7 Iraqi Soldiers Voting in Early Elections
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/middle-east/Bombers-Kills-7-Iraqi-Soldiers-Voting-in-Early-Elections-86321917.html


Iraq: Suicide bombs before Iraq election shows Al Qaeda still active
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/2010/0304/Suicide-bombs-before-Iraq-election-shows-Al-Qaeda-still-active


(U.S.) Angry Anti-Gov't Writing Linked to Pentagon Gunman: John Patrick Bedell
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=10016283
-- see additional details at report:
-- Stormfront "Hate Group" Members Praise Bedell's Terror Attack on Pentagon, Call for More Violence
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/stormfront-bedell/


(U.S.) Arizona man gets 18 months in terror-funding case -- Akram Musa Abdallah
-- AP: "An Arizona man who acknowledged lying to FBI agents investigating a Muslim charity group that raised money to help the terrorist group Hamas was sentenced Thursday to 18 months in prison."
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j0yrw0kZoLPXUlzAIC6aqnQ2IJYQD9E8280G1


(U.S.) NYC: Imam Afzali Admits He Lied During Subway Bomb Plot Probe
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-03-04/afzali-admits-he-lied-during-subway-bomb-plot-probe-update2-.html


(U.S.) Trying 9/11 Suspects in Military Court Could Pave Way to Closing Gitmo
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/03/05/prospect-ksm-trial-reversal-angers-left-bargaining-chip/
-- Obama and KSM: A military trial after all?
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2010/03/obama-and-ksm-a-military-trial-after-all-1-2-3-4-5-1/1


(U.S.) Justice Department Makes 'Al Qaeda 7' List Public
-- "The Justice Department this week released the names of the seven attorneys it had previously withheld who had worked on behalf of al Qaeda detainees held at the Guantanamo Bay prison"
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/62369


US urges 'action' needed to fight net attacks
-- DHS Janet Napolitano "said the government was working with a 'sense of urgency' and that the Department of Homeland Security, DHS, 'stands at a very important juncture'"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8548618.stm
-- RSA 2010: Panel discusses US security regulation
http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2258920/rsa-2010-panel-mulls-security


(U.S.) Inside the mind of the suspected anthrax killer
http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/05/inside-the-mind-of-the-anthrax-killer/?hpt=C1


UK Transatlantic Jet Bomb Plot: Wife of UK aircraft bomb plotter found innocent
-- AP: "Cossor Ali was declared not guilty on Friday following a three-week trial."
-- "Her husband, Abdulla Ahmed Ali, was convicted in September of leading a conspiracy to murder hundreds of airline passengers by smuggling liquid explosives aboard as many as seven aircraft."
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g5eZdHmaYi46TrlD9yBa2TcquyMQD9E8FN881
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/7375699/Wife-of-airline-bomb-plotter-cleared-of-terrorism-charge.html


UK: Four men held in Britain on suspicion of terrorism funding
-- including British Airways worker - previously reported
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/uk/news/article_1538386.php/Four-men-held-in-Britain-on-suspicion-of-terrorism-funding


Gaza: One Israeli killed, 12 injured in motorcycle bomb attack in Haifa
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2065846&Language=en


'Iran developing massive launch site'
http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?id=170329


Iran: New Iran rocket 'shows N Korea links'
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/world/new-iran-rocket-launch-site-shows-north-korea-links-janes/story-e6frfkui-1225837578380


Egyptian Cleric Wagdi Ghneim on Hamas' Al-Aqsa TV: 'We Pray to Allah That We Be Terrorists, If Terror Means Jihad'
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4018.htm


Egypt: Sheikh Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi Gives Broad-Ranging Interview to BBC Arabic on His Support of Mayrtdom Attacks, His Condemnation of the U.S. Military Base in Qatar, His Position on Shi'ites, His Relations with the Egyptian Government, and More
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4016.htm


Mauritania: Al-Qaeda makes new demands for release of Spanish hostages
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jQJQ7GFNlMcRmOc3tibqB8Sh6FSA


Yemen: Police arrest 11 'Al-Qaeda suspects'
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.79830954


Somali pirates, security personnel in 4 shootouts
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/8975614



Libya Demands US Apology for Switzerland "Jihad" Criticism
-- because US State Department spokesman Philip Crowley stated it didn't make "a lot of sense"
http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=20095


Germany: Islamist militants jailed over terror plot
-- AKI: "Fritz Gelowicz and Daniel Schneider, to 12 years each. The avoided the maximum 15 year jail term as they confessed their involvement in the plot."
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.79861962
-- German Islamists given up to 12 years for terrorism
-- DPA: "Four Islamists in Germany who confessed their allegiance to the Islamic Jihad Union were jailed Thursday for up to 12 years for being part of a terrorist group and plotting multiple murders"
-- "The group had plotted bomb attacks against US military bases in Germany"
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1538403.php/German-Islamists-given-up-to-12-years-for-terrorism-Urgent


Russia: Global jihad creeping into Russia's insurgency
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6233ST20100304


Kyrgyzstan: Hizb ut-Tahrir activists detained in Kyrgyzstan
http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6992


Ingushetia: Militants killed in Ingushetia recently may include Wahabi ideologist Said Buryatsky
http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=7004


Bomb disabled at Kabardino-Balkaria mosque
http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=7001


France: ETA suspects charged with terrorism in France
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100305/wl_afp/francespainbasquesetacourt


Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore Step up Patrols Following Terror Warning
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Indonesia-Malaysia-and-Singapore-Step-up-Patrols-Following-Terror-Warning--86555222.html


Indonesia: Action needed against terror cell
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/SEAsia/Story/STIStory_498436.html


Terror Alert for Oil Tankers in Asia's Malacca Strait
http://www.heatingoil.com/blog/terror-alert-for-oil-tankers-in-asia%E2%80%99s-malacca-strait304/



War on Women News:


UN: Thousands of honor killings each year
-- AFP: "Some 5,000 women are murdered in honour killings every year, the UN's top human rights official said Thursday, calling it an 'extreme symptom of discrimination.'"
-- "'It has been estimated that as many as one in three women across the world has been beaten, raped or otherwise abused during the course of her lifetime," said Navi Pillay in a statement. "Amongst the most extreme forms of abuse is what is known as 'honour killing'," added the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights."
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Thousands+honour+killings+each+year/2643124/story.html
-- Impunity for domestic violence, 'honour killings' cannot continue – UN official
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33971&Cr=violence+against+women&Cr1=
-- High Commissioner speaks out against domestic violence and "honour killing" on occasion of International Women's Day"
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/SMAR-8398KS?OpenDocument


Pakistan: Latest Honor Killing:How A Deleted Cellphone Video Led To Murder
http://pinayinpakistan.blogspot.com/2010/03/latest-honor-killinghow-deleted.html


Canada: Ottawa judge likely to handle alleged honour killing trial -- Shafia sisters "honor killing" in Kingston
-- "Three teenage Shafia sisters, Zainab, 19, Sahari, 17, and Geeti, 13, along with Rona Amir Mohammad, 50, were found dead inside a submerged car discovered June 30, 2009, in the Rideau Canal at Kingston Mills, just outside Kingston, Ont"
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Crime/2010/03/03/13096711-qmi.html



Report: Women still target of discriminatory laws
--- AP: "Five years after a U.N. conference called for the revocation of laws that discriminate on the basis of gender, a new report released Friday highlights 36 countries that still have laws that treat women as second-class citizens."
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-03-05-discriminatory-laws_N.htm
-- AFP: "Women's rights improving in Middle East: study" (??)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hokvTYsg3NerACpfbqW0PVUMWZJA


Saudi Arabia: Unchaperoned Saudi woman to get 300 lashes
-- AFP reports: "A SAUDI woman's to get 300 lashings and 18 months' prison for filing complaints against court officials and being in court without a male guardian."
-- "A human rights group said today Sawsan Salim was convicted last month in a court in Rass, in Qassim province, after petitioning officials in the kingdom's capital Riyadh."
http://www.news.com.au/world/unchaperoned-woman-to-get-300-lashes/story-e6frfkyi-1225836750262
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/saudi-arabia-unchaperoned-saudi-woman-to-get-300-lashes/


Remember Du'a public seminar in London
-- "On the 7th of April 2007 Du'a Khalil Aswad was brutally stoned to death in front of 2000 men, the killers included her uncle and some of her closest relatives in the Town of Bashiqa."
http://houzanmahmoud.blogspot.com/2010/03/remember-dua-public-seminar-in-london_05.html


Colorado: Reports of Blackouts Believed Caused by 'Date Rape' Drugs Boom in Aspen
http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/aspen-colorado-sees-increase-reports-date-rape-drug/story?id=10012176


"The Goddess That Failed" - by Phyllis Chesler
http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2010/03/05/the-goddess-that-failed/?singlepage=true


Malaysia: Ex-PM's daughter slams Malaysian daily for killing caning column
http://www.torontosun.com/news/world/2010/03/04/13107901.html


Malaysia: Beer drinking model's fate shrouded in secrecy
http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2010/s2836896.htm


Ohio: Rifqa's judge orders counseling
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/03/03/rifqas-judge-orders-counseling.html?sid=101



Other News:


Egyptian Court Acquits Muslims Who Beheaded a Christian
-- "An Egyptian court in the southern city of Assuit acquitted this week four Muslims accused of killing 61-year-old Farouk Attallah on October 19, 2009"
http://www.aina.org/news/20100303215642.htm
http://www.unitedcopts.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4739&Itemid=73


Egypt/U.S.: Nina Shea: Egypt gov't buried Coptic culture, promotes hatred of Christians
http://bikyamasr.com/?p=9285


Grassroots Persecution of Christians
http://ideas.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/03/grassroots-persecution-of-christians/


Nigeria ruling party wants northerner for 2011 poll
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8548347.stm


(U.S.) March 25, 2010 - DC: Steps to Undermine Muslim Extremism: The Saudi Angle
http://cdhr.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=191:cdhrconference2010&catid=42:catnewsreleases&Itemid=60


(U.S.) The Letter Dogging Tom Campbell - on Sami Al-Arian
http://www.investigativeproject.org/1834/the-letter-dogging-tom-campbell


(U.S.) CAIR: "Muslim group says police detained praying men"
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35733484/ns/us_news-faith/


(U.S.) Detroit: Boy Charged With Tossing 'Drano Bomb' In School - to appear in court March 11
http://www.clickondetroit.com/video/22745704/index.html
-- Mom Defends Son In 'Drano Bomb' Case
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/22726704/detail.html


Hamas Says No to Men in Women's Salons
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/middle-east/Hamas-Says-No-to-Men-in-Womens-Salons-86392742.html


UK: Minister hits back at 'Islamophobic' allegations
http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/content/towerhamlets/advertiser/news/story.aspx?brand=ELAOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsela&itemid=WeED04%20Mar%202010%2016%3A11%3A28%3A297


UK: "We must not be afraid of taking on Islamic extremists" - Andrew Gilligan
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/7373471/We-must-not-be-afraid-of-taking-on-Islamic-extremists.html


"The UK and the Future of Islamist Subversion"
http://www.investigativeproject.org/1826/the-uk-and-the-future-of-islamist-subversion


UK: Blog reports on Abdul Karim Hattin and Khalid Yasin views on homosexuality
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2010/03/05/values-of-moderation-and-tolerance/


Netherlands/UK: "Dutch anti-Islam politician creates stir in UK"
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g4o-RWkPEUwu7snZmx_BE-yGleFAD9E8HSOO0
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1255658/Geert-Wilders-arrives-Britain-major-gains-Dutch-polls.html
-- related report
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23812295-ukip-leader-condemns-radical-islam-ahead-of-geert-wilders-visit.do


Netherlands: "Dutch far-right breakthrough met with Muslim disbelief"
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hqLlrThhF76LfjhY_VArZR6ZZdrw



Against Nazi News:


Stormfront "Hate Group" Members Praise Bedell's Terror Attack on Pentagon, Call for More Violence
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/stormfront-bedell/


American Nazi-Owned Web Site Investigated on Calls for Murder of Politicians, Immigrants in Finland -- Gary "Gerhard" Lauck
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/nazi-web-site-finnish-violence/


New Jersey - Hal Turner Trial: "NJ blogger: Rants were sanctioned by FBI"
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jzBi0fWBvJIDUVijJgw7oQJRMYrQD9E831IG0



Against Racial Supremacism News:


Louisiana: Community fights "KKK" racial vandalism
http://arklatexhomepage.com/content/fulltext/?cid=97342


KKK rally runs into discrimination in South Carolina
http://news.sc/2010/03/04/kkk-rally-runs-into-discrimination-in-south-carolina/


















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