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(Pakistan) Explosion in Karachi kills one, wounds 5
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/Categories.aspx?new=1&id=102&Language=en&date=30042010


(Pakistan) Former ISI official Khalid Khwaja found dead in NW
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/04-khalid-khwaja-killed-qs-13

-- "Pakistan: Kidnapped rights activist found dead"
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.325329275
-- Ex-ISI officer killed by 'al-Qaeda linked Punjabi Taliban'

http://bit.ly/aA3ofq

Pakistan Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud is alive: ISI
-- no longer "speculation"
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Pakistan-Taliban-chief-Hakimullah-Mehsud-is-alive-ISI/articleshow/5874446.cms

-- Hakimullah Mehsud no longer running Pak Taliban: Pentagon
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Hakimullah-Mehsud-no-longer-running-Pakistani-Taliban-Pentagon/articleshow/5875986.cms

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\04\30\story_30-4-2010_pg1_4

Pakistan: Taliban video urges militants to launch new attacks

-- AKI: "In the video released to Adnkronos International (AKI), Hakimullah [Mehsud] calls for Muslim militants to renew their struggle but it has not been confirmed when the video was made."
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.324848445


(Pakistan) U.S. officials: Insurgencies overwhelming Pakistan
http://afghanistan.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/29/u-s-officials-multiple-insurgencies-overwhelming-pakistan/


Pakistani Police arrest two suicide bombers, two associates
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2079746&Language=en


Pakistan, in Shift, Weighs Attack on Militant Lair
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/30/world/asia/30pstan.html

(Pakistan) Troops kill at least eight militants in Orakzai

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/04-orakzai-fighting-8-killed-qs-07


(Pakistan) Lashkar-e-Taiba on Facebook
http://thecst.org.uk/blog/?p=1483

(Afghanistan) Taliban prison 'hell for 1,000 men'
http://afghanistan.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/29/reminders-of-a-hell-for-1000-men/


(Afghanistan) Pentagon Map Shows Wide Taliban Zone in the South
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=51274

Afghan parliamentary election fraud 'inevitable without reform'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/7658032/Afghan-parliamentary-election-fraud-inevitable-without-reform.html


Indian army foils Kashmir infiltration bid, three dead
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/04-kashmir-infiltration-bid-foiled-qs-04


(India) Times of India: "Ajmer blast: Hindu outfit responsible?"
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Ajmer-blast-Hindu-outfit-responsible/articleshow/5878836.cms


Iraq: Car bomb kills eight near liquor store
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.324288813

(Iraq) Militant led Iraqis to al-Qaida chiefs

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36876627/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/

(U.S.) NYC: Two New York men arrested, charged with trying to help al Qaeda

-- Wesam El-Hanafi and Sabirhan Hasanoff of Brooklyn
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/04/30/national/main6447868.shtml
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/NEW-TERROR-CHARGES-IN-NEW-YORK-92512169.html

http://bit.ly/c3lNVo
-- US-Australian faces 'al-Qaeda' charges
http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-world/usaustralian-faces-alqaeda-charges-20100501-tzob.html


(U.S.) 9 Somali men accused of pirate attacks on 2 US Navy ships plead not guilty
http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/9-somali-men-accused-509347.html


(U.S.) NYC: Pace student found in subway tunnel with poison: cops
-- James Fetto had quart sized bottle of Sodium Cyanide tablets, five road flares and several bottles of water
-- police says goal was suicide

-- NY Post: "Fetto, who was dressed like a worker, wearing a orange reflector vest, a hard hat and yellow rubber boots, said police.
http://bit.ly/dn8LFQ
-- NYT report states Fetto sought isolated area to commit suicide

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/30/man-found-with-cyanide-pills-in-subway-tunnel/
-- NY Daily News: Phony track worker rigs subway terror scare in bizarre cyanide suicide try

http://bit.ly/c3LxV3
-- Suicide or Terrorism Cause of Man Wandering Subway Tunnels Under East River with Cyanide ?
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2953868/suicide_or_terrorism_cause_of_man_wandering.html


(U.S.) Michigan: Feds: Hutaree attack plan should deny bond
http://www.freep.com/article/20100430/NEWS01/4300332/Feds-Hutaree-attack-plan-should-deny-bond

-- Judge: Prove Hutaree planned attack on law enforcement
http://www.freep.com/article/20100429/NEWS06/100429035/Judge-Prove-Hutaree-planned-attack-on-law-enforcement


(U.S./Iran) Ahmadinejad's visa application still being processed: US
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Ahmadinejads-visa-application-still-being-processed-US-/articleshow/5875041.cms


(U.S./Iran) Hillary Clinton warns Iran, calls Ahmadinejad anti-semitic President
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Hillary-Clinton-warns-Iran-calls-Ahmadinejad-anti-semitic-President/articleshow/5876249.cms


Iran: We'll cut off Israel's legs
http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=174400

Jordan: CIA bomber urges Muslims to wage jihad

-- Humam Khalili Abu-Mulal al-Balawi killed 7 CIA employees in Afghanistan
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/apr/30/cia-bomber-urges-muslims-wage-jihad/


Middle East - US: Indirect peace talks next week
http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=174403
-- "Barack Obama threatens to impose peace plan on Middle East"

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/7659235/Barack-Obama-threatens-to-impose-peace-plan-on-Middle-East.html


West Bank: "Two Palestinian cars torched, scrawled with 'price tag' graffiti"
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1163617.html


West Bank: "Yitzhar settlers attack village to protest arrests"
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1166402.html

Middle East: Hezbollah sentence 'unjust'

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.324288621

Yemen in al-Qaeda would smuggle terrorists into Israel
http://www.examiner.com/x-7095-NY-Israel-Conflict-Examiner~y2010m4d29-Yemen-in-alQaeda-would-smuggle-terrorists-into-Israel


Nigeria to review defense policy
http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/News/5562004-147/nigeria_to_review_defence_policy.csp


(Somalia) 10 killed, 20 hurt in Somalia clashes
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/International/2010/04/30/10-killed-20-hurt-in-Somalia-clashes/UPI-38691272653015/


Somalia: "Muslim Extremists Execute a Christian"
http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=12238&PHPSESSID=8aa1c4d4c25cbbb1bf429789a6ab4494


(UK) Al Qaeda wives must be paid full benefits: court
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/04/30/2886526.htm

Italy: Two Moroccan 'terror suspects' deported

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=3.1.326411679

(Italy) Imam jailed on terrorism charges in Italy
-- Egyptian-born Muslim preacher "Abu Imad, a former imam at Milan's Viale Jenner mosque, had allegedly set up a religious cell, which was recruiting suicide bombers and trafficking illegal immigrants, in Milan and in Lombardy region."

http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/629293/cs/1/


War on Women News:

Nigeria: Senate may 'bury' Ahmed Sani Yerima, matter -- marrying 13 year old Egyptian girl

-- NEXT reports: "The Senate, on Wednesday, officially received petitions brought against Ahmed Sani Yerima, the Zamfara State senator accused of marrying a minor"
-- "There are fears that the petition is likely to die a quiet death at the hands of the [Senate] committee."

http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Home/5561460-146/senate_may_bury_yerima_matter_.csp

(Saudi Arabia) Canadian Trapped in Saudi Arabia -- Nazia Quazi

-- "the most frightening thing of all, says Quazi, are her father's threats of an honor killing"
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/34328/


(Pakistan) A Christian housemaid tortured by Pakistan Air Force Police
http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/viewnews.php?newsid=1607


(Pakistan) Police in Baluchistan arrest 90 suspects, militants threw acid at 3 girls -- kill female professor
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2079744&Language=en


Iran selected to the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women
http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=174405
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/04/29/elects-iran-commission-womens-rights/

-- Women's rights activists slam Iran's bid to join UN commission
http://www.payvand.com/news/10/apr/1272.html
-- U.S. Mum During Iran Vote to U.N. Women's Commission

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04/30/stayed-mum-iran-vote-womens-commission/

Nepal: Rescuing girls from sex slavery

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/04/29/cnnheroes.koirala.nepal/index.html

(U.S.) Suit alleges New York girl sexually abused by seven classmates

http://bit.ly/cWGecZ


Other News:

United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Eleventh Annual Report on Religious Freedom in the World Released

-- worst watch list nations include Pakistan, Saudi Arabia
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/04/uscirf-2010-report/
-- Press Release
http://www.uscirf.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3052&Itemid=1

-- Adobe PDF of report
http://www.uscirf.gov/images/annual%20report%202010.pdf

Saudi Arabia among top nations listed as "serious violators of religious freedom"

http://www.todayonline.com/World/EDC100430-0000066/Religious-freedom-at-risk

(Saudi Arabia) Riyadh proposes counter-terrorism center

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2010/04/29/Riyadh-proposes-counter-terrorism-center/UPI-46041272553548/


Pakistan, 12 others named violators of religious freedom
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\04\30\story_30-4-2010_pg1_6


Pakistani Muslim Allegedly Beats A Christian Employee to Death, Injures His Brother
http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/viewnews.php?newsid=1608


Pakistan: UN sounds alarm on Pakistan aid funding
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/04-un-pak-funding-alarm-qs-10

-- 'Pakistan to get $600m in CSF funds quickly'
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\04\30\story_30-4-2010_pg1_5


Egypt: "In Egypt, Sharp Reactions to U.S. Demand for Political Freedom in the Country"
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4127.htm


Egypt: US religious freedoms report finds support among local activists
http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/us-religious-freedoms-report-finds-support-among-local-activists


Egypt: "In Egyptian Courts, Christian Rights are not Equal to Those of Muslims"
http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=12236&PHPSESSID=8aa1c4d4c25cbbb1bf429789a6ab4494


Egypt: "New Sheikh of Al-Azhar Warns Against Shi'itization of Sunni Societies, States: A Copt Cannot Become Leader of Egypt"
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4128.htm


"Egyptian Cleric Ahmad 'Eid Mihna: The Jews Are Behind the Misery, Hardship, Usury, and Whorehouses, and Any Form of Corruption"
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4126.htm


Egypt: New Leader of the Muslim Brotherhood Muhammad Badi': 'We Will Continue to Raise the Banner of Jihad and the Koran'
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4125.htm


Egypt: Coptic lawyers accuse novelist of "abusing of the Christian faith"
http://bikyamasr.com/?p=12239

Nigeria among worst violators of freedom
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/apr/29/nigeria-among-worst-violators-of-freedom/


Turkey on US watch list for violating religious freedoms
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-208869-101-turkey-on-us-watch-list-for-violating-religious-freedoms.html


(Iraq) Clinton urged to protect 'fragile' Christian minority in Iraq
http://in.christiantoday.com/articles/clinton-urged-to-protect-fragile-christian-minority-in-iraq/5314.htm


In American foreign policy, why religious freedom matters
http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/panelists/charles_c_haynes/2010/04/in_american_foreign_policy_why_religious_freedom_matters.html


Religious persecution is widespread, report warns
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/04/29/religious.freedom.report/


Religious Freedom Group Sees Rise In Persecution
http://www.rferl.org/content/Religious_Freedom_Group_Sees_Rise_In_Persecution/2027792.html


(UK) Anti-Democracy Group Hizb ut Tahrir in Whitechapel Rally for Release of Mohiuddin Ahmed in Bangladesh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xXqHvdGn7A


(UK) Muslim leaders condemn stickers -- saying don't vote for democracy
http://www.guardian.co.uk/cardiff/2010/apr/30/muslim-council-leaders-condemn-election-stickers-roath

-- photograph of Cardiff anti-democracy stickers
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/real/uk/cardiff-uk-sticker.jpg

(UK) "Muslim daubs war memorial with 'Islam will dominate the world' - but walks free after CPS says he was NOT racially motivated"

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1270021/British-Muslim-daubs-war-memorial-Islamic-slogans--CPS-says-NOT-racially-motivated.html?ITO=1490


(UK) Birmingham could see Britain's first female Muslim MP
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/election_2010/england/8647214.stm


Krygyzstan: Islamic veil and fundamentalism are back in Bishkek
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Islamic-veil-and-fundamentalism-are-back-in-Bishkek-18289.html


Uzbekistan: Two 15-day jail sentences for prisoners of conscience -- for two Protestant Christians
http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=1438


Denmark: Hirsi Ali receives Jyllands-Posten free speech award
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/04/denmark-hirsi-ali-receives-jyllands.html


Belgium's lower house votes to ban burqa
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/04/29/belgium.burqa.ban/index.html

-- Anger at Belgian face veil ban
http://bit.ly/aSWtns

(France) Men who force women to wear burka would face 15,000 Euro fine in France
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/7659409/Men-who-force-women-to-wear-burka-would-face-15000-fine-in-France.html

-- Le Figaro report (French)
http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/2010/04/29/01016-20100429ARTFIG00657-burqa-des-amendes-allant-de-150euros-a-15000-euros-.php


(France) AFP: French Muslims feel victimized by veil ban
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/world/french-muslims-feel-victimised-by-veil-ban/story-e6frfkui-1225860827408


(Canada) Vandals deface sign of future mosque, Muslim centre
http://ottawa.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100430/OTT_Muslim_Defaced_100430/20100430?hub=Ottawa


(U.S.) Massassachusettes: Passenger busted for saying he had explosives on plane was ex-Air Commando, decorated war vet
-- Derek Stansberry
http://bit.ly/avVc43

(U.S.) Detroit: Judge dismisses lawsuit over Muslim scarf in court

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hDCs54gc2gyH5MIUnM_P5tENqmmQD9FD069O0

(U.S.) Florida: Jacksonville councilman plans apology to Muslim professor

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/features-the-religion-world/2010/04/29/jacksonville-councilman-plans-apology-to-muslim-professor/


FOX News: "The purpose of criticism is persuasion, and not one person has ever been persuaded by being insulted"
http://bit.ly/ctKYCN



Against Totalitarianism News:


Communist China: 'Speak out and you will disappear', activist told -- Feng Zhenghu
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/speak-out-and-you-will-disappear-activist-told-1958699.html


Communist North Korea says imprisoned American speaks to family
http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=174396

Communist Vietnam: Vietnamese Christian Beaten to Death

http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=12239&PHPSESSID=8aa1c4d4c25cbbb1bf429789a6ab4494



Against Racial Supremacism News:

(UK) White Supremacist Nazi North teen guilty of terrorism - Nicky Davison - North teen guilty of terrorism
-- "A NORTH teenager who described Jews as 'scum of the earth' has been found guilty of terrorist offences."

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/breaking-news/2010/04/30/north-teen-guilty-of-terrorism-72703-26351629/

-- R.E.A.L.: UK: White Supremacist Nazis Accused of Terror Plot -- Father and Son Team of Ian and Nicky Davison
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/04/uk-white-supremacist-nazi-terror-plot/


Missouri: Odessa blocks controversial nightclub from opening tomorrow
-- former Aryan Nations leader Charles Juba
-- Kansas City Star: "Townspeople are convinced that Juba’s aim is to use The Black Flag to recruit teens for racist and anti-Semitic activities."

http://www.kansascity.com/2010/04/29/1912512/odessa-blocks-controversial-nightclub.html

(U.S.) Nation of Islam Attacks Henry Louis Gates

http://yesbuthowever.com/gates-islam-8138832/

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