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Pakistan: Sectarian violence spreads in Karachi, toll rises to 28
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Sectarian-violence-spreads-in-Karachi-toll-rises-to-28/articleshow/5955688.cms


(Pakistan) British family shot dead in Pakistan
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/7747531/British-family-shot-dead-in-Pakistan.html


(Pakistan) Ex-president Musharraf vows return to Pakistan politics
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/05/20/pakistan.musharraf/index.html


(Pakistan) Taliban threaten to kill Osama Khalid over action against Hamid Mir
-- Pakistan Daily Times: "Osama Khalid, the son of former Inter-Services Intelligence officer Khalid Khawaja, has claimed that the Asian Tigers have indirectly threatened to do the same to him as they did to his father if any action is taken against Hamid Mir, a private TV channel reported on Thursday"

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\21\story_21-5-2010_pg7_27

(Pakistan) Five people gunned down in Balochistan

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\21\story_21-5-2010_pg7_8

(Pakistan) Forces arrest 6 suspects, recover arms in Bajaur

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\21\story_21-5-2010_pg7_7

(Pakistan) Mehsud 'peace broker' shot dead in Tank

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\21\story_21-5-2010_pg7_2

(Pakistan) Sweden closes embassy in Islamabad due to security

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\21\story_21-5-2010_pg7_9

(India) Mumbai Attacks: Pak major held may be Headley handler

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Pak-major-held-may-be-Headley-handler/articleshow/5955537.cms


(India) Mumbai Attacks: Kasab is Qaidi No C-7096
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Kasab-is-Qaidi-No-C-7096/articleshow/5955876.cms


(Afghanistan/Maldives) Taliban in Maldives for meeting
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/International/2010/05/20/Taliban-in-Maldives-for-meeting/UPI-50551274388787/

--- Taliban in Secret Talks at Mystery Location
--- Talks Being Held Somewhere in the Maldives, Officials Tell ABC News
http://abcnews.go.com/International/Afghanistan/secret-taliban-talks/story?id=10700753

--- Afghan Govt, Taliban hold 2nd meet in Maldives
http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=32194
-- Kabul denies meeting Taliban in Maldives
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=139424


(U.S.) Terror Comes Home
At least 25 American citizens have faced serious terrorism offenses in the past 18 months, a pattern that has counterintelligence officials concerned.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/238296


(U.S.) Alleged Terrorists Used Social Network Sites
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31727_162-20005405-10391695.html

(U.S.) Times Square Car Bomb Plot: Lag in Times Square suspect's court date defended

-- Prosecutors say "uninterrupted access" needed to Shahzad
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2024774820100520

(U.S.) Times Square Car Bomb Plot: U.S. Outlines Moves After Bomb Suspect’s Arrest

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/21/nyregion/21terror.html?src=mv

(U.S.) Times Square bomb plot: Massachusetts man had suspect's phone number

http://www.csmonitor.com/From-the-news-wires/2010/0520/Times-Square-bomb-plot-Massachusetts-man-had-suspect-s-phone-number


(U.S.) $200m 'behavior detection' officers fail to spot a single terrorist at airports
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/7746246/200m-behaviour-detection-officers-fail-to-spot-a-single-terrorist-at-airports.html

-- At least 16 known terrorists undetected by federal behavior specialists
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37260518/ns/us_news-airliner_security/


(U.S.) Obama fires intelligence chief after security lapses -- Dennis Blair
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7132602.ece

--- January 22, 2010: Top Intelligence Chief Says 'We'll Make a New Mistake' When Trying to Prevent Terror Attempts -- DNI Dennis Blair
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,583666,00.html

--- September 15, 2009: Spy Chief Says U.S. Hunting al Qaeda More Effectively -- Dennis Blair
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125305510769813787.html?mod=googlenews_wsj


Iraq: Two policemen, civilian killed, 10 others injured in explosion western Mosul
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2085136&Language=en


Iraq: Bin Laden deputy lauds slain Al-Qaeda leaders
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.421273712

Iran: Pros and cons in UN's Sanctions Proposal on Iran

http://cgis.jpost.com/Blogs/rosner/entry/pros_and_cons_in_un

Syria: US to Syria: Stop Hizbullah armsUS to Syria: Stop Hizbullah arms
http://www.jpost.com/Home/Article.aspx?id=176014


(Yemen) Al-Qaeda appeals to women to fight in Yemen
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.420463777

(Yemen) Al-Qaida in Yemen announces terror leader killed

http://www.yorkdispatch.com/nationworld/ci_15129375

Turkish aircraft raid PKK
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2085106&Language=en


(Canada) Suspect knew camp flag similar to jihad symbols -- Asad Ansari
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/story.html?id=3049606


Indonesia seeks seven years for 'Prince of Jihad'
-- Mohammed Jibril Abdurahman
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100520/wl_asia_afp/indonesiaattackstrial




Other News:

Muslims Respond to Cartoon Controversy
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/muslims-respond-to-cartoon-controversy/

http://beforeitsnews.com/story/46/897/Muslims_Respond_to_Cartoon_Controversy.html
-- Cartoon Contests and Human Dignity

http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/cartoon-contests-and-human-dignity/

Cartoonist draws a line under contest to picture Prophet

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7132388.ece

Thousands of Mohammed images uploaded on Facebook

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/7746258/Thousands-of-Mohammed-images-uploaded-on-Facebook.html

-- Anger? Not so much at this Prophet cartoon caper
http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2010/05/20/2324134.aspx

'Publication of caricatures hurts Muslim sentiments'

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\21\story_21-5-2010_pg7_21

Tommy DeSeno on "The Facebook Creed?"

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/05/20/tommy-seno-muhammad-cartoons-facebook-islam-christianity/


Pakistan Government Blocks Facebook and YouTube Sites --- more reports on protests
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/pakistan-blocks-facebook-youtube/

-- April 16, 2008: Pakistan PM Gilani at National Assembly meeting calling for international death penalty for "blasphemy"
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\04\16\story_16-4-2008_pg7_6


Pakistan netizens up in arms against ban on websites
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Pak-netizens-up-in-arms-against-ban-on-websites/articleshow/5955722.cms

-- Lawyers boycott courts in support of Facebook ban
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\21\story_21-5-2010_pg13_5


Pakistan blasphemy laws used to justify 'murder': EU parliament
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h5gdiMztr7yvkNa2KoHeTYpUET3w

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/16-blasphemy+laws-eu+parliament-hs-02


Sweden: Arson suspect suffers from burns
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/05/sweden-arson-suspect-suffers-from-burns.html


(Belgium) Brussels: Municipality doesn't allow veil ban protest
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/05/brussels-municipality-doesnt-allow-veil.html


France makes way for grand mosque
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\21\story_21-5-2010_pg7_4

Iran: Mothers meet with detained hikers in Iran, report says

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/05/20/iran.hikers.mothers/index.html
-- Iranians React to Visit of American Mothers
http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/05/20/iranians-react-to-visit-of-american-mothers/


Iraqi believers warned to leave
http://www.mnnonline.org/article/14246

Kuwait: 5 years in jail for beating maid to death - 'Woman tortured victim, but had no plan to kill'

http://www.arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/154062/reftab/73/t/5-years-in-jail-for-beating-maid-to-death/Default.aspx


Saudi woman beats up virtue cop
http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=175779

UK: Anti-Democracy Leader Anjem Choudary Threats to Woman Muslim MP Sayeeda Warsi

http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/uk-anjem-choudary/

Egyptian Professor of Hebrew Literature Ibrahim Farid Denounces Endorsement of Antisemitic Myths by Arab Media and Institutions

http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4183.htm

Sudanese authorities in pursuit of aid workers' kidnappers in Darfur
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2085008&Language=en


(U.S.) Mojave Desert war cross 'returned'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/7747317/Mojave-Desert-war-cross-returned.html

-- Authorities Say Mojave Desert Replacement Memorial Cross Must Come Down
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/05/20/authorities-replica-cross-placed-mojave-desert-war-memorial/


(U.S.) Newsweek report on Rima Fakih
http://www.newsweek.com/id/238265

(U.S.) North Carolina: Popular local Muslim figure arrested on federal charges
Mohammed "Moe' El-Gamal of Raleigh, the president of the Muslim American Public Affairs Council charged with exporting computer equipment to Libya without a license

http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/05/20/492673/popular-local-muslim-figure-arrested.html

(U.S.) California: UCSD Students Seek Official Condemnation of Pro-Holocaust Statement

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/ucsd-students-seek-official-condemnation-of-pro-holocaust-statement/

(U.S.) Islamic leaders decry Tea Party reference to Muslim 'monkey-god'

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/05/20/islamic-leaders-decry-tea-party-reference-to-muslim-monkey-god/

--- Original report references "monkey-god"
http://bit.ly/9CLBXC

(U.S.) Reports on Rand Paul and Civil Rights Bill Discussions
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/reports-on-rand-paul-and-civil-rights-bill/



Thailand Civil War News:

Clash death toll reported at 51
http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/178603/clash-death-toll-reported-at-51


Police detain 63 suspects
http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/178604/police-detain-63-suspects

Three more protest leaders surrender to police, deny terrorism charges

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2085081&Language=en

Thai Red shirt stronghold recoups after angry riots

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64J34N20100520

Bangkok aftermath: 'Not the Thailand we know anymore'
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/05/20/thailand.protests.reaction/index.html


Thailand issues three-day curfew as 13,000 protesters rally in provinces
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/thailand/7745657/Thailand-issues-three-day-curfew-as-13000-protesters-rally-in-provinces.html


Thai Forces Restore Order in Bangkok After Clearing Protest Site
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Thai-Forces-Restore-Order-in-Bangkok-After-Clearing-Protest-Site-94507204.html


Bangkok battleground deserted but city life goes on
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64J2ZM20100520

Bangkok Under Curfew as Fears Persis

http://abcnews.go.com/International/bangkok-curfew-fears-civil-war-persist-thailand/story?id=10700890


Peace restored, anger still burns in Bangkok
http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2010/05/20/2323859.aspx

Marian statue spared by rioters thanks to priest

http://www.ucanews.com/2010/05/20/marian-statue-spared-by-rioters-thanks-to-priest


Against Totalitarianism News:


North Korea threatens 'all-out war' over warship sinking report
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/7745370/North-Korea-threatens-all-out-war-over-warship-sinking-report.html


North Korea: Pentagon won't say ship sinking is an act of war
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iBqaJ2ovxmxTV23GCGT5QyilEegwD9FQRHG00

-- US warns of 'consequences' after Pyongyang is found guilty of sinking ship
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article7132500.ece


North Korea slams report that it torpedoed South Korean ship
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/05/20/south.korea.sunken.ship/index.html?hpt=T2


Mona Eltahawy: Confronting Tyrants
http://bit.ly/cWGD7X
http://www.monaeltahawy.com/blog/?p=266
http://www.facebook.com/notes/mona-eltahawy/confronting-tyrants/426705696971

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