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(Afghanistan) Taliban bombings kill 12 police
http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/3815913/Taliban-bombings-kill-12-police


(Afghanistan) Five Nato troops, Afghan official die as attacks rise
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/06-five-nato-troops-afghan-official-die-as-attacks-rise-rs-04


(Afghanistan) Two British soldiers shot dead in Afghanistan
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2094793&Language=en


(AfPak) UK Prime Minister Cameron sees reduced threat from Al Qaeda
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE65D3SS20100614

Afghan mission 'will fail without British troops' U.S. warns

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1286860/Afghan-mission-fail-British-troops-U-S-warns.html


Afghan Taliban denies link to Pakistan's ISI: report
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/16-afghan+taliban+denies+link+to+pakistan+isi+report-hs-04


"Afghan-Pakistan: Taliban Clerics Get Worse"
http://www.hudson-ny.org/1369/afghan-pakistan-taliban-clerics

(Afghanistan) Former Afghanistan Intelligence Chief Says He Quit Because of President Karzai's 'Soft' Policy on Taliban, Says: 'This Soft Behavior Makes the Enemy's Intention Even Stronger and Makes the Confidence of Friends Shaky'

http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4379.htm

(Afghanistan) Declaration of the Afghan National Consultative Peace Jirga Condemns Israeli Attack on Gaza Flotilla, Invites the Taliban and "All the Conflicting Parties to Respect the Holy Religion of Islam and the Afghan People's Wishes by Saying Goodbye to War"

http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4378.htm

(Afghanistan) Gen. Petraeus falls ill, prompts adjournment of Senate hearing
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/15/AR2010061502038.html?hpid=topnews


(Afghanistan) WSJ: "The West is Tiptoeing to the Exit in Afghanistan" - by Iain Martin
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704009804575309043015149182.html


'Pakistan to free 300 with Taliban links'
-- Asian Age reports: "The government will free over 300 persons arrested for suspected Taliban links to meet the demand of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam to keep the Pakistan People’s Party-led coalition at the centre intact, according to a media report on Monday."

http://www.asianage.com/international/%E2%80%98pak-free-300-taliban-links%E2%80%99-706

(Pakistan) Taliban blow up another school

http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/International/15-Jun-2010/Taliban--blow-up-another-school


Pakistan: Agency suspends aid after hostage death -- Mercy Corps
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.545104655
-- Mercy Corps shuts offices in Pakistan

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\06\15\story_15-6-2010_pg7_4

(Pakistan) Zardari's meeting with Taliban denied

http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Politics/15-Jun-2010/Zardaris-meeting-with-Taliban-denied


(Pakistan) Unknown gunmen fire at passenger van in SW Pakistan, killling 6
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2094806&Language=en


(Pakistan) Seven militants detained in Bajaur Agency
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\06\15\story_15-6-2010_pg7_8


(Pakistan/U.S.) Pakistan arrests American hunting for bin Laden -- Gary Brooks Faulkner
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jP5BfhaItxOIMfMtgtvANFHHjGnw

-- Associated NY Daily News report
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/06/15/2010-06-15_gary_brooks_faulkner_is_dying_and_likely_wanted_to_kill_osama_bin_laden_for_his_.html


(Pakistan/U.S.) US to object to China-Pakistan nuclear deal
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/US-to-object-to-China-Pakistan-nuclear-deal/articleshow/6049782.cms


(Iraq) Mosul attacks leave three Iraqis dead, four policemen wounded
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2094707&Language=en


(Iraq) Explosion in Baghdad kills two Iraqi officers, wounds nine others
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2094621&Language=en


(Iraq) Five killed in Iraq attacks
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gx5IHeZ9l47tc3eqywxjIfW8RnWw


Iraqi official found with TNT, charged with terror
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hwK_CSpBxsNuVUEaDuOwmSSCiqGwD9GBNDEO4


(U.S.) New warning to US in 'Bin Laden' message
-- AKI reports: "l-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden has purportedly issued a new terror threat to the United States in an audio message posted to jihadist websites. If the US executes the alleged '9/11' mastermind Khalid Sheikh Muhammad and other militants on trial in the US , Al-Qaeda will kill any American citizens it has taken hostage, the message states."

-- AKI quotes OBL: "The day America takes this decision, it will have made a decision to execute whoever is taken captive by us,” said the brief 90-second message, which has not been authenticated.
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.543863023

-- Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden releases statement to the American people
http://www.military-world.net/Afghanistan/3963.html

(U.S.) Intel Memos Warn Radical Cleric's Call to Kill Americans May Inspire Attacks -- Anwar al-Awlaki

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/15/intel-memos-suggest-clerics-kill-americans-inspire-homegrown-terror/


(U.S.) New York Synagogue Terror Plot: Trial of alleged synagogue bomb plot gang thrown into chaos over withheld evidence
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/06/14/2010-06-14_trial_of_alleged_synagogue_bomb_plot_gang_thrown_into_chaos_over_withheld_eviden.html

-- Terror trial arguments to hinge on hate versus entrapment
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20100614/NEWS05/6140325/Terror-trial-arguments-to-hinge-on-hate-versus-entrapment


(U.S.) Times Square Car Bomb Plot: FBI apologizes to NY man raided in bomb plot probe
-- Mohammad Iqbal
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ib_fj8uy3L29st8d61Wk32WKV_JAD9GBL31G0


(U.S.) Justice Nominee to Face Questions on Terrorism, AIG - James Cole
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2010/06/15/justice-nominee-to-face-questions-on-terrorism-aig/


(Gaza) Israel Shin Bet chief: Hamas, Islamic Jihad in Gaza have 5,000 rockets
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3905494,00.html
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1563466.php/Shin-Bet-Hamas-Islamic-Jihad-have-5-000-rockets


(Gaza) Palestinian missile explodes in S. Israel -- Spokesman
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2094659&Language=en


(Gaza) Israel: UN to take seized flotilla goods to Gaza
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gXp6fvvgQLELYgmlMBK-EaQ8A1WQD9GBQ9AG0

-- Report: "Group That Financed Flotilla, Insani Yardim Vakfi (IHH), Had 'Clear and Long Standing Ties to Terrorism and Jihad' According to Former French Anti-Terror Official; Schumer Seeks Confirmation"

http://bit.ly/c3lQe5

(Gaza) Blair hails deal with Netanyahu to ease Gaza blockade
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/blair-hails-deal-with-netanyahu-to-ease-gaza-blockade-1.296412


Abbas calls for Hamas reconciliation
http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=178519

(Iran) Ahmadinejad says Iran nuclear fuel deal 'still alive'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/middle_east/10318714.stm

(Iran/U.S.) Diplomacy still an option, US tells Iran
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jNf9N-lg0McwhMNR4bkCQLW9-MFA


(Yemen) Al-Qaeda deputy spotted in Marib
http://www.yobserver.com/front-page/10018936.html

(North Africa) Al Qaeda in north Africa helps drug trafficker

http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/africa/Al-Qaeda-in-north-Africa-helps-drug-traffickers/Article1-557972.aspx


(Kenya) Three Kenyan politicians arrested over 'hate speech'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/kenya/7831369/Three-Kenyan-politicians-arrested-over-hate-speech.html


EU, U.S. Negotiators Reach New Terror-Finance Accord
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-06-15/eu-u-s-negotiators-reach-new-terror-finance-accord-update1-.html


Ireland to expel Israeli diplomat in Hamas killing row
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/Ireland-to-expel-Israeli-diplomat-in-Hamas-killing-row/articleshow/6050987.cms


(Malaysia) Terror group trying to recruit youths for jihad abroad -- Jemaah Islamiah (JI)
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/6/15/nation/6471630&sec=nation


Indonesia jails driver over Jakarta hotel bomb
-- Amir Abdillah reportedly member of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/asia_pacific/10310940.stm


(Thailand) Four more killed in attacks in Thai south: police
http://www.mysinchew.com/node/40452

(Thailand) Bombing near school kills Thai soldier
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/International/2010/06/15/Bombing-near-school-kills-Thai-soldier/UPI-25741276605762/

-- Rangers wounded by Yala bomb blast
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/181299/rangers-wounded-by-yala-bomb-blast


(Thailand) Petrol station explosion wounds nine in Songkhla
http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20100615-222142.html


Philippines: journalist gunned down at singing contest
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10652094&ref=rss



Women's News:

Canada: Afghan mother charged in "crime of honor" attack on daughter
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/06/johra-kaleki/

-- Media reports on the case of Afghan woman Johra Kaleki's knife attack on 19 year old daughter in Dorval on Montreal's West Island.
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/06/johra-kaleki/

-- CBC Report: Montreal mother charged in 'crime of honour'
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2010/06/14/dorval-stabbing.html

-- CBC video report
http://www.cbc.ca/video/player.html?category=News&zone=montreal&site=cbc.news.ca&clipid=1522253639

-- Montreal Gazette: Stabbing probed as 'honour' crime - Teen knifed. Mother under psychiatric evaluation
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Stabbing+probed+honour+crime/3154272/story.html

-- UPI: Mom arraigned in 'honor crime' stabbing
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/International/2010/06/14/Mom-arraigned-in-honor-crime-stabbing/UPI-95341276551390/


Phyllis Chesler: "My Travels to the Muslim Middle East, to Afghanistan, and to Montreal: All in One Day"
http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2010/06/15/my-travels-to-the-muslim-middle-east-to-afghanistan-and-to-montreal-all-in-one-day/


Somalia: Family of 17-Year-Old Somali Girl Abuses Her for Leaving Islam
-- Compass Daily News reports: "The Muslim parents of a 17-year-old Somali girl who converted to Christianity severely beat her for leaving Islam and have regularly shackled her to a tree at their home for more than a month, Christian sources said."

-- "Nurta Mohamed Farah of Bardher, Gedo Region in southern Somalia, has been confined to her home since May 10, when her family found out that she had embraced Christianity, said a Christian leader who visited the area."

http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/somalia/21600/

Iran: International Committee Against Stoning Petition: "Stop Stoning Sakine Mohammadi Ashtiani"

http://stopstonningnow.com/sakine/sakin284.php?nr=50326944
-- Facebook web site: "Object stoning sentence of Sakine Ashtiani"
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=55479797684


India: Murdered with sickle in alleged honour killing
http://www.ndtv.com/news/cities/girl-killed-by-brother-mother-alleges-honour-killing-29591.php?u=1443



Other News:

Sudan: Representatives Advise UN Security Council, Violence and Genocide Continues
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/06/sudan-violence-continues/


'Pakistan ranks as 'Tier 2' country in human trafficking'
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\06\15\story_15-6-2010_pg7_14


Pakistan columnist make "humorous" appeal for rights of Ahmadi Muslim minorities
http://tribune.com.pk/story/21267/i-never-really-cared-for-ahmadis/


(Afghanistan) Appeal for Afghan Christians, sentenced to death for their faith
-- VijayKumar Singh: "We need Christians' help all over the world to stop the Afghan government from arresting Dari-speaking Afghan Christians and condemning them to death by public execution"

http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Appeal-for-Afghan-Christians,-sentenced-to-death-for-their-faith-18680.html


(Iran) UN rebukes Iran for rights abuses
Statement marks one-year anniversary of bloody election protests.
http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=178527


Somali World Cup fans shot for watching game
http://www.3news.co.nz/Somali-World-Cup-fans-shot-for-watching-game/tabid/417/articleID/161123/Default.aspx?ArticleID=161123


Somalia: Islamist group arrests people for watching football game
http://www.mareeg.com/fidsan.php?sid=16379&tirsan=3
-- Somalia: Al Shabaab banns youth watching world cup game

http://www.mareeg.com/fidsan.php?sid=16371&tirsan=3

Epoch Times: "Interpreting Sharia Law in Muslim States - Ninety lashes for kissing in public"

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/37326/

(France) Paris police ban pork party in Muslim area
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37712439/ns/world_news-europe/


(UK) International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU): Hundreds to protest against Sharia, in London on June 20
http://www.iheu.org/hundreds-protest-against-sharia-london-june-20


(UK) Daily Telegraph: "Rory Bremner 'afraid' to joke about Islam"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/7828813/Rory-Bremner-afraid-to-joke-about-Islam.html


(UK) Daily Mail: "Muslim protesters brand war heroes 'murderers' as homecoming parade turns violent"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1286784/Muslim-protesters-brand-war-heroes-murderers-homecoming-parade-turns-violent.html?ITO=1490

-- Daily Star: "Muslim extremists spit at British troops' homecoming"
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/140004/Muslim-extremists-spit-at-British-troops-homecoming/


(UK) Evening Standard: "Muslims and extremists clash as soldiers march through Barking"
-- 100 English Defence League (EDL) protesters shouting "scum" and obscenities on their side
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23845321-muslims-and-far-right-groups-clash-as-soldiers-march-through-barking.do


Spanish moves toward restricting burqa
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iXTeJXk6d0HDxNRKn-1F_PM0GvSgD9GBN8N84


(U.S.) Senator Demands End to Foreign Components in US Passports
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/senator-charles-schumer-demands-end-foreign-components-us/story?id=10921949


(U.S.) DC - July 7: A New Cold War: Inside Nuclear Iran
http://www.spymuseum.org/programs/calendar_pages/2010/q3/2010_07_07_prog.php


(U.S.) "National security without religious liberty?" - by Thomas Farr
http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/georgetown/2010/06/a_national_security_strategy_without_religious_freedom.html


(U.S.) New York: Staten Island Advance - "Staten Islanders rail against proposed mosque" -- Midland Beach
-- Staten Island Advance: "Some signs at today's rally read 'No Muslims - No Terrorism' and 'No Mosque' in bold black capital letters"

http://www.silive.com/eastshore/index.ssf/2010/06/staten_islanders_rail_against.html
--- June 10, 2010: Proposed Midland Beach mosque controversy: 2 sides remain worlds apart

http://www.silive.com/eastshore/index.ssf/2010/06/proposed_midland_beach_mosque.html

(U.S.) New York: NBC - "Fighting Mad About Mosques"" -- Sheepshead Bay

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/Fighting-Mad-About-Mosques--96188204.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37651442/ns/local_news-new_york_ny/


(U.S.) New York: The Brooklyn Paper - "Peace march for new mosque gets ugly" -- Sheepshead Bay
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/33/25/bn_tensionatmosquepeacewalk_2010_06_17_bk.html


(U.S.) New York: "SIOA Applauds PayPal's Decision to Reinstate Pro-Freedom Sites"
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sioa-applauds-paypals-decision-to-reinstate-pro-freedom-sites-96337239.html

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=110841015612178

(U.S.) Washington Post: "How influential will anti-Muslim groups become?"
http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/undergod/2010/06/how_influential_are_anti-muslim_groups.html


(U.S.) California - Sunnyvale: Man attacked for being Muslim, public safety officers say
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_15295575?nclick_check=1


(U.S.) California: UCI suspends Muslim Student Union
http://www.dailypilot.com/news/tn-dpt-msu-20100614,0,1892255.story

(U.S.) Oklahoma Lawmakers Seek Voter Backing to Ban Shariah From Courts

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/15/oklahoma-lawmakers-seek-voter-backing-ban-shariah-courts/
http://abcnews.go.com/US/Media/oklahoma-pass-laws-prohibiting-islamic-sharia-laws-apply/story?id=10908521


(Israel) Jerusalem Post: "Mosque vandals 'influenced by flotilla'"
http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?ID=178017

(Israel) Yad L'Achim and Yehuda Deri

http://hurryupharry.org/2010/06/15/yad-l%e2%80%99achim-and-yehuda-deri/


Against Totalitarianism News:

Communist North Korea warns of military response on ship sinking

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jQydsIWmNQZpwRriADac51u5rx8gD9GBV2AO1

Communist China: One year later, China's crackdown after Uighur riots haunts a homeland

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/14/AR2010061405054.html



















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