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Pakistan: Al-Qaeda meddles while Karachi burns
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/LH05Df01.html

-- Death toll hits 87 as 4 more killed
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\08\06\story_6-8-2010_pg12_4
-- 12 more killed, dozens shops torched in Karachi

http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Karachi/05-Aug-2010/12-more-killed-dozens-shops-torched-in-Karachi

-- more than 100 arrested
http://centralasiaonline.com/cocoon/caii/xhtml/en_GB/features/caii/features/pakistan/2010/08/04/feature-04


Pakistan: Govt rejects call for army to quell Karachi violence
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/front-page/19-govt-rejects-call-for-army-action-to-quell-karachi-violence-680-hh-01

-- Pakistan Army may be deployed in Karachi to quell violence
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Pak-Army-may-be-deployed-in-Karachi-to-quell-violence/articleshow/6262665.cms


Pakistan: Can't stop Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) 'relief work': Pak Punjab minister
-- latest avatar, Falah-e-Insaniyat
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Cant-stop-JuD-relief-work-Pak-Punjab-minister/articleshow/6257945.cms


(Pakistan/India) Mumbai Attacks: 26/11 officials to depose via videolink in Pak trial
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/26/11-India-will-not-send-magistrate-to-Pakistan/articleshow/6263681.cms


(Pakistan/U.S.) Al Qaeda in Pakistan still biggest terror threat: US report
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/06/2975040.htm
-- Qaeda in Pakistan gravest threat to US: report

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\08\06\story_6-8-2010_pg7_2
-- State Department report: Al Qaeda still top threat to U.S.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/05/world.terrorism.report/index.html?hpt=Sbin

Afghanistan: NATO acknowledges civilian deaths in fighting in eastern Afghanistan

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/08/05/nato-helicopter-goes-southern-afghanistan-taliban-claim-shot/


US Charges 14 With Aiding Somalia's al-Shabab
-- VOA: "Attorney General Holder announced four indictments charging suspects in Minnesota, California and Alabama with seeking to provide money, personnel and services to al-Shabab, which has links to al-Qaida."

http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/africa/US-Charges-14-With-Aiding-Somalias-al-Shabab-100043864.html

-- 14 charged for supporting Somalia terrorist group
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iDxp9KUfH1llbdveMhTPu41UWyJwD9HDHP283

-- Attorney General Eric Holder Holds a Press Conference Regarding Al-Shabaab Indictments
---- "In the District of Minnesota alone, a total of 19 defendants have been charged in connection with this investigation. Nine of these defendants have been arrested in the United States or overseas, five of whom pleaded guilty. Ten of the charged defendants are not in custody and are believed to be overseas."

---- "Additionally, two U.S. citizens and former residents of Alabama and California - Omar Shafik Hammami and Jehad Serwan Mostafa have been charged in separate cases with providing material support to al-Shabaab. Both are believed to be in Somalia and fighting on behalf of al-Shabaab."

---- "Amina Farah Ali and Hawo Mohamed Hassan - both naturalized U.S. citizens and residents of Minnesota - were arrested by FBI agents earlier today. They have been charged with providing material support to terrorists, among other offenses."

http://www.justice.gov/ag/speeches/2010/ag-speech-100805.html
-- New Terror Charges Highlight Homegrown Jihadist's Burgeoning Rap Career: Omar Hammami

http://www.aolnews.com/surge-desk/article/newly-charged-terror-suspect-omar-hamammis-rap-career/19582563


Al-Shabaab cases highlight growing threat
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2010/08/05/Al-Shabaab-cases-highlight-growing-threat/UPI-70931281032256/

-- July 13, 2010: Uganda: 74 Killed In Uganda By Al-Shabab
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Killed+Uganda+Shabab/3268818/story.html


U.S. Officials Say Terrorist Recruitment Effort in US On Rise
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/usa/Officials-Say-Terrorist-Recruitment-Effort-in-US-On-the-Rise-100077154.html


US Report Cites Terrorism Shift From Middle East to South Asia
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/usa/US-State-Department-Al-Qaida-in-Pakistan-Gravest-Threat-to-US-100045029.html


(U.S.) NYC: 2 Guyanese Men Convicted in Kennedy Airport Plot
-- NYT: "The defendants, Russell M. Defreitas and Abdul Kadir, had been monitored from an early stage in the plot by the informant, who posed as a member of the group, which included a number of other participants."

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/03/nyregion/03kennedy.html

(U.S.) DC: Montgomery detectives are looking into sniper's claim of additional victims

-- Washington Post: "Montgomery County detectives are investigating recent claims by convicted sniper Lee Boyd Malvo that he and John Allen Muhammad shot additional people during their rampage in 2002 that left 10 people dead in the Washington area"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/02/AR2010080205511.html

(U.S.) Civil Liberties Groups Win Approval to Sue U.S. Over Terror Target List

-- the father of U.S.-born Anwar al-Awlaki
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-05/u-s-terrorist-hit-list-may-face-legal-challenge-by-civil-liberties-groups.html


(U.S.) Muslim group sues Michigan State Police over slain imam probe
-- Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah
http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20100805/NEWS01/308050023/1001/news/Muslim-group-sues-Michigan-State-Police-over-slain-imam-probe

-- October 29, 2009: Michigan: Imam Called for Attacks on FBI, Washington DC, Police – Sought Hate, Violence Against Non-Muslims
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/10/detroit-imam-called-for-jihad-on-usa/


(UK) Express: "Terrorism Cash 'Wasted'"
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/191455/Terrorism-cash-wasted-

(Iraq) Tariq Aziz: 'Britain and the US killed Iraq. I wish I was martyred'

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/aug/05/iraq-us-tariq-aziz-iran


Egypt releases 3 Palestinian Islamic Jihad detainees
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=305108


Yemen: Gunmen kill three policemen in Yemen
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=nw20100805191507159C152961


Somalia: 'Twenty-one' militants killed in battle
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.783601774

Somalia: Detained Pirate Suspects Sent Back to Somalia

http://allafrica.com/stories/201008050811.html

Mauritania: Qaeda says it did negotiate with France over hostage: SITE
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100805/wl_africa_afp/malifrancemauritaniakidnapqaeda_20100805165450


Thailand: One police officer killed in Pattani ambush
http://www.mcot.net/cfcustom/cache_page/86414.html


Women's News:

Iran: Tabriz prosecution demands Ms Ashtiani’s execution – Tehran High Court considers

--- Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani
--- new fears of imminent execution after Brazil asylum offer rejected by Iranian regime
http://stopstonningnow.com/wpress/?p=1665

-- Sakine Ashtiani accepts Brazilian President’s offer of asylum
http://stopstonningnow.com/wpress/?p=1709

Egypt: Women are hurting
-- Violence against women claimed more than 300 lives during the past year, Reem Leila reports

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2010/986/eg13.htm

Malaysian state OKs underage marriage for mothers
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6733BS20100804


India: Law soon to curb honour killings, says Chidambaram
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Law-soon-to-curb-honour-killings-says-Chidambaram/articleshow/6261248.cms


(Afghanistan/U.S.) Disfigured Afghan on Cover of Time Heads to US
http://www.aolnews.com/world/article/time-helps-send-disfigured-afghan-bibi-aisha-to-us-for-reconstructive-surgery/19582078




Other News:

Indonesians denounce planned Qur'an burning -- by U.S. group Dove World Outreach Center
-- UCAN: "The Catholic, Confucian, Hindu, Muslim and Protestant leaders, at their Aug. 4 press conference, described the American church’s proposal as an abuse of Islam, and a violation of religious freedom and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights."

http://www.ucanews.com/2010/08/05/indonesians-denounce-planned-quran-burning/
-- Indonesia: Religious leaders condemn US Koran burning plan

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.1.783133025
--- Previous reports:
--- Anti-Islamic Group Promotes "Burn A Koran Day" Hate

http://www.realcourage.org/2010/07/dove-hate/
--- SIOA Supporters Promote "Burn A Koran Day"
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/07/sioa-burn-koran/


Iran: New Holocaust-denial cartoon goes online
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/CultureAndMedia/?id=3.1.784027066

(Bangladesh) Two Christian Families in Bangladesh Suffer Extortion, Beatings

http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/bangladesh/23458/

(Pakistan/U.S.) New York Protest: PCC and PCA will stage protest in front of United Nations Offices UNO on August 12, from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM

-- remembering "Black Day" for Pakistan Christian minorities

Pakistan: Christian massacre routine in Pakistan: DC conference today
http://www.nowpublic.com/world/christian-massacre-routine-pakistan-dc-conference-today


(Pakistan/U.S.) N. Mahmood Ahmad speaks on "The right to choose your own religion"
-- "a member of the Executive Board of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Lawyers Association USA"
http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/guestvoices/2010/08/the_right_to_choose_your_own_religion.html


(UK) Bradford: Buttershaw estate youth worker calls for clamp on EDL's bid to come to city
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/local/localbrad/8313527.___Home_Secretary_should_ban_march___/

-- Police chiefs reassure public over plans for rally - English Defence League August 28 rally
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8310984.Police_in_Bradford_EDL_march_risk_assessment/


(UK) Muslim women 'targeted by extremists' at UK universities
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10855565
-- Muslim women 'radicalised by extremists at university'

http://www.atl.org.uk/education-news/Muslim-women-radicalised-by-extremists-at-university/%7B02D205FE-D08C-40A8-940F-EDB3AA6642C3%7D


(UK) "UCLU Islamic Society: Promoting Muslim integration?"
http://hurryupharry.org/2010/08/05/uclu-islamic-society-promoting-muslim-integration/


(UK) The Talibanisation of British childhood by hardline parents
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1300449/The-Talibanisation-British-childhood-hardline-parents.html


(UK) Yasmin Alibhai-Brown is absolutely right – western excess fuels Talibanisation
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/edwest/100049853/yasmin-alibhai-brown-is-absolutely-right-western-excess-fuels-talibanisation/


(UK) Tempers flare at meeting over Birmingham spy cameras
http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2010/08/05/tempers-flare-at-meeting-over-birmingham-spy-cameras-97319-27001917/


Germany: "We want to live here with our culture"
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/08/germany-we-want-to-live-here-with-our.html


(U.S.) IPT: "The New York Times' Grand Deception"
http://www.investigativeproject.org/2088/the-new-york-times-grand-deception


(U.S.) Florida: Vandals hit Lehigh church a fifth time
-- Lehigh Community Baptist Church - 16 windows smashed - previous vandalism was racial slurs
http://www.nbc-2.com/Global/story.asp?S=12925804


(U.S.) Tennessee: Rutherford commission to answer resident's questions about mosque site
--- Murfreesboro mosque
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100805/NEWS01/8050332/Rutherford-commission-to-answer-resident-s-questions-about-mosque-site

-- Planners asked to research mosque issues
---- Mosque opponent Kevin Fisher presented four questions that the County Commission's Public Works & Planning Committee
http://www.dnj.com/article/20100805/NEWS05/8050325/1092/Planners+asked+to+research+mosque+issues

---- Kevin Fisher also opposed to Falun Gong and other beliefs
http://www.dnj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2010100724006
---- See also July 22, 2010 - Falun Gong Candlelight Vigil in Washington DC

http://brightvillage.com/CVPhoto/July_2010_Vigil/index.html
---- Other Reports on Falun Gong Oppression
http://www.realcourage.org/category/china/falun-dafagong/


(U.S.) Tennessee: Gubernatorial candidate Ron Ramsey criticized for calling Islam a 'cult'
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100727/NEWS02/100727073


(U.S.) CNN: "Nothing new about mosques in New York"
http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/08/04/dodds.mosques.new.york/?hpt=T2


(U.S.) Judge: Runaway Christian Girl Not Required to Reunite With Muslim Parents - Rifqa Bary
-- AP: "The ruling allows her attorneys to file for a special immigration status to allow her to stay in the U.S. while she continues medical treatment following recent surgery for uterine cancer."

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/08/05/judge-reunion-ohio-convert-parents-impossible-deportation-best/


UAE: Briton in bikini arrested in Dubai
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/aug/05/dubai-bikini-briton-arrest
-- Briton held for wearing a bikini in Dubai shopping mall after fight with Arabic woman

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1300477/Briton-held-wearing-bikini-Dubai-shopping-mall.html



Against Nazi News:

Ohio: Neo-Nazi leader back in Ohio - Grant County
http://www.bluemountaineagle.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=13&ArticleID=24716

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