Solsticewitch13's BOS: [unitedstatesaction.com news] December 30, 2009

-- NYC: Artists4Israel debuts their Off Broadway Benefit, Love and
Licenses. Wednesday, January 6, 2010 from 8-11pm at 45 Bleecker Street
Theater, NYC
-- All proceeds benefit Artists 4 Israel's trip to provide art
therapy to children in Sderot
-- For tickets and information: http://www.loveandlicenses.com

Newlinks:

(Pakistan/U.S.) Chicago: Hizb ut-Tahrir America Promotes Supremacism As
Solution to Pakistan Violence, Poverty
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/chicago-hizb-ut-tahrir-america-promotes-supremacism-as-solution-to-pakistan-violence-poverty/

Pakistan: Taliban Claim Responsibility for Karachi Bombing
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/pakistan-taliban-claim-responsibility-for-karachi-bombing/
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Taliban claim Youm-e-Ashur bombing, threaten more attacks
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\31\story_31-12-2009_pg1_5
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Pakistan: Taliban claims deadly attack on Karachi procession
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.4152613933

Pakistan: Taliban kill tribal elder in Bajaur
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\31\story_31-12-2009_pg7_8

Pakistan: Taliban ask Imran Khan to be mediator with Pak govt
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Taliban-ask-Imran-to-be-mediator-with-Pak-govt/articleshow/5397117.cms

Pakistan: Nawaz, Imran, JI support Taliban: Altaf
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\31\story_31-12-2009_pg7_6

Pakistan: 12 terrorists killed in Bajaur, Mohmand
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\31\story_31-12-2009_pg7_37

Pakistan: Islamic Supremacist ex-ISI Khalid Khwaja makes claims about
Blackwater role in security
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Blackwater-hired-Pak-intel-army-officers/articleshow/5393486.cms
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February 4, 2007: Spread of hate material: Court rejects Khalid Khawaja's bail
application
--- PDT: "Civil Judge Irfan Sheikh on Saturday rejected a bail
application by Khalid Khawaja, a former Pakistan Air Force and Inter-Services
Intelligence (ISI) official, in a case against him for his involvement in the
distribution of hate material outside Lal Masjid here at Aabpara."
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\02\04\story_4-2-2007_pg7_7
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November 2005: "Mansoor's point man in Pakistan is Khalid Khawaja, a former
Pakistan Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) official who was a close friend of
Osama bin Laden. Khawaja's associates included Paracha, a former member of the
provincial assembly in North West Frontier Province and leader of the Pakistan
Muslim League (Nawaz group). His claim to fame is his advocacy for the
families of al-Qaeda operators detained by Pakistani authorities."
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/GK22Ag02.html

Afghanistan: 8 Americans die in suicide blast in Afghanistan
-- "The
explosion occurred at Forward Operating Base Chapman in Khost province near
the Afghan border with Pakistan."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091230/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan
http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_14092198?source=rss
--
Bombs Kill 8 Americans, 5 Canadians in Afghanistan
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Suicide-Bomber-KillsAmericansAfghanistan-30Dec09--80361217.html
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Attacks kill 8 apparent CIA employees, 5 Canadians
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/12/30/afghanistan.us.casualties/index.html

Afghans Protest Civilian Deaths
-- Taliban responsible for 70 percent
of civilian deaths but U.S. and NATO soldiers get most of blame
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126218273073510225.html
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Karzai Says International Raid Hit Civilians
http://bit.ly/4CxbZO
-- London Times:
"Western troops accused of executing 10 Afghan civilians, including
children"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/Afghanistan/article6971638.ece

(U.S.) Continuing Reports on Abdulmutallab Foiled Terror Plot
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/abdulmutallab.html

December 30 Abdulmutallab Reports

CIA Prepared Report on Nigerian Terror Suspect Before Attempted Attack,
Sources Say
-- FOX News: "The CIA's Africa desk had been preparing a report
on the suspect in the Christmas Day airline plot well before the attempted
attack but did not distribute it because the analyst in charge was waiting for
pictures of the young Nigerian, Fox News has learned."
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/30/fingerpointing-begins-aftermath-attempted-terror-attack/
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CIA rejects charge it failed to share bomb suspect intelligence
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gnQm1L-QjpmvhWwx1CKBJx-8XW4Q
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Detroit terror attack: CIA had report on suspect five weeks before bomb
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/6909184/Detroit-terror-attack-CIA-had-report-on-suspect-five-weeks-before-bomb.html

US aware 'Nigerian' prepared for terror attack
-- BBC reports: "The US
was aware that 'a Nigerian' in Yemen was being prepared for a terrorist attack
- weeks before an attempted bombing on a US plane."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8434805.stm
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US intelligence failed to act over 'Nigerian attacker' internet chatter
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article6971432.ece
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Flight 253 attack by 'extremist' Abdulmutallab was a 'systemic failure,' says
President Obama
--- NY Daily News: "Obama said he had 'serious concerns'
about the bureaucratic logjam that kept officials from acting on both a
warning from the bomber's father and newly disclosed intelligence warnings
that a Nigerian might be on an Al Qaeda terror mission."
http://bit.ly/77LHDc
-- Northwest 253:
Obama Blasts Intelligence Failures as Evidence of Missed Signals Mounts
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/northwest-253-obama-hits-missed-signals/story?id=9442883
--
U.S. Had Early Signals of a Terror Plot, Obama Says
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/30/us/politics/30obama.html?_r=1

-- Timeline of Terror: Clues in Bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's Past

http://abcnews.go.com/US/timeline-terror-clues-bomber-umar-farouk-abdulmutallabs-past/story?id=9449255
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Detroit bomber wanted Muslims to 'rule the whole world'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/6907793/Detroit-bomber-wanted-Muslims-to-rule-the-whole-world.html

-- UK: Detroit terror attack - Failed bombing highlights danger of Britain,
says US
--- Daily Telegraph: "The failed terrorist attack on Flight 253
carried out by a young Muslim radicalised in London underlines that one of the
biggest threats to the United States is posed by Britain, according to senior
American policymakers."
--- "Abdulmutallab, 23, was president of the
Islamic Society at University College, London and spent formative years from
2005 to 2009 in the British capital. In January 2007, he sponsored a 'War on
Terror Week' that was harshly critical of US policy."
--- " 'The British
have an immense problem,' said Charles Allen, a recently-retired veteran CIA
officer who was intelligence chief at the Department of Homeland Security
under President George W. Bush."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/6913448/Detroit-terror-attack---Failed-bombing-highlights-danger-of-Britain-says-US.html

-- UK: Bomb suspect staged 'terror' conference in London
--- UK Press
Association (UKPA): "A series of lectures were held at the UCL from January 29
2007 to February 2 2007, including one called 'Jihad Vs Terrorism' "
---
"It was billed as a 'lecture on the Islamic position with respect to Jihad and
other issues' "
--- "Advertised speakers included Respect MP George
Galloway."
--- "A note on posters produced to promote the event said it had
been 'approved by Umar Farook - President of UCLU Islamic Society' "
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5gZ6xNRpzhqFfIgZKJ-vQoZC38unA
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UK: Farouk1986 and the Stoppers
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/12/30/farouk1986-and-the-stoppers/

-- Abdulmutallab Had Passport, Dutch Say
--- "Suspected Terrorist
Presented Valid Nigerian Passport, U.S. Visa in Amsterdam, Contradicting
Reports about Airport Accomplice"
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/12/30/world/main6037474.shtml

-- Airliner suicide mission blessed by imam
--- "Washington Times: "The
Nigerian accused of trying to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner had his suicide
mission personally blessed in Yemen by Anwar al-Awlaki, the Muslim imam
suspected of radicalizing the Fort Hood shooting suspect, a U.S. intelligence
source has told The Washington Times."
--- "The intelligence official, who
is familiar with the FBI's interrogation of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, said
the bombing suspect has boasted of his jihad training to the FBI and has said
it included final exhortations by Mr. al-Awlaki."
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/dec/30/airliner-suicide-mission-blessed-by-imam/

-- Terror Inquiry Looks at Suspect's Time in Britain
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/30/world/europe/30nigerian.html

-- Correction: Al Qaeda Leader Surrendered in February 2009 - Muhamad Attik
al-Harbi
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/correction-al-qaeda-leader-surrendered-february-2009/story?id=9449636
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Former Guantanamo detainees fuel growing al-Qaeda cell
--- "They include
two Saudi nationals: the deputy leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula,
Said Ali al-Shihri, and the group's chief theological adviser, Ibrahim
Suleiman al Rubaish."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/29/AR2009122902289.html
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Additional Reports: Two al Qaeda Leaders Behind Northwest Flight 253 Terror
Plot Were Released by U.S.
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/northwest-flight-253-al-qaeda-leaders-terror-plot/story?id=9434065
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Bomb plot 'ringleaders' were freed from Guantanamo Bay
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/bomb-plot-ringleaders-were-freed-from-guantanamo-bay-1852811.html

-- TSA subpoenas bloggers, demands sources
--- Agency says new security
directive was not supposed to be made public
--- "As the government
reviews how an alleged terrorist was able to bring a bomb onto a U.S.-bound
plane and try to blow it up on Christmas Day, the Transportation Security
Administration is going after bloggers who wrote about a directive to increase
security after the incident."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34636278/ns/us_news-airliner_attack/

-- Obama considering military strikes after Christmas Day aircraft
plot
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6972110.ece

-- Yemen: President Obama steps up counterterrorism operations in
Yemen
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2009/12/30/2009-12-30_prez_shifts_focus_to_yemens_evil_export.html

-- Yemen says forces clash with Qaeda, seize militant
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BT2BB20091230

-- Lack of uniformity for airport screeners across the globe is putting
American fliers at risk
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2009/12/30/2009-12-30_little_pay_adds_up_to_big_gap_in_safety.html
--
NY Daily News: "President Obama's initial reaction to recent terrorist act
lacked urgency, decisive leadership"
--- "Obama's description of
Abdulmutallab as an 'isolated extremist' was remarkable and disturbing."
http://bit.ly/7X5jMv
-- Sen. Harry Reid
to force vote on TSA nominee Erroll Southers
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-terror-tsa30-2009dec30,0,4184054.story

-- US Ponders Full Body Airport Screening After Foiled Airline Bomb
Plot
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/usa/US-Ponders-Full-Body-Airport-Screening-After-Foiled-Airline-Bomb-Plot-80362962.html

-- Dutch airport to use full-body scan for U.S. flights
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BT1LF20091230

-- 'Shocked' Nigerians in U.S. Express Fears of Guilt by Association After
Arrest
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/30/us/30detroit.html
--
"Nigeria: No Al-Qaeda in Country - Islamic Scholars"
http://allafrica.com/stories/200912300514.html
--
Nigeria: Al-Qaeda - Muttalab Had Much Money - U.S.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200912300113.html

Iraq: Bombs kill more than 30 in Iraq -- attacks on Sunnis and
Shiites
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BS2AO20091230
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/middle-east/23-Dead-Twin-Bombings-Iraq-Anbar-30DEC09-80330222.html
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Iraq: Governor killed in twin bomb blasts
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.4151968076
--
Provincial Governor Survives Iraq Bombings
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/31/world/middleeast/31iraq.html

Iraq: British hostage in Iraq Peter Moore is released
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/30/peter-moore-iraq-hostage-freed

India: Kerala a hotbed of Communist terrorism: BJP
http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Kerala+a+hotbed+of+terrorism:+BJP&artid=Z4Yox3EGenw=

Israel: 'Dozens of terror infiltrations foiled'
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1261364551100&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Israel: Mortar-shell falls on town in S. Israel - shell from
Gaza
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2051040&Language=en

Hamas: We uncovered Israeli plot to gather info on Schalit
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1261364551849&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Lebanon: "Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah on Al-Manar TV: The
U.S. Is a Beast; One Bite by Our Nation and Israel Is Gone; Crowd Replies -
'Death to America' "
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/3865.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook
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video clip
http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/2314.htm

Iran: Kazakh yellowcake uranium transfer to Iran would be illegal
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gMC8MJx0A1jRG71x9BadPQRQPDoQ
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IAEA receives report on Iranian plans of importing purified uranium
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-12/30/content_12731748.htm

Iran: Barack Obama considers sanctions against Iran's leaders
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/6912988/Barack-Obama-considers-sanctions-against-Irans-leaders.html

(U.S.) Administration Rejects Calls to Reconsider Guantanamo Closure
Plan
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/30/administration-rejects-calls-reconsider-guantanamo-bay-closure/

(U.S./Somalia) A US pipeline for jihad in Somalia?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20091230/ts_csm/271372_1

UK: Briton freed after US hands over insurgent
-- "Peter Moore, who was
held hostage in Iraq for 946 days, is released by an extremist Shia group
allied to Iran"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article6972092.ece

Somali tried to board plane with chemicals, syringe
-- "The suspect,
Abdi Hassan Abdi, tried to board a Daallo Airlines flight with a plastic bag
containing 600 grams of ammonium nitrate and half a liter of concentrated
sulfuric acid in a plastic bottle, according to Wafula Waminyinyi, the deputy
special representative for the African Union Mission for Somalia."
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/12/30/somalia.airline.arrest/index.html
--
Somali arrested at airport with chems
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1261364550496&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Nigeria: "Death toll from Nigeria clashes climbs to 70"
-- AFP reports:
" The clashes erupted Monday between suspected members of a radical Islamist
sect and security forces."
-- "The Kala-Kato sect, also known as
Maitatsine, has been present in several Muslim-dominated states in northern
Nigeria for decades."
-- "It led religious uprisings in 1980 and 1992 which
claimed thousands of lives in the northern cities of Kano and Yola."
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iOts2scMCQ_TmONnGuQaRoMCQYMw

Niger: Kidnappers planned to sell Saudis to al-Qaeda
http://en.trend.az/regions/met/arabicr/1610875.html

Russia: Suicide attack injures policeman in Azerbaijan
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2051041&Language=en

MEMRI: "Deleting Online Jihad and the Case of Anwar Al-Awlaki: Nearly Three
Million Viewings of Al-Awlaki's YouTube Videos – Included Would-Be Christmas
Airplane Bomber, Fort Hood Shooter, 7/7 London Bomber, and Would-Be Fort Dix
Bombers"
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/3871.htm

MEMRI: "Al-Arabiya TV Director: 'Al-Awlaki is An Important Character... the
Bin Laden of the Internet'; We 'Need to Wage War Against Extremist
Websites'"
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/3869.htm

Islamic Supremacist War on Women:

Jordan: Father's Jail Sentence Reduced in "Honor Killing" of 17 Year Old
Daughter Murdered for Being Rape Victim
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/jordan-murderer-gets-sentence-reduced/

UK: Egyptian Muslim Woman, Christian Man Beaten in "Honor Violence" -
Threatened with Death if Charges Brought
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/uk-honor-violence-beatings/

Other News:

Indonesia: Anti-Democracy Hizb ut-Tahrir Promotion at Indonesian-Govt
Sponsored Event
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/anti-democracy-hizb-ut-tahrir-promotion-at-indonesian-govt-sponsored-event/

Hizb ut-Tahrir Using Twitter to Promote Anti-Democracy Message
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/hizb-ut-tahrir-using-twitter-to-promote-anti-democracy-message/

Hizb ut-Tahrir: Foreign Policy Publishes HT's Rebuttal on Article
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/12/30/muslims_and_the_caliphate

Iran Jams Satellites to Block Transmissions by VOA, BBC
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/middle-east/Iran-Jams-Satellites-to-Block-Transmissions-by-VOA-BBC--80352412.html

Iran: Reuters reports mass "pro-government" rallies, calls for punishment
under Sharia law
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/iran-mass-pro-govt-rallies/
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Iran: Tens of thousands at pro-government rallies in Iran
-- Reuters: "Tens
of thousands of government supporters rallied in cities across Iran on
Wednesday swearing allegiance to the clerical establishment and accusing
opposition leaders of causing unrest in the Islamic state"
-- " 'You should
repent ... otherwise the system will confront you as a 'mohareb' (enemy of
God)," cleric Ahmad Alamolhoda told reformist leaders at a Tehran rally, state
TV reported. Under Iran's Islamic sharia law the sentence for a mohareb is
death."
-- "In Tehran, crowds burned American and British flags."
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BT16O20091230

Germany's first Islamic bank to open in early 2010
-- DPA reports:
"Germany's first Islamic bank, a unit of Kuveyt Turk Bank of Turkey, is to
open its doors in early 2010 in the southern city of Mannheim, an executive
confirmed Tuesday."
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/301380,germanys-first-islamic-bank-to-open-in-early-2010.html

"Moderate Islam: Western Ally or Western Myth? A Debate"
http://catholicexchange.com/2009/12/30/125606/

Rifqa Bary Case News Updates:
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/rifqa-bary-case-news-updates/
--
Guardian to review Rifqa's mail - Attorneys in dependency case reach common
ground on a few matters
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/12/25/rifqa25.ART_ART_12-25-09_B6_P5G41UJ.html
--
Pastor Contacted Police About Runaway Convert
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/12/30/us/AP-US-Runaway-Convert.html
--
Rifqa Bary's pastor denies he broke law to aid teen
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/rifqa-barry-affidavit-20091229,0,1338485.story
--
Pastor in Teen Convert Case Denies He Intentionally Broke Law
http://www.christianpost.com/article/20091230/pastor-in-rifqa-bary-case-denies-he-intentionally-broke-law/

Michigan: Online Muslim group to stage anti-terrorism rally -- Majed
Moughni, organizer of the Dearborn Area Community Members
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-mi-muslims-anti-terr,0,3472482.story
http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/12/29/95697.html
--
Facebook Site
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dearborn-MI/DEARBORN-AREA-COMMUNITY-MEMBERS/191709277934
--
January 8, 2010 Event
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dearborn-MI/DEARBORN-AREA-COMMUNITY-MEMBERS/191709277934#/event.php?eid=251610327999&index=1
--
August 2009: Majed Moughni criticizes the Michigan chapter of the Council on
American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
http://www.arabdetroit.com/news.php?id=870
--
CAIR's Dawud Walid criticizes Majed Moughni
http://dawudwalid.wordpress.com/?s=Majed+Moughni&searchsubmit=Find+%C2%BB
--
Contact
http://www.avvo.com/attorneys/48126-mi-majed-moughni-753922.html

Senegal: Street Anger At Senegal Leader's "Jesus" Comment
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/12/30/world/international-us-senegal-monument-catholics.html?_r=1

British missionary Fiona Fulton released in Gambia
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article6971583.ece

Cleveland: Former Doctor Charged With Possessing Pipe Bombs -- Mark
Campano
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/12/29/us/AP-US-Ohio-Apartment-Weapons.html

Against Totalitarianism News:

Communist China to lift Internet, phone bans in Xinjiang: state media
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/communist-china-to-lift-internet-phone-bans-in-xinjiang-state-media/
--
AFP reports: "China plans to restore online access and lift a ban on text
messages and international calls in Xinjiang, state media said Tuesday, months
after deadly ethnic unrest prompted a communications shutdown."
-- "The
official Xinhua news agency quoted the regional government as saying it had
restored access to part of the wire's website as well as parts of the website
of the state-run People's Daily newspaper."
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gSc8IQ1OR-0GrjHGaalctoxXir2g

North Korea Detains American Activist Robert Park Who Calls for Human
Rights; NKFC Calls for Humanitarian Consideration
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/north-korea-detains-robert-park/

North Korea pilfering nuclear reactor site: report
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BT0AF20091230

Against Racial Supremacism News:

Czech Republic: Former Ku Klux Klan Leader David Duke to Return to Czech
Republic - Visit Organized by Nazi-Linked Activist
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/czech-republic-david-duke/

Against Nazi News:

US Appeals Court Nixes Vatican Bank Holocaust Suit
-- US appeals court
upholds dismissal of Holocaust survivor lawsuit against Vatican Bank
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=9444865

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