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Pakistan — Police say militants ambush, kidnap about 60 people in troubled Pakistani tribal region.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gnKz6JKf1o0Bic6UrduEAAlxyQ1wD9FN6UTO0


(Pakistan/U.S.) Next big terrorist attack on US will be postmarked 'Pakistan': CIA analyst Bruce Riedel
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/US/Next-big-terrorist-attack-on-US-will-be-postmarked-Pakistan-CIA-analyst/articleshow/5933520.cms


(Pakistan/U.S.) 'D.C. Five' appear in court in Pakistan
-- CNN: "The group has been called the D.C. Five because they all lived around the U.S. capital"
-- "The five Americans -- Ahmed Abdullah Minni, Umar Farooq, Aman Hassan Yemer, Waqar Hussain Khan and Ramy Zamzam -- used to worship together at a mosque in Alexandria, Virginia, until they went missing in November and turned up in Pakistan"

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/05/15/pakistan.terror.trial/
-- US men on trial in Pakistan deny terrorism charges
--- "We just wanted to go to Afghanistan to help our Muslim brother on humanitarian grounds"

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100515/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_us_arrests
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/15/AR2010051501616.html

-- January 4, 2010: Ramy Zamzam (DC Howard University student): "We are not terrorists. We are jihadists, and jihad is not terrorism"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/Afghanistan/article6975973.ece


(Pakistan/U.S.) Suspected US drone attack kills 13 in north-west Pakistan
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/southasia/news/article_1555987.php/Suspected-US-drone-attack-kills-13-in-north-west-Pakistan


(Pakistan) Taliban threat forces shutdown of Baloch schools
-- IANS: "The letters threatened that if 'purdah' was not observed in schools, then teachers and administrative heads will have to bear the consequences"

http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/635400/cs/1/
-- Letters threatening against wearing 'western' clothes were sent to schools in Quetta and Mastung.

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/provinces/04-ttp-letters-schools-balochistan-qs-13


(Pakistan) Jamaat-i-Islami chief calls for talks with Taliban
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/local/lahore/ji-chief-calls-for-talks-with-taliban-550


Pakistan Prime Minister Gilani urges world to 'Do More' -- about terrorism
http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=104814
http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=103059&Itemid=2

-- 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


(India) Militants regrouping in PoK to cross over to India
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Militants-regrouping-in-PoK-to-cross-over-to-India/articleshow/5934467.cms


(Afghanistan) Taliban governor, four insurgents killed in Afghanistan
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/southasia/news/article_1555953.php/Taliban-governor-four-insurgents-killed-in-Afghanistan


(Afghanistan) 45 Taliban, 2 soldiers, 5 guards killed in Afghanistan
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/southasia/news/article_1555977.php/45-Taliban-2-soldiers-5-guards-killed-in-Afghanistan-Roundup


(Afghanistan) UK PM Cameron has talks with Afghan leader Karzai
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/displayarticle.asp?xfile=data/international/2010/May/international_May864.xml&section=international&col=


Iraqi forces arrest senior al-Qaeda member southern Baghdad
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1555956.php/Iraqi-forces-arrest-senior-al-Qaeda-member-southern-Baghdad


(Iraq) 'Dark days soaked with blood' lie ahead for Iraq, says insurgent leader
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/7724990/Dark-days-soaked-with-blood-lie-ahead-for-Iraq-says-insurgent-leader.html


(U.S./Pakistan) Pakistan holds two over funding Times Square plot
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64E1EK20100515

(U.S./Pakistan) Editorial "Heart of Darkness" - references Times Square Car Bomb

--- Dawn: "Faisal Shahzad proves incorrect the theory that education can make young Muslims reject terrorism"
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/columnists/irfan-husain-heart-of-darkness-550


(U.S.) Times Square Bomb Plot: Computer programmer among three arrested in Times Square probe
-- Mohammad Shafiq Rahman
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/Computer-programmer-among-three-arrested-in-Times-Square-probe/articleshow/5934462.cms

-- Faisal Shahzad's friend and relative nabbed in Pakistan in connection to failed Times Square bombing
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/05/15/2010-05-15_two_more_bombers_lil_helpers_busted_relative_and_friend_are_held_in_pakistan.html


(U.S.) Times Square terror suspect Faisal Shahzad picked up cash for plot at L.I. Dunkin' Donuts: sources
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/05/14/2010-05-14_times_sq_plot_runnin_on_dunkin_li_money_swap_seen_at_li_shop_li_3_nabbed_in_time.html


(U.S.) Times Square Bomb Plot: Mohammad Iqbal demands apology from FBI for being 'racially profiled' in 5-hour terror questioning
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/05/15/2010-05-15_limo_driver_blasts_fbi_sez_they_profiled_him.html


(U.S.) Michigan coalition asks Obama to begin probe into imam's death -- Imam Luqman Ameen Abdulla
-- led by CAIR
http://detnews.com/article/20100515/LIFESTYLE04/5150367/1041/rss11

-- 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: White Supremacist Nazi Jailed for 10 Years for Chemical Weapons
-- Ian Davison of Aryan Strike Force had Ricin Chemical Weapon
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/uk-white-supremacist-nazi-jailed-for-10-years-for-chemical-weapons/


(Saudi Arabia) Senior Yemen al-Qaida leader reported killed in Saudi Arabia
-- Nayif Mohammed Saeed al-Qahtani, link between Saudi and Yemeni branches of al-Qaida, said to have died in shootout
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/15/yemen-al-qaida-leader-killed


Algerian forces kill 3 suspected Islamic militants
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AF_ALGERIA_ISLAMIC_MILITANTS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2010-05-15-12-19-51


(Africa) Curbing the Al Qaeda Threat in Africa
http://abcnews.go.com/International/fighting-al-qaeda-africa-us-troops-provide-counterterrorism/story?id=10644315


Somali pirates release British tanker St James Park after ransom drop
-- UK pay ransom to Somalis
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article7126550.ece


(Spain) Judge who indicted Bin Laden suspended
http://www.business24-7.ae/news/europe/judge-who-indicted-bin-laden-suspended-2010-05-15-1.244297


(Philippines) Militant killed in Philippines
http://www.watoday.com.au/breaking-news-world/militant-killed-in-philippines-20100515-v55w.html


(Thailand) Twenty-two killed in Bangkok's bloody street battles
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article7127567.ece


Chile court to be presented with evidence in Pak case
-- traces of explosive found on Muhammad Saif-ur-Rehman as entering U.S. embassy
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/14-chile-court-to-be-presented-with-evidence-in-pak-case-02-sa


Decentralized jihad a moving target in wake of terror attempts
http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/809560--decentralized-jihad-a-moving-target-in-wake-of-terror-attempts



Other News:

(Sweden) Arson attack on house of Swede who caricatured Mohammed
-- Lars Vilks
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37165688/ns/world_news-europe/

http://www.dose.ca/news/story.html?id=3033088

Iran Sentences Journalist in Absentia
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/35315/


(Congo) US urges end to use of Congo conflict minerals
-- AP: "At a meeting at the State Department on Friday, U.S. officials met with representatives of electronics, automotive and other companies whose products contain tungsten, tin, tantalum and gold."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100514/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_us_congo_conflict_minerals

(U.S.) Handgun Found in Woman's Handbag at Florida Airport

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/05/15/handgun-womans-handbag-florida-airport/?test=latestnews

(UK) Woman charged over stab attack on MP Stephen Timms

-- Roshonara Choudhary
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8684685.stm


Against Totalitarianism News:

Australia: Shen Yun Delights Sydney's Multicultural Audience

-- challenging Communist China totalitarianism
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/35460/

Communist China: "China restores full internet access to Xinjiang region after 10 months"

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/7725849/China-restores-full-internet-access-to-Xinjiang-region-after-10-months.html



Against Racial Supremacism News:

UK: White Supremacist Nazi Jailed for 10 Years for Chemical Weapons
-- Ian Davison of Aryan Strike Force had Ricin Chemical Weapon
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/uk-white-supremacist-nazi-jailed-for-10-years-for-chemical-weapons/

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