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(Pakistan/U.S.) 'D.C. Five': US terror suspects in Pakistan 'keen to return home'
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iT6U4F15odZTmToJdSdgPJBViYVg


(Pakistan/U.S.) 5 Virginia men facing terrorism charges in Pakistan write of 'noble' motivation
--- Washington Post: "Police and court records charge that the five made contact with a known al-Qaeda operative through social-networking Web sites and that they communicated via a shared e-mail account: ramadanhaji99@yahoo.com"

--- Ramy Zamzam now says he sought "work at an orphanage"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/15/AR2010051503548.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.) "Peace body vows to foil US plans of action in N Waziristan"
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\16\story_16-5-2010_pg7_5


(U.S./Pakistan) Times Square Bomb Case: 3 men in foiled bomb plot identified
--- Boston: Pir Khan, Aftab Khan
--- Maine: Mohamad Rahman
http://www.statesman.com/news/nation/3-men-in-foiled-bomb-plot-identified-689432.html

-- Details Emerge About 3 Men Detained in Bomb Case
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/15/nyregion/15terror.html

(Pakistan) Audiotape shows top editor spoke to Taliban about Khawaja

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/69892/audiotape-shows-top-editor-spoke.html
-- Hamid Mir's terrifying indiscretions

--- Pakistan Daily Times says television anchor Hamid Mir gave information to Taliban
--- "negative information that Mir passed on to the Taliban could have led to the execution of Khalid Khawaja"
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\16\story_16-5-2010_pg1_6

-- Transcript of Hamid Mir's conversation
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\16\story_16-5-2010_pg7_8


(Paksitan) Fifteen suspected militants killed in Orakzai
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-fighter-jets-kill-15-suspected-militants-in-orakzai-ss-08


(Pakistan) Militants free 50 hostages kidnapped on Saturday
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-militants-free-50-hostages-kidnapped-on-saturday-ss-04


(Pakistan) Kashmir terrorists get pay hike
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Kashmir-terrorists-get-pay-hike/articleshow/5938412.cms


(AfPak) US still using spy ring to track Taliban militants
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/69907/us-still-using-spy-ring.html

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/03-private-us-spy-network-still-in-pakistan-afghanistan-report-ss-02


(Afghanistan) Taliban kills four in Afghanistan
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/national_world/stories/2010/05/16/taliban-kills-four-in-afghanistan.html


(Afghanistan) Scores killed as 10 US military tanks destroyed in Helmand: Taliban
http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/International/16-May-2010/Scores-killed-as-10-US-military-tanks-destroyed-in-Helmand-Taliban


Afghan police trainers face 'immense' challenges
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/afghanistan/article7127297.ece


India: Government bans 100 terror outfits
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Government-bans-100-terror-outfits/articleshow/5935393.cms



(U.S.) Proposal Would Delay Hearings in Terror Cases
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/15/us/politics/15miranda.html

(Gaza) Hamas destroys dozens of homes in southern Gaza

-- AP: "'They promised reform and change — instead they've destroyed our homes,' shouted Miasar Gan, a 54-year-old woman. Gan said she and her husband had nowhere else to go."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100516/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_palestinians_home_demolitions


(Syria) Russia-Syria arms deal irks Israel
http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=175655

Israeli army to train on anti-missiles attack next week

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2083840&Language=en

Somali rebels fire mortars at parliament

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=1&art_id=nw20100516135025785C522574

Mauritania puts terror suspects on trial

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gcc9P8sws733yiD_ci1f9o75vpDA


(Canada) New program trains B.C. front-line workers to spot terrorism

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/program+trains+front+line+workers+spot+terrorism/3019986/story.html


Indonesia cleric denies terror group link: report -- Abu Bashir
-- AFP: "Indonesian Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir is accused of being the spiritual leader of the Jemaah Islamiyah terror group"
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jjw28uuvZJ-R0OzLTGjou4MhDsaQ



Thailand street battles escalate as Red Shirt leader warns of civil war
Thailand street battles escalate as Red Shirt leader warns of civil war

Chile: Pakistani charged in Chile for explosives, not terror

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hIyytWvOnz1YbqtwhwMC6G8fLWFw
-- Chile judge frees Pakistani arrested at US Embassy

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/03-chile-judge-frees-pakistani-arrested-at-us-embassy-ss-01

-- Chile terror lawyer predicts case will be dropped
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h3JC2CC9PibOrSlb9jM18q1ej6dwD9FMUEO00




Other News:

France: Teacher Clotilde Reiss released from Iran, 'deal' claims
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/france-teacher-clotilde-reiss-released-from-iran-deal-claims/


Sweden: R.E.A.L. Condemns Violence Against Cartoonist Lars Vilks
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/lars_vilks/

Swedish Muhammad cartoonist says he doesn't feel safe at home after arson attack

-- Lars Vilks
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/05/16/swedish-muhammad-cartoonist-says-doesnt-feel-safe-home-arson-attack/

-- Two arrested over attack on cartoonist
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/two-arrested-over-fire-attack-on-home-of-swedish-cartoonist-lars-vilks/story-e6frfku0-1225867506682

-- Sweden: Two suspects arrested in arson attack
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/05/sweden-police-arrest-suspect-in-arson.html

-- Mohammed cartoonist's home attacked with firebomb
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/sweden/7730556/Mohammed-cartoonists-home-attacked-with-firebomb.html


--- April 5, 2010: "Sweden: Muslim community fears violence after attack on elderly couple"
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/04/sweden-muslim-community-fears-violence.html


UK: Stabbed MP Stephen Timms: What made her do this?
-- Roshonara Choudhary
-- UK Mirror: "From his hospital bed, the Labour MP for East Ham praised his assistant Andrew Bazeley and a security guard who disarmed the woman in Muslim dress after she knifed him twice in the abdomen."

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/05/16/stabbed-mp-stephen-timms-what-made-her-do-this-115875-22261209/

-- British MP recovering after being stabbed by Muslim woman
http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/635751/cs/1/


(UK) "Radical Muslims lose grip on London council"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/election-2010/7728272/Radical-Muslims-lose-grip-on-London-council.html


Germany: NYT reports "Munich Imam Tries to Dull Lure of Radical Islam" -- Hesham Shashaa
-- NYT: "A growing number of imams in Europe and the Middle East have denounced suicide missions and terrorist acts. Many of these imams, however, still view Al Qaeda, the Taliban or Hamas as legitimate resistance movements, while Mr. Shashaa openly declares that they are violating the tenets of Islam."

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/16/world/europe/16imam.html

"Belgium: New radical group to protest against European oppression"
-- New "Muslim Rise" group invites Anjem Choudary

http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/05/belgium-new-radical-group-to-protest.html

(Iran) A harrowing account of Iran's green revolution details the horrific torture of those who dared to defy the regime

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/book_reviews/article7124388.ece


Kenya: Kung fu grannies ready to fight rapists
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37134218/ns/health-womens_healt

Sudan arrests Islamist opposition leader Turabi: party

http://www.rnw.nl/english/bulletin/sudan-arrests-islamist-opposition-leader-turabi-party

Pakistan: "Muslim rocker wields guitar in rock’n’roll jihad"

-- Pakistani Salman Ahmad spends most of his time in NYC
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article7127684.ece

Saudi journalist who interviewed and traveled with bin Laden resigns from leading newspaper

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-ml-saudi-editor,0,4780038.story

(Canada) Vancouver flight bomb threat was a 'false alarm'

http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100515/threat-plane-Vancouver-100515/20100515/?hub=TorontoNewHome


(U.S.) California: Madera Deputies Investigate Oakhurst Church Vandalism
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/california-madera-deputies-investigate-oakhurst-church-vandalism/


(U.S.) Michigan mosque vandalism twice in one week
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/michigan-mosque-vandalism-twice-in-one-week/


The Middle East's new war: Facebook popularity
http://www.jpost.com/ArtsAndCulture/Entertainment/Article.aspx?id=175713



Against Totalitarianism News:

North Korea: Warning shots fired at N. Korean boats
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/05/16/south.korea.warning.shots/index.html?hpt=T2



Against Nazi News:

Greece: Three arrested for Nazi slogans at Greek Jewish cemetery
http://www.ejpress.org/article/43986

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