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The Philippines: Militant Tied to Al Qaeda Is ArrestedThe suspect, Hajer Sailani, is accused in the kidnappings of at least four Americans and dozens of Filipinos, officials said Tuesday
New York Times Tuesday, September 01, 2009Ohio Teen Convert's Attorney Claims Safety at RiskAn attorney for a teenager who says she ran away from home because she feared for her safety after she converted to Christianity from Islam claimed in court documents Monday that her
family's mosque in Ohio has terrorist ties - a
charge disputed by the Islamic center's leader.
Topix.net Tuesday, September 01, 2009Door stays open to militants after al Qaeda attack on princeCAIRO - Al Qaeda claimed responsibility yesterday for a suicide attack that injured a member of the Saudi royal
family who had arranged for the attacker to be flown in from the Yemeni border because he was a wanted militant who supposedly...
New Zealand Herald Tuesday, September 01, 2009Nose and ears the price for defying the Taleban to voteLal Mohammed was determined to exercise his right to have a say in his country's future and vote in the election. But he paid a horrific price. On his way to the polling station he was held by Taleban fighters, beaten brutally,...
New Zealand Herald Tuesday, September 01, 2009Safeguarding Water Supplies: ORNL Scientists Hone TechniqueA method to detect contaminants in municipal water supplies has undergone further refinements by two Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers whose findings are published on line in Water Environment Research. The new work demonstrates that the technology that uses algae as sentinels has broader applications than previously reported, according to authors Miguel Rodriguez Jr. and Elias Greenbaum of the Department of
energy's ORNL.
Medical News Today Tuesday, September 01, 2009Syria leader rejects Iraq claim of aiding violenceSyria's president on Monday dismissed Iraqi accusations that his country has been used as a launching pad for violence in Iraq, calling the allegations "immoral" and politically motivated.
Topix.net Tuesday, September 01, 2009Advanced Life Sciences' Restanza Demonstrates Efficacy In Treating Anthrax InfectionAdvanced Life Sciences Holdings, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ADLS), announced positive results from an animal study involving its novel, once-a-day, oral antibiotic Restanza(TM) (cethromycin) that was conducted to measure Restanza's therapeutic efficacy in treating inhalation anthrax after symptoms of infection had developed.
Medical News Today Tuesday, September 01, 2009Journalist jailed for criticising Sri Lankan govtCOLOMBO - A Sri Lankan reporter has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for writing articles critical of the government's
military operations. JS Tissainayagam, an experienced columnist, was jailed after a court decided he had breached...
New Zealand Herald Tuesday, September 01, 2009US trebles MOP ''bunker buster'' bombs order, wants them fastIn view of new information about Iran and North Korea's underground nuclear facilities, the US Air Force has asked to speed up the delivery of 10 to 12 giant Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) bunker buster bombs, according to Air Force Lt. Gen. Mark Shackelford. Unusually, DEBKAfile's
military sources report, the order has been trebled in less than a year.
DEBKAfile Tuesday, September 01, 2009Six nations may reveal data concealed by ELBaradei on Iran's nuclear progressUS, Israel and four other governments are urgently discussing the release of intelligence that Iran is running covert
military nuclear projects parallel to its civilian program after Mohammed ElBaradei, director of the International Atomic
energy Agency, withheld this data from his last report, DEBKAfile's military and intelligence sources disclose. The four governments are Britain, France, Netherlands and Japan.
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