Holder raises question on 9/11 death penalty
12-07-2010
WASHINGTON -- Attorney General Eric Holder says there's a real question about whether a terrorist suspect such as self-professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed can face the death penalty if he were to plead guilty before a military commission.
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Yemeni court upholds death sentences
12-07-2010
A Yemeni appeals court yesterday upheld death sentences against four al-Qai'da militants for lethal attacks that included the assault on the US embassy and the killing of two Belgian tourists in 2008, a court official said.
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Terror plot trio sentenced to life in prison
12-07-2010
Three men were today sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of plotting to kill hundreds of people in a terrorist attack.
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David Axelrod Won't Commit To Closing Guantanamo By End Of 2010
12-07-2010
White House senior adviser David Axelrod refused on Sunday to say whether the Obama administration will close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay by the end of this year.
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Federal judge orders Guantánamo detainee freed
09-07-2010
A federal judge has ordered the release of another Yemeni captive at Guantánamo, the 37th time a war on terror captive in southeast Cuba has won his unlawful detention suit against the U.S. government.
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Psychologists face Guantánamo abuse claim
09-07-2010
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Two Army psychologists helped perpetrate abuse of detainees at Guantánamo Bay including sleep deprivation and sexual humiliation, according to complaints filed Wednesday by human rights groups trying to have the psychologists' state licenses revoked.
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UK.gov scraps stop'n'search terror power
09-07-2010
Police are to be stripped of the power to stop and search anyone for no reason, the Home Secretary has announced.
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Omar Khadr fires U.S. lawyers in protest
09-07-2010
Omar Khadr, the Canadian accused of terrorism, has fired his American lawyers – throwing his war-crimes trial, scheduled for next month, into disarray and creating a political conundrum for both the Canadian and U.S. governments.
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Germany to take in two Guantanamo inmates
08-07-2010
Germany has formally agreed to take in two prisoners to be released soon from the US Guantanamo Bay detention camp for suspected terrorists on Cuba, after agonizing for several years over a US request.
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Terror suspect Abid Naseer held on US warrant
08-07-2010
The alleged leader of an al-Qaeda plot to bomb British targets, who won the right to stay in the UK, has been arrested.
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Terror arrest threat for rail passenger who took photos on train to prove overcrowding
08-07-2010
A rail passenger who took photographs of an overcrowded train carriage was threatened with arrest under anti-terror laws.
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'Torture' victims say they will not have their 'silence bought' by Cameron
08-07-2010
Up to a dozen former suspects may be paid compensation as part of an inquiry announced by David Cameron.
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Bin Laden cook pleads guilty to conspiracy
08-07-2010
To the United States government, Sudanese citizen Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi, 50, is an ``unpriviledged enemy belligerent'' -- whose guilty plea to conspiracy and offering material support to a terrorist group Wednesday marks the first conviction at the Guantánamo Navy Base military commissions under President Barack Obama.
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Torture inquiry: Tony Blair under pressure to testify
08-07-2010
So far only David Miliband and David Blunkett have agreed to come forward and rights groups say the integrity of other ministers is at stake if they refuse
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US Charges Five al Qaeda Members in Attack Plots
08-07-2010
(NewsCore) - The U.S. Justice Department announced terrorism charges Wednesday against five alleged members of an al Qaeda plot to attack targets in the U.S. and U.K.
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Terror Suspects' US Extradition Halted
08-07-2010
The European Court of Human Rights has ordered a halt to the extradition to the US on terror charges of radical cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri.
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Norway 'al-Qaeda' bomb plot: Three arrested in Oslo
08-07-2010
Three people have been arrested in Norway on suspicion of preparing terrorist attacks.
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Bin Laden Cook Accepts Plea Deal at Guantánamo Trial
08-07-2010
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Demands for inquiry into Iraq torture claims
07-07-2010
Claims that more than one hundred Iraqi civilians were tortured and abused by British soldiers must be fully investigated at an independent public inquiry, the High Court was told yesterday.
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Government to compensate torture victims as official inquiry launched
07-07-2010
PM moves to ensure courts will no longer be able to disclose evidence about British complicity in torture
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