| Britain, US funding Yemen anti-terror police unit (AP) Posted: 02 Jan 2010 11:21 PM PST  AP - The British government said Sunday that Prime Minister Gordon Brown and President Barack Obama have agreed to back a counterterrorism police unit in Yemen to tackle the rising terrorist threat from the country.
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| US official: Extremists seek new ways to attack US (AP) Posted: 02 Jan 2010 11:28 PM PST  AP - A top counterterrorism official is warning that al-Qaida and other extremists are working to test U.S. defenses and launch an attack on American soil.
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| Fla. police nab man in Thanksgiving killings of 4 (AP) Posted: 03 Jan 2010 12:05 AM PST  AP - A weekslong manhunt ended with the arrest of a Florida man accused of the carefully planned slayings of four relatives at a Thanksgiving dinner.
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| Mexico announces capture of alleged drug lord (AP) Posted: 02 Jan 2010 11:29 PM PST  AP - Mexican police have captured alleged drug lord Carlos Beltran Leyva, just two weeks after his even more powerful brother was killed in a shootout with troops — back-to-back victories in President Felipe Calderon's drug war.
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| 2010 situation grows more difficult for Democrats (AP) Posted: 02 Jan 2010 11:28 PM PST  AP - An already difficult situation for Democrats in Congress is worsening as the 2010 political season opens.
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| Calif. pastor takes in $2.4M after donations plea (AP) Posted: 02 Jan 2010 11:30 PM PST  AP - Evangelical pastor Rick Warren's plea for donations to fill a $900,000 deficit at his Southern California megachurch brought in $2.4 million, Warren announced to cheers during a sermon at the church on Saturday.
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| Cable TV standoffs threaten viewing costs, choices (AP) Posted: 02 Jan 2010 11:30 PM PST  AP - Many questions remain for cable TV viewers nationwide even after Fox and Time Warner Cable settled their noisy spat with a New Year's Day agreement.
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| Muslim-Hindu punk rock bands part of new movement (AP) Posted: 02 Jan 2010 11:31 PM PST  AP - Artwork from the Punjab state of India decorates the Ray family home. A Johann Sebastian Bach statue sits on a piano. But in the basement — cluttered with wires, old concert fliers and drawings — 25-year-old Arjun Ray is fighting distortion from his electric guitar.
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| Cities, counties take back corporate tax breaks (AP) Posted: 02 Jan 2010 10:52 PM PST  AP - Cash-strapped communities have a message for corporations that promised jobs in return for tax breaks: A deal's a deal.
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| Like Mike: Tech wins shootout after Leach fired (AP) Posted: 02 Jan 2010 11:49 PM PST  AP - No questions about Mike Leach. No questions about Adam James.
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| Obama blames al Qaeda for plane attack (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jan 2010 08:06 PM PST  Reuters - The Obama administration on Saturday zeroed in on al Qaeda as the driving force behind an attempt to bomb a U.S.-bound airliner on Christmas and promised again to hold accountable those involved in the failed attack.
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| Karzai visits south Afghanistan, rockets land nearby (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jan 2010 08:51 AM PST  Reuters - Afghan President Hamid Karzai visited the southerly Helmand province on Saturday, where he condemned recent foreign air strikes that have killed civilians, and two rockets apparently exploded nearby.
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| Heavy snow brings Beijing to standstill (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jan 2010 11:39 PM PST Reuters - Heavy snow hit Beijing on Sunday, stranding thousands of passengers at the Chinese capital's main airport and casting an unusual quiet over normally busy streets as people stayed out of the freezing weather. |
| Bomb suspect "reached out" to UK militants: report (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jan 2010 08:04 PM PST Reuters - British security services knew three years ago that the Nigerian accused of trying to blow up a U.S.-bound plane had "multiple communications" with Islamic extremists in Britain, a newspaper reported on Saturday. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, charged with trying to blow up Northwest flight 253 from Amsterdam as it approached Detroit on Christmas Day, studied in London between 2005 and 2008. |
| UK says it, U.S. agree to fund Yemen police unit (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jan 2010 11:38 PM PST  Reuters - The United States and Britain have agreed to fund a counter-terrorism police unit in Yemen as part of stepped-up efforts to fight terrorism, Britain said on Sunday.
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| Mexico detains brother of slain drug boss (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jan 2010 08:30 PM PST  Reuters - Mexican forces have detained the brother of a powerful drug boss killed two weeks ago in a movie-like raid that landed a key victory for President Felipe Calderon's drug war, the security ministry said on Saturday.
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| Danish cartoonist attacker suspected of al Qaeda ties (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jan 2010 08:07 AM PST  Reuters - A Somali man armed with an axe and suspected of links with al Qaeda broke into the home of a Danish cartoonist whose drawings of the Prophet Mohammad caused global Muslim outrage and was shot and wounded by police.
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| Bomb suspect may not have begun trip in Ghana (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jan 2010 08:34 AM PST  Reuters - A Nigerian charged with trying to blow up a U.S. passenger jet on Christmas Day may not have begun his journey in Ghana, a Ghanaian airport official said on Saturday.
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| US, Britain widen anti-terror front in Yemen (AFP) Posted: 03 Jan 2010 12:23 AM PST  AFP - The United States and Britain have agreed to finance a special counterterrorism unit in Yemen as US President Barack Obama for the first time blamed an Al-Qaeda branch in that Arab country for attacking a US airliner.
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| Peruvian court upholds 25-year sentence for Fujimori (AFP) Posted: 03 Jan 2010 12:30 AM PST  AFP - The Peruvian Supreme Court on Sunday unanimously upheld a 25-year prison sentence on the country's former president Alberto Fujimori, who has been convicted of massive human rights abuses.
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