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U.S. citizen held in Yemen after shootout with hospital guards
March 14, 2010Yemeni counterterrorism authorities captured a U.S. citizen of Somali origin after he shot his way out of a hospital in the Middle Eastern country, where he was being held after a mass arrest of al-Qaeda members, authorities said Thursday.
'JihadJane' suspect dropped out before high school, married at 16
March 14, 2010The Pennsylvania woman who allegedly used the Internet alias JihadJane to recruit people for violent jihad had dropped out before reaching high school and was married at age 16, the start of a bumpy life that might have left her vulnerable to radical beliefs, according to federal sources and public records.
JihadJane, an American woman, faces terrorism charges
March 14, 2010A petite, blond-haired, blue-eyed high school dropout who allegedly used the nickname JihadJane was identified Tuesday as an alleged terrorist intent on recruiting others to her cause, as federal prosecutors unsealed criminal charges that could send her to prison for life.
Napolitano says suicide plane crash wasn't related to domestic terrorism
March 14, 2010 A suicide plane crash that killed the pilot and an Internal Revenue Service worker at an office building in Austin on Feb. 18 was not a case of domestic terrorism, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Tuesday in a radio interview.
Obama must decide degree to which U.S. swears off nuclear weapons
March 14, 2010President Obama's top national security advisers will within days present him with an agonizing choice on how to guide U.S. nuclear weapons policy for the rest of his term.
FBI director warns of 'rapidly expanding' cyberterrorism threat
March 14, 2010SAN FRANCISCO -- FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III warned Thursday that the cyberterrorism threat is "real and . . . rapidly expanding."
White House declassifies outline of cybersecurity program
March 14, 2010SAN FRANCISCO -- The Obama administration Tuesday declassified an outline of a major government effort to protect its computer networks.
Suicide bomb attack in Kabul kills at least 16, raises regional tensions
March 14, 2010 KABUL -- A crew of suicide bombers armed with grenades and Kalashnikov rifles attacked two guesthouses frequented by foreigners here early Friday, setting off a gun battle with Afghan police and killing at least 16 people.
Once seemingly impregnable, Hamas shows signs of vulnerability
March 14, 2010BEITUNIA, WEST BANK -- Struggling to maintain its strength in the West Bank amid a crackdown by Israel and Palestinian police and suffering after the assassination of one of its top leaders, Hamas has sustained another blow with news that the son of one its founders had been spying on it for Israel.
Corrections
March 14, 2010-- A What's Doing listing in today's Weekend section, which was printed in advance, said that Legends and Lore Tours at Sotterley Plantation would be held Saturday at 5 and 7 p.m. Because of site conditions, the tour has been rescheduled for March 6 at 6:30 p.m.
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