Indonesian cleric blames CIA for Bali bombing (AFP)

Indonesian cleric blames CIA for Bali bombing (AFP)

AFP - An Indonesian Islamic cleric linked to the three extremists awaiting execution for the Bali bombings said Thursday the 2002 attack which killed more than 200 people was the work of the CIA. Full text

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World leaders adopt declaration praising Iraq efforts (AFP)

AFP - World leaders attending a conference on Iraq unanimously approved a declaration Thursday acknowledging Baghdad's efforts to improve security and "combat terrorism" in the war-torn country.

U.S. terrorism claimants compete for Iranian assets (Reuters)

Reuters - Families of those killed in the Beirut Marine barracks bombing 25 years ago staked their claim on Thursday to ancient Persian clay tablets, on loan to a U.S. museum, to satisfy a $2.7 billion judgment won against Iran.

UK's Brown defends terrorism plans, rebellion brews (Reuters)

Reuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Monday he would stick to his principles over plans to detain terrorism suspects for longer prior to being charged despite the prospect of a humiliating defeat in parliament.

Indonesian police reports outline terror links (AP)

AP - After months on the run, two alleged leaders in a Southeast Asian militant group were holed up in a cheap Malaysian hotel, ready to fly to the Middle East to link up with other Islamic extremists, possibly in Iraq.

Britain should talk to Al Qaeda, says N. Ireland's top cop (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor - Sir Hugh Orde, the chief of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), said that Britain should consider negotiations with Al Qaeda in an effort to end its terrorist activities.

UK government weighs telecom terror database (AP)

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LONDON - Britain's top law-enforcement official says that the government is considering setting up a database of all phone and e-mail traffic in the country as part of a high-tech strategy to fight terrorism and crime.

Opposition politicians and civil liberties groups condemned the idea. The country's terror-law ombudsman said the government must be prevented from setting up a vast "data warehouse."

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said the police and security services needed new ways to collect and store records of phone calls, e-mails and Internet traffic.

She said technological changes had created a "complex and fragmented" online world and meant information such as telephone billing data was not always retained. She said new measures would try to find "some way or other to collect that data and store it."

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