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(U.K./U.S.) Three Britons Convicted in Airliner Bomb Plot - transatlantic 2006 airline plot targeting America
— Arafat Waheed Khan, Waheed Zaman and Ibrahim Savan
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/europe/Three-Britons-Convicted-in-Airliner-Bomb-Plot-—98038874.html
— 3 convicted in third trial in 2006 liquid-bomb plot
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/07/08/britain.liquid.bomb.convictions/
-— Transatlantic Jet Bombers’ Videos
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7330367.stm
-— September 8, 2008: “UK Jury Ruling on Jihadists Ignores Plot to Bomb Transatlantic Jets Headed to America”
http://unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/103.html
-— August 2008: Why Americans Must Reject British Tactics of “Counter-Radicalization” and Quotes from bombers
http://unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/101.html#T08
-— August 16, 2006: “How The Road To Terror Leads Back To London”
http://unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/006.html

(U.K.) Another ISOC President Convicted of Terrorism Offences
— “Waheed Zaman was President of the London Metropolitan University ISOC”
http://hurryupharry.org/2010/07/08/another-isoc-president-convicted-of-terrorism-offences/

(U.K./U.S.) European court halts extradition to US of Abu Hamza
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/185886/European-court-halts-extradition-to-US-of-Abu-Hamza
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/143565/Abu-Hamza-European-Court-of-Human-Rights-delays-US-extradition/
— Terrorist suspects cannot be sent to life in jail in US, European Court rules
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/7880076/Terrorist-suspects-cannot-be-sent-to-life-in-jail-in-US-European-Court-rules.html

(U.S.) Guantanamo detainee Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi pleads guilty
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/07/AR2010070704734.html?hpid=moreheadlines

(UK/Lebanon) Britain’s Lebanese ambassador praises Hizbollah founder
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/lebanon/7879884/Britains-Lebanese-ambassador-praises-Hizbollah-founder.html

(Afghanistan) 2 NATO soldiers and Afghan police official killed
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/World/20100708/afghanistan-thursday-100708/

Afghanistan: Death toll rises in UN convoy attack
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.656748202

(Afghanistan) US to spend $3B to combat Afghan homemade bombs
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iaNy3tJyWoa_4EBlPg-ugi89jeKgD9GQVNH80

(Afghanistan) British troops could end Afghan combat in ‘less than three years’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/7879879/British-troops-could-end-Afghan-combat-in-less-than-three-years.html

(Afghanistan) Former US envoy calls for Afghanistan’s partition
— Robert D. Blackwill: “The US polity should stop talking about timelines and exit strategies and accept that the Taliban will inevitably control most of its historic stronghold in the Pashtun south”
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/front-page/16-former-us-envoy-calls-for-afghanistans-partition-970-hs-07

Pakistan: Terror war strategy needs to be changed: ISI chief
“Pakistan should consider making changes in its strategy because of changes in US policy about terrorism in Afghanistan.”
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/front-page/16-terror-war-strategy-needs-to-be-changed-isi-chief-970-hs-05

Pakistan raises serious objections to UN report on Benazir’s murder
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\07\09\story_9-7-2010_pg7_2

Iraq: 12 killed in Baghdad on last day of Shiite holiday
— Shiite Muslims again targeted on July 8, 2010, after July 7 suicide bomber kills nearly 60 people
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hwK_CSpBxsNuVUEaDuOwmSSCiqGwD9GQQLQ00

Iraq: Baghdad attacks leave 275 people dead, injured
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2099626&Language=en

(Iran) Obama: Israeli attack on Iran unlikely
http://www.mathaba.net/news/?x=623848

Israel Says Hezbollah Moves Missiles Near Border
http://abcnews.go.com/International/israel-warns-hezbollah-moving-men-missiles-border/story?id=11114502

(Somalia) Al-Shabab Vows Jihad Against New Troops
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/africa/Al-Shabab-Vows-Jihad-Against-New-Troops-97939364.html

(Somalia/Kenya) Iraq, Afghan, Pakistan fighters have moved to Somalia: Kenya
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\07\09\story_9-7-2010_pg7_3

Central African Republic: Ugandan rebels kill four in CAR: Red Cross
— Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) Christian Supremacist terrorists
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100708/wl_africa_afp/centrafricaugandarebelsunrest

(Norway/Germany) Three held in Norway ‘al-Qaeda bomb plot’
— BBC: “Three people have been arrested in connection with a plot to bomb targets in Norway, police in Oslo have said.”
— “Two of the plotters were arrested in Norway and one in Germany, said the head of the Norwegian security police, Janne Kristiansen.”
— “The men - a Uighur from China, an Iraqi and an Uzbek - are said to have ties to al-Qaeda and to be linked to bomb plots in the US and UK, Ms Kristiansen said. “
— “US prosecutors say the Norwegian case is linked to foiled bomb plots in New York and the English city of Manchester.”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/europe/10554523.stm
— Three linked to Al-Qaeda held: Norway police
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jNuJ-Xtl6niPsJ8geJo2SLnNXRLQ
-— Three arrested in Norway for terror plot
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/07/breaking-three-arrested-in-norway-for.html#more

(Turkey) US ‘looking at’ IHH on links to terrorism:
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-215528-102-us-looking-at-ihh-on-links-to-terrorism.html

EU Parliament Approves Terrorist Finance Tracking Agreement
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100708-704196.html

Serbia: Investigators start work at site of alleged Kosovo mass grave
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.657455623

Women’s News:

Iran: Reports that Stoning of Sakineh Ashtiani Halted
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/07/iran-reports-that-stoning-of-sakineh-ashtiani-halted/
— Guardian: Iran halts woman’s death by stoning
-— Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani could still face death penalty, despite reprieve that follows international campaign led by her children
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/08/iran-halts-woman-death-stoning

— CNN: Iran denying Iranian woman will be executed by stoning
-— CNN: “Iran’s government is denying reports that an Iranian woman convicted of adultery will be executed by stoning, though her death sentence may still be carried out by some other method.”
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/07/08/iran.stoning/?hpt=T2

— FOX News: Stoning may have been Stopped
http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/07/08/stoning-may-have-been-stopped/
— TVNZ: Iranian woman escapes death by stoning
http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/iranian-woman-escapes-death-stoning-3636353

Iran Faces Calls To Stop Woman’s Stoning
http://bit.ly/cNdBGL

Iran: British government joins celebrities in bid to save Iranian mother from stoning
— Sakineh Ashtiani
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1293064/British-government-joins-celebrities-bid-save-Iranian-mother-stoning.html?ITO=1490

Iran must halt woman’s death by stoning
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/07/07/iftikhar.iran.stoning/?fbid=AY1wgJx0efT

Congressman Quigley Statement on Announced Stoning of Iranian Woman
http://bignews.biz/?id=889945&keys=Congressman-Mike-Quigley-IranianWoman

Iranians still facing death by stoning despite ‘reprieve’
— Fifteen could still die in horrific sentence after being allegedly convicted of adultery
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/08/iran-death-stoning-adultery
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/07/iranians-still-facing-death-by-stoning-despite-reprieve/

Pakistan: ‘Karo-kari incidents similar to targeted killing’ -
— “honor killings”
— “Describing the complications of honour killings, he said the family members usually end up forgiving each other; hence, the law cannot punish them.”
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\07\09\story_9-7-2010_pg12_15

Pakistan: 342 incidents of violence against women in KP, FATA: report
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\07\09\story_9-7-2010_pg7_29

India: Govt gets cold feet on honour killings Bill
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/split-in-cabinet-over-punishment-to-honour-killers/126196-3.html?from=tn

India - Tamil Nadu: Accused in ‘honour killing’ surrenders
http://thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article504768.ece

India: ‘I’m shocked by caste killings’
http://www.mid-day.com/news/2010/jul/080710-Honour-Killing-Neelam-Katara-Khap.htm

(UK) Murder remand for Lancashire “honour killing” - Naeem Butt
http://www.clicklancashire.com/news/local-news/127504-murder-remand-for-lancashire-honour-killing.html

Russia: Drive-by paintballers attack women in Grozny over ‘non-Islamic’ clothes
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/driveby-paintballers-attack-women-in-grozny-over-nonislamic-clothes-2022135.html

Other News:

Somalia: Al-Hayat Editorial Board Director: Fatwas Banning Soccer Reflect Crisis in Islamic World
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4435.htm

Pakistan: Muslim Mob Kills Wife, Children of Christian in Pakistan
— Jamshed Masih
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/pakistan/22542/

Pakistan: CLAAS updates on Lahore Factory Area Christian blasphemy victims
http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/headlinenewsd.php?hnewsid=2111

Pakistan: Punjab soup kitchen forbidden to Christians
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Punjab-soup-kitchen-forbidden-to-Christians-18884.html

Pakistan: Acid thrown on power protesters, 30 injured
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\07\09\story_9-7-2010_pg7_5

Turkey: Christian children singled out in Turkey
http://www.mnnonline.org/article/14439

Macedonia: Wahabists taking over mosques
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/07/macedonia-wahabists-taking-over-mosques.html

(U.S.) “Muslims for Peace” Campaign Launches
— “Muslims for Peace” - Naseem Mahdi, National VP, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/07/muslims-for-peace-campaign-launches/
— Can Muslim Peace Group End Extremism?
http://www.foxnewsinsider.com/2010/07/08/can-muslim-peace-group-end-extremism/

(U.S.) Muslim community member charged in Marietta mosque fire
— Atlanta Journal-Constitution report: “A member of the Muslim community is suspected of setting the fire that occurred at a Marietta mosque Monday night, Marietta fire officials said Thursday.”
— “Tamsir Mendy, 26, a native of Gambia, has been charged with 1st degree arson and is being held without bail at the Cobb County detention center, said Scott Tucker, Marietta assistant fire chief.”
— “Mosque leaders said Mendy, who describes himself as a “devout Muslim,” had attended their prayer services for a few weeks, Tucker said.
— “Mendy was taken into custody around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Marietta Fire Department headquarters. He is believed to have acted alone, Tucker said.”
— “Officials have ruled out the possibility that the arson was a hate crime, and did not provide details on any possible motives for the fire.”
http://www.ajc.com/news/cobb/muslim-community-member-charged-566659.html

(U.S.) Dallas: Westboro Baptist Church Hate Group to Protest Holocaust Museum, Synagogue, Jewish Centers
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/07/dallas-anti-semitic-protests

(U.S.) NY: A move on Staten Island to broker mosque peace
http://www.silive.com/eastshore/index.ssf/2010/07/a_move_on_staten_island_to_bro.html

France: Constitutional Court to decide on burka ban
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/07/france-constitutional-court-to-decide.html

(Lebanon) France: Islamist preacher warns France against banning the burka — Omar Bakri
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/7878011/Islamist-preacher-warns-France-against-banning-the-burka.html

Against Totalitarianism News:

Communist North Korea: UN draft condemns North Korea for South Korea ship sinking
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/UN-draft-condemns-North-Korea-for-South-Korea-ship-sinking/articleshow/6145440.cms

Against Racial Supremacism:

California: Two teens sentenced in hate attacks: Neo-Nazi gang writings found at A.V. home
http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/attacks-20347-hate-sentenced.html
http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/4289660

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