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Suspected US drone in Yemen kills 4 militants

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:23:13 -0400

SANAA, Yemen - A suspected U.S. drone strike killed four al-Qaida militants Saturday in a southern Yemeni province once overrun by the group, according to security officials.

Congress rethinks 9/11 law on military force

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:22:24 -0400

WASHINGTON - Congress is rethinking the broad authority it gave the president to wage a war on terror after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in light of how President Barack Obama has used the power to target suspected terrorists with lethal drone strikes.

Watch: Scandals will mire progress on bigger issues

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:47:06 -0400

WASHINGTON - By ANN McFEATTERS

Holder defends subpoenas for AP telephone records

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:29:02 -0400

WASHINGTON - Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress Wednesday that a serious national security leak required the secret gathering of telephone records at The Associated Press as he stood by an investigation in which he insisted he had no involvement.

May: Is one man's terrorist another man's bureau chief?

Wed, 15 May 2013 13:21:39 -0400

By CLIFFORD D. MAY - Inspire is a glossy, English-language, on-line magazine published by al Qaeda. It was conceived by Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born cleric and al Qaida leader, who also contributed editorials. In 2011, President Barack Obama ordered a drone strike against al-Awlaki as he was riding in a car in Yemen along with Samir Khan, Inspire's Pakistani-American editor and publisher.

Gitmo prisoner: Obama has 'abandoned' detainees

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:24:36 -0400

WASHINGTON - A Guantanamo Bay detainee says he feels abandoned by President Barack Obama and the world after more than 10 years at the U.S. prison.

Ambrose: It's raining cats, dogs and scandals

Tue, 14 May 2013 14:23:42 -0400

By JAY AMBROSE - Please, please, there's no reason to impeach President Barack Obama and it is overreach to say we're getting Watergate all over again. But the scandals are indeed piling up on each other, or, to use another metaphor, it's not just raining. It's pouring. And the message to the nation is to take cover.

Red Cross says 3 workers kidnapped in Yemen

Mon, 13 May 2013 08:49:54 -0400

GENEVA - The International Committee of the Red Cross says three of its workers have been kidnapped in the southern Yemeni province of Abyan.

2 Finns, 1 Austrian freed from captivity in Yemen

Thu, 09 May 2013 15:10:34 -0400

HELSINKI - Finland says two Finnish and one Austrian hostage who were kidnapped in Yemen in December have been released.

As US drone strikes rise in Yemen, so does anger

Thu, 02 May 2013 14:20:59 -0400

SANAA, Yemen - The cleric preached in his tiny Yemeni village about the evils of al-Qaida, warning residents to stay away from the group's fighters and their hard-line ideology. The talk worried residents, who feared it would bring retaliation from the militants, and even the cleric's father wanted him to stop.

May: Would closing Guantanamo prison satisfy hunger...

Wed, 01 May 2013 17:03:13 -0400

By CLIFFORD D. MAY - The detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was established in 2002 to hold the most dangerous of those captured in what the George W. Bush administration called the Global War on Terrorism. Controversy over the facility has simmered ever since. In recent days, it has begun to boil. One hundred detainees, at last count, are staging a hunger strike.

Gitmo closure elusive, Obama looks at other steps

Wed, 01 May 2013 17:01:25 -0400

WASHINGTON - Despite President Barack Obama's new vow, closing the Guantanamo Bay prison is still a tough sell in Congress. So the White House may look instead toward smaller steps like transferring some terror suspects back overseas.

Murdock: U.S.-Mexican border welcomes terrorists

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:37:34 -0400

NEW YORK - By DEROY MURDOCK