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Bangladesh probing background of NY terror suspect

Bangladesh probing background of NY terror suspect
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Police in Bangladesh on Saturday interviewed former teachers and classmates of a Bangladeshi man charged with trying to blow up the Federal Reserve building in New York, investigating whether he had connections with radical groups at home. Dhaka Metropolitan Police official

Beirut car bomb kills top official, 7 others

Beirut car bomb kills top official, 7 others
By BASSEM MROUEAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - A car bomb ripped through Beirut on Friday, killing a top security official and seven others, shearing the balconies off apartment buildings and sending bloodied residents staggering into the streets in the most serious blast the Lebanese capital

Business Highlights

Business Highlights
By The Associated Press ___ Google delivers 3Q letdown early, stock plummets SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - As far as unpleasant surprises go, Google hit Wall Street with a double whammy Thursday. The Internet search leader that prides itself of organizing the world's information lost control of its

10 Things to Know for Today

10 Things to Know for Today
By The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (times in EDT): 1. ARREST IN NYC FEDERAL RESERVE PLOT The car bomb was phony, but authorities say Quazi Nafis' admiration of Osama bin Laden and aspirations for

Man held in NYC plot to blow up Federal Reserve

Man held in NYC plot to blow up Federal Reserve
By COLLEEN LONG and TOM HAYSAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - A Bangladeshi man who came to the United States to wage jihad was arrested in an elaborate FBI sting on Wednesday after attempting to blow up a fake car bomb outside the Federal Reserve building in Manhattan, authorities said. Before

Man held in NYC plot to blow up Federal Reserve

Man held in NYC plot to blow up Federal Reserve
By COLLEEN LONG and TOM HAYSAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - A Bangladeshi man who came to the United States to wage jihad was arrested in an elaborate FBI sting on Wednesday after attempting to blow up a fake car bomb outside the Federal Reserve building in Manhattan, authorities said. Before

Quotations of the day

Quotations of the day
By The Associated Press "Attempting to destroy a landmark building and kill or maim untold numbers of innocent bystanders is about as serious as the imagination can conjure. The defendant faces appropriately severe consequences." - Mary Galligan, acting head of the FBI's New York office in

Suspect in Chicago car-bomb plot pleads not guilty

Suspect in Chicago car-bomb plot pleads not guilty
CHICAGO (AP) - A young man accused of trying to set off what he thought was a car bomb outside a Chicago bar has pleaded not guilty to terrorism-related charges. Adel Daoud of Hillside, a Chicago suburb, was arrested following a sting operation last month. Prosecutors say he told undercover agents

Syrian cross-border salvos send message to Turkey

Syrian cross-border salvos send message to Turkey
By ELIZABETH A. KENNEDYAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Syria's cross-border attacks on Turkey in the past week look increasingly like they could be an intentional escalation meant to send a clear message to Ankara and beyond, that the crisis is simply too explosive to risk foreign military

Turkey, Syria trade fire; border tensions mount

Turkey, Syria trade fire; border tensions mount
By MEHMET GUZEL and ZEINA KARAMAssociated Press AKCAKALE, Turkey (AP) - Turkey and Syria fired artillery and mortars across their volatile border for a fifth consecutive day on Sunday, in one of the most serious and prolonged flare-ups of violence along the frontier. The exchange of fire stoked