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UN council plans sanctions on Congo rebels

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 19th

By RON DePASQUALEAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council announced Friday that it intends to impose sanctions on the leaders of the M23 rebel movement in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where violence has flared again. Guatemala U.N. Ambassador Gert Rosenthal, the

Spy Kids: UK starts secret agent apprenticeships

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 18th

By JILL LAWLESSAssociated Press LONDON (AP) - How's this for a job title - secret agent's apprentice? The British government is recruiting teenage apprentice spies and codebreakers without university degrees in a bid to deepen the talent pool of its intelligence services for the era of

Minn. man convicted of aiding Somalia terror group

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 18th

By AMY FORLITIAssociated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Minneapolis man accused of helping send young men through a terrorist pipeline from Minnesota to Somalia was convicted Thursday on all five terrorism-related charges he faced, including one that could land him in prison for life. The jury

Minn. man had frequent calls with Somali travelers

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 16th

By AMY FORLITIAssociated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Minnesota man accused of helping supply fighters to a terror group in Somalia started laughing during questioning last year when authorities played recordings of phone calls in which he spoke about al-Shabab, then later told an interpreter: "

Testimony details pipeline from Minn. to Somalia

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 12th

By AMY FORLITIAssociated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Kamal Said Hassan didn't know what al-Shabab was when he agreed to join a jihad in Somalia in autumn 2007. Months later, the young man who had never picked up a gun was a foot soldier for the terror group in his homeland, practicing with

Witness: Minn. terror defendant not at meetings

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 10th

By AMY FORLITIAssociated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Minnesota man who joined the terror group al-Shabab in Somalia testified Wednesday he never saw a man accused of supporting recruits take part in secret meetings to plan their trips to the East African country. Kamal Said Hassan, 27, is the

Minn. witness describes early al-Shabab recruiting

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 10th

By AMY FORLITIAssociated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Minnesota man who spent two months with a terrorist group in his native Somalia told a jury Tuesday that another man on trial for allegedly helping funnel recruits to the group provided money to buy weapons for fighters. Salah Osman Ahmed, 29

UN resolution seeks recovery of Mali's north

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 10th

By EDITH M. LEDERERAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) - France has circulated a draft resolution that would give U.N. backing to an international military force to assist the Malian army in ousting Islamic militants who seized the northern half of the country and are turning it into a

Sierra Leone tribunal to wrap up business soon

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 9th

By EDITH M. LEDERERAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The tribunal established to prosecute those most responsible for atrocities committed during Sierra Leone's 10-year civil war will soon deliver its final judgment and become the first international criminal tribunal to go out of

Minn. witness describes early al-Shabab recruiting

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 9th