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    • DHS adding public advocate for immigration agency (AP)
      AP - The Homeland Security Department has appointed a public advocate to handle complaints and questions about its immigration enforcement policies.
    • Chicago cabbie pleads guilty in terror case (AP)

      FILE - In this March 30, 2010 file courtroom drawing, Raja Lahrasib Kahn appears before U.S. Magistrate Judge Geraldine Soat Brown in federal court in Chicago. The Pakistani-born Chicago taxi driver heard on FBI wiretaps allegedly talking about bombing a stadium and sending money to al-Qaida was expected to plead guilty to attempting to provide material support to terrorism at a Monday, Feb. 6, 2012 hearing, becoming the latest terrorism suspect in the Chicago area to waive his right to a trial by cutting a plea deal. (AP Photo/Verna Sadock, File)AP - A Pakistani-born Chicago taxi driver who prosecutors say could be heard on FBI wiretaps discussing a plan to bomb a stadium pleaded guilty Monday to attempting to send money to a Pakistani-based terrorist with alleged ties to al-Qaida.


    • FBI focused on 'sovereign citizen' extremists (AP)
      AP - The FBI has been paying closer attention to `sovereign citizen' extremists around the country out of concerns that they will react violently when they interact with government officials.
    • Italy frees former Guantanamo detainee (AP)
      AP - An Italian appeals court has overturned the terrorism conviction of a Tunisian man who had spent nearly eight years in the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo, Cuba.
    • Norwegian terror suspect Breivik tells court today he deserves a medal (The Christian Science Monitor)
      The Christian Science Monitor - Hundreds packed Oslo District Court to see Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian man who confessed to last summer’s twin terror attacks in Oslo, for the last time before his long-awaited trial in April. 
    • 2 German men jailed for British terror offenses (AP)
      AP - A British judge has jailed two German men after they pleaded guilty to terror charges.
    • Filipino villagers may have helped kill terrorist (AP)
      AP - Abu Sayyaf commander Umbra Jumdail had deviated from the brutal image of his al-Qaida-linked militant group by playing doctor to poor Filipino villagers, whose backing he needed to stay safe from military troops. But those villagers may have been used by the military to finally track him down last week.
    • Just a bluff? Fears grow of Israeli attack on Iran (AP)

      FILE- In this April, 9, 2007, file photo Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaks at a ceremony in Iran's nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz, 300 kms 186 (miles) south of capital Tehran, Iran. For the first time in nearly two decades of escalating tensions over the Iranian nuclear program, it appears that world leaders are genuinely concerned that an Israeli military attack on the Islamic Republic could be imminent, an action that many fear might trigger war, terrorism and global economic havoc. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian, File)AP - For the first time in nearly two decades of escalating tensions over Iran's nuclear program, world leaders are genuinely concerned that an Israeli military attack on the Islamic Republic could be imminent — an action that many fear might trigger a wider war, terrorism and global economic havoc.


    • Nigeria oil line on fire; militants claim attack (AP)

      Supporters of Maj. Hamza Al-Mustapha carry placards during his court verdict in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. A judge in Nigeria has sentenced a former dictator's right-hand man to death over the killing of a politician's wife. Judge Mojisola Dada at Lagos' High Court on Monday ruled that Maj. Al-Mustapha should be hanged. He was accused of orchestrating the 1996 machine-gun killing of the wife of Moshood Abiola, a flamboyant businessman widely believed to be have won an annulled 1993 presidential election. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)AP - An Eni SpA oil pipeline ruptured and caught fire as a militant group claimed responsibility for an attack in the region, their first alleged assault in months as its purported leader awaits trial on terrorism charges in South Africa.


    • Morocco arrests 3 accused of plotting attacks (AP)
      AP - Moroccan police have arrested three suspects accused of planning to carry out attacks on the security of the state.
    • Father: Beheading plot suspect a dedicated teacher (AP)
      AP - Nevine Aly Elshiekh is a dog lover who teaches children with developmental disabilities. She is college-educated, well-respected by her neighbors and has no criminal record, not even a speeding ticket.
    • Panetta reassures European allies over defense cuts (Reuters)
      Reuters - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta reassured European allies on Saturday that Washington remains committed to their security despite an austerity drive, as NATO pushed for new ways for alliance members to maintain capabilities at lower cost.
    • Clinton voices U.S. confidence on European recovery (Reuters)
      Reuters - The United States voiced confidence on Saturday that Europe can solve its financial crisis and said the two must work more closely to support their recoveries and combat state-run capitalism and protectionism.
    • Extension denied in Guantanamo Sept. 11 trial (AP)

      President Barack Obama talks about the economy during an event at Fire Station #5 in Arlington, Va., Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. Fire Station No. 5 was one of the first stations to respond to the 9/11 attack at the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - A Pentagon legal official refused Friday to extend an important deadline for defense lawyers for the five Guantanamo Bay prisoners charged in the Sept. 11 attack, a decision that means their highly anticipated arraignment may now occur within months.


    • Muslims to NY attorney general: Investigate NYPD (AP)

      FILE - In this June 17, 2011 file photo, New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly attends a news conference at police headquarters in New York. Thirty-two civil rights groups from around the U.S. filed a complaint with the New York attorney general Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, over police documents that showed the New York Police Department recommending increased surveillance of Shiite mosques based solely on their religion. Kelly and Mayor Michael Bloomberg have insisted that police only follow legitimate leads and do not conduct preventative surveillance in ethnic communities. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)AP - Thirty-three civil rights groups from around the country complained to the New York attorney general Friday about police documents that showed the New York Police Department recommending increased surveillance of Shiite mosques based solely on their religion.


    • Uzbek refugee denies helping terror group (AP)
      AP - A refugee from Uzbekistan accused of helping a foreign terrorist organization denied the allegations in a court appearance Thursday in Denver, before a judge advised him not to speak further without an attorney.
    • Justice Dept about to close probes of 2 detainees (AP)
      AP - Attorney General Eric Holder says the Justice Department is preparing to close investigations into the deaths of two detainees while in CIA custody, marking the final chapter in a controversial review by the Obama administration into treatment of terrorism suspects during the George W. Bush administration.
    • A look at major terror attacks in Southeast Asia (AP)
      AP - A look at major attacks in the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia attributed to the al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf group and their allies from the regional terrorist network Jemaah Islamiyah.
    • U.S. no-fly list doubles in year: source (Reuters)
      Reuters - The number of people banned from flying under the U.S. government's terrorism watch list has more than doubled over the last year, a counterterrorism source said on Thursday.
    • AP Exclusive: US No-Fly list doubles in 1 year (AP)

      FILE - Jayashri Srikantiah, staff attorney with the ACLU of Northern California, holds up copies of records showing passengers checked on no fly lists from San Francisco International Airport, as plaintiffs Jan Adams, right, and Rebecca Gordon, center, look on during a news conference in San Francisco, in this April 22, 2003 file photo. The American Civil Liberties Union has sued the government on behalf of Americans who believe they're on the no-fly list and have not been able to travel by air for work or to see family. The no-fly list has swelled to 20,000 people before, such as in 2004. At the time, people like the late Sen. Ted Kennedy were getting stopped before flying — causing constant angst and aggravation for innocent travelers. But much has changed since then. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)AP - The Obama administration has more than doubled, to about 21,000 names, its secret list of suspected terrorists who are banned from flying to or within the United States, including about 500 Americans, the Associated Press has learned. The government lowered the bar for being added to the list, even as it says it's closer than ever to defeating al-Qaida.