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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: terror group

terror group stories: 4 news summaries

 US Drafts 
 Letter to Iran 
 to Mend Ties 

Development could
lead to direct talks
between old enemies

Jan 28, 09 4:34 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama is moving his efforts to improve relations with Iran beyond mere speech-making, the Guardian reports. The State Department is drafting a letter to Iranian leaders to assure them the US is not looking to overthrow the curent regime, just change its behavior. The letter—a response to a... More »

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Iran • Hillary Clinton • diplomacy • Tehran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • terror group • Obama administration • President Obama

(Newser) - Pakistani officials are gradually coming to the same conclusion about the Mumbai attacks as their Indian counterparts: The plot was hatched in Pakistan, and the attackers were trained there by a militant group with long ties to the Pakistani military, the Wall Street Journal reports. The evidence is becoming clear... More »

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Pakistan • India • terror group • Lashkar-e-Taiba • Mumbai attacks

 India on Alert
 as Bomb Toll
 Soars to 49

Nation on alert after series of blasts rocks market, hospital

Jul 27, 08 7:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - India steeled for more attacks today as the death toll in a series of bombings soared to 49. A little known group called the Indian Mujahideen has claimed responsibility for 17 blasts that rocked a busy market and hospital in the town of Ahmedabad yesterday. Police today found two other... More »

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terrorism • India • terror plots • bombing • terrorist attack • terror group

US Families Sue Chiquita Over FARC Murders

Claim protection cash to Colombia rebels tied to missionary slayings

Mar 12, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fruit giant Chiquita stands accused in a federal lawsuit of contributing to the deaths of five US missionaries at the hands of Colombian rebel group FARC during the 1990s, the Wall Street Journal reports today. Families of the missionaries say protection money the Cincinnati-based company admitted to secretly paying the... More »

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Department of Justice • Colombia • terrorist • missionaries • Chiquita • FARC • United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia • New Tribes Mission • terror group

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