Probe into Al Qaeda Link to Bangladesh Bombs
May 2, 2007 -- AL QAEDA
B'desh Police Probe Al Qaeda Link to Railway Bombs
Commuters flooded back to Bangladesh railway stations on Wednesday, a day after simultaneous bomb blasts rocked three terminals and raised a security alarm across the country. (Reuters)
Iraqis Hunt Body of 'Slain' Al-Qaeda Leader
The Iraqi government and its tribal allies were scouring dangerous territory on Wednesday for proof that Al-Qaeda's leader in Iraq had been killed in a clash between armed factions. (AFP)
IRAN
Iran Arrests Former Nuclear Negotiator
Iranian authorities arrested a former nuclear negotiator on unknown charges, a judiciary official told the semi-official ILNA news agency on Wednesday. (Reuters)
Report: Iran May Release Former FBI Agent Soon
Friends of the former FBI agent believed to be in custody in Iran, Robert Levinson, say he could be released as early as today based on what they describe as two unconfirmed reports from Tehran. (ABC News)
IRAQ NEWS
Bush Vetoes Bill Tying Iraq Funds to Exit
President Bush vetoed a $124 billion war spending bill on Tuesday, setting up a second round in his long battle with Congressional Democrats who are determined to use the financing measure to force the White House to shift course in Iraq. (NY Times)
Gunmen Kill 14 Travelers on Iraq Highway
Print Gunmen ambushed travelers on a highway leading from Baghdad to Shiite areas to the south on Tuesday, killing 14 people, while mortar rounds slammed into an area near the Iraqi prime minister's office in the U.S.-controlled Green Zone in the capital, a government official said. (AP)
Bomb Kills Up To 11 South of Baghdad: Police
A bomb planted inside a mini bus killed up to 11 people in a volatile rural area south of Baghdad on Wednesday, police said. (Reuters)
DC MADAM
D.C. Lawyer Demands ABC News Keep His Client Secret
The lawyer for a "government witness" in the federal prosecution of Jeane Palfrey, the accused D.C. Madam, is demanding his client's name not be broadcast by ABC News. (ABC News)
PAKISTAN
Pakistan Militants Behead Man Accused of Being U.S. Spy
Suspected pro-Taliban militants beheaded a man near the Afghan border after accusing him of being a U.S. informer, a Pakistani intelligence official said on Wednesday. (Reuters)
AFGHANISTAN
Troops 'Kill Five in Afghanistan'
US-led coalition forces and Afghan police have shot dead five militants in a clash in southern Helmand province, a coalition statement says. (BBC)
SUDAN
ICC Issues Darfur Arrest Warrants
Ahmed Haroun was responsible for Darfur in 2003 and 2004 The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for a Sudanese minister and a militia leader suspected of war crimes in the Darfur region. (BBC)
IRAN/AFGHANISTAN
Iran Deports Thousands of Afghans
More than 36,000 Afghans have been deported from Iran in the past 10 days, the UN refugee agency says. (BBC)
TURKEY
Turkish PM Urges Snap Elections
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday urged snap elections and slammed a court decision to annul a presidential vote as a "bullet fired at democracy". (AFP)
EGYPT
Egypt Sentences TV Producer over Torture Tapes
An Egyptian court sentenced Al Jazeera producer Huweida Taha Metwalli to six months in jail or a fine of 10,000 Egyptian pounds ($1,760) on Wednesday for her part in producing a feature on torture by Egyptian police. (Reuters)
U.S.
U.S. Agency Investigating Tainted Pet Food Says Chinese Firm Dodged Inspection
A Chinese company accused of selling contaminated wheat gluten to pet food suppliers in the United States failed to disclose to China's export authorities that it was shipping food or feed to the United States, thereby avoiding having its goods inspected, according to U.S. regulators. (International Herald Tribune)
Accused Daughter Molester Nabbed in China
A Washington state man accused of videotaping himself molesting his own young daughter and posting the recording on the Internet has been apprehended in China. (ABC News)
Anti-Fraud Official Faces Fraud Probe
A senior government official is under investigation by a congressional committee for allegations he engaged in "widespread fraud, waste, and abuse" -– the same misbehavior he is supposed to ferret out. (ABC News)
US 'Wants British Pakistanis to Have Entry Visas'
The American government wants to impose travel restrictions on British citizens of Pakistani origin because of concerns about terrorism, according to a report today. (The Guardian)
ANALYSIS & OPINION
Spying on Americans
President Bush has submitted a bill that would enact enormous, and enormously dangerous, changes to the 1978 law on eavesdropping. (NY Times)
The Price of 'We Know Best'
By David Ignatius
Paul Wolfowitz has failed at the World Bank because he treated the organization itself as an enemy. (Washington Post)
Nuclear Winter
With the vaunted Indo-US nuclear deal floundering, the world's two biggest democracies have begun to blame each other. (Times of India)
A Harsh, Healthy Verdict on Israel's War in Lebanon
The government of Israel badly botched the war in Lebanon last summer. But you have to admire the work of the investigating commission that same government appointed to analyze what had gone wrong. (International Herald Tribune)
U.S.: Terrorism by the Numbers
The U.S. State Department released the details of its annual report on the state of terrorism in the world April 30. (Stratfor)
May 1 Redux
Like last year's march, Tuesday's immigration protests were primarily peaceful, family-oriented -- and fueled by bacon-wrapped hot dogs. (LA Times)
Masri: Dead or Alive, the Terror Continues
By Pepe Escobar
The breaking news came around noon, on state-run Al-Iraqiya TV, and it hit the Shi'ite slum, Sadr City, as well as the rest of Baghdad, as a new "shock and awe": Sheikh Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, popularly known in Baghdad as Abu al-Masri, the Egyptian-born leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, had been killed in the al-Nabai area of Taji, north Baghdad. (Asia Times)
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