Al Qaeda could get nukes from Pakistan: US

WASHINGTON - The US believes Al Qaeda is actively in search of a nuclear bomb and fears it could get one through criminal gangs or by infiltrating nuclear labs in Pakistan or other vulnerable nations.

US, India to discuss Headley access

WASHINGTON - India’s request for access to David Coleman Headley, a Pakistani American key plotter of the Mumbai attacks, is expected to gain traction after Sunday’s meeting between President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Brazil: Rancher found guilty in killing of Amazon defender, US nun Dorothy Stang

Brazilian rancher guilty in US nun’s murder

Mexico waiting for forensic tests before deciding on arrest of TV producer in wife’s death

Mexico: Producer stays free pending forensic tests

Mother tells judge that Las Vegas man laughed while wounding her, killing baby with battle ax

Mother testifies at hearing in Nev. ax attack case

India asks Canada to curb Sikh separatists

WASHINGTON - Two months before the 25th anniversary of the bombing of Air-India flight Kanishka, India has asked Canada to monitor surging activities of Sikh separatists in that country when Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met his Canadian counterpart Stephen Harper.

Gilani seeks more evidence against LeT for action

WASHINGTON - Promising not to tolerate extremists using his country as a base to attack India, Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani has urged Washington to help ease tensions with its neighbour. But he also sought more evidence about Laskar-e-Taiba’s (LeT) before acting against the Pakistan based group blamed for the November 2008 Mumbai attacks that killed 166 persons.

Fighting between rival gnags at Venezuelan prison kills 7 inmates, wounds 10 guards

Prison fighting kills 7 inmates in Venezuela

Sisters of producer’s wife found dead in Mexico ask Los Angeles prosecutors to help with case

Sisters of producer’s wife turn to LA prosecutors

Newborn thrown into boiling pan for Re 1

A newborn baby was thrown into a boiling pan in Bihar over dispute for Re 1, leaving him badly burnt, police said today.

Police arrest 2 teenage boys, man in Oklahoma mall shooting that left 1 dead, 5 wounded

Police arrest 3 in fatal Okla. mall shooting

India asks Canada to monitor Khalistan activists

WASHINGTON - Two months before the 25th anniversary of the mid-air bombing of Air-India flight Kanishka, India has asked Canada to monitor the escalating activities of Sikh separatists in that country when Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met his Canadian counterpart Stephen Harper.

Ruling reveals convicted Ohio terrorist’s ties to man convicted of French island attack plot

Ohio terrorist tied to French island attacks plot

With laws unclear, sheriff says he hasn’t questioned mother who returned adopted Russian boy

Sheriff: Mom not talking about adopted Russian boy

DNA evidence leads to arrest in slayings of pregnant woman, husband at California beach home

DNA leads to arrest in Calif. beach house killings

Ex-Brown student sues, says he was kicked out over false rape charge by donor’s daughter

Ex-Brown student sues over outster from campus

Mexican army says former Baja cop arrested while unloading marijuana from boat

Mexican army says ex-cop caught unloading pot load

Neb. judge sentences mother of Yankees’ pitcher Joba Chamberlain to probation for meth sale

Mom of Yankees’ Chamberlain on probation for drugs

Pa. woman convicted of animal cruelty for piercing kittens gets 6 months of house arrest

Pa. woman gets house arrest for piercing kittens

Vatican Secretary of State blames pedophilia on homosexuality rather than celibacy

Pope’s No. 2: Pedophilia linked to homosexuality

Report: Pakistan’s nukes are at greatest risk of theft or attack; PM says stockpile is secure

U.S. President Barack Obama

Calif. man pleads guilty in scheme to smuggle songbirds from Vietnam in another man’s pants

Calif. man pleads in bird-smuggling scheme

Canadian military man accused of ’sexting’ Calif. teen, driving 3,000 miles to her home

Canadian man arrested after ’sexting’ Calif. teen

Pa. collarbomb robbery suspect says she has cancer; att’y says too soon to predict trial delay

Pa. collarbomb robbery suspect says she has cancer

WaMu’s mortgage lending operations rife with fraud, Senate investigators contend

Senate probe finds fraud in WaMu mortgage lending

Ex-Brown student sues school, says he was expelled over false rape charge by donor’s daughter

Former Brown student sues school over expulsion

Nuclear summit gets boost from Ukraine pledge to give up materials, but al-Qaida risk sobering

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Thai FM calls former PM Thaksin a terrorist, says he’s instigating deadly clashes

The Dalai Lama

Defense: NC soldier convicted in slayings of woman, 2 daughters should not be executed

Defense: NC soldier should not be executed

LAPD detectives forced to take days off as city budget crisis forces overtime cuts

LAPD detectives sidelined by city budget crisis

Proposed bill seeks tougher penalties for child molesters in name of slain San Diego teen

Calif. bill would crack down on child molesters

Milan judge: Google’s profit motive helped make employees guilty of violating teen’s privacy

Italian judge says profit behind Google verdict

Search warrant records: FBI found suspected drugs, gas masks, Hitler book during militia raids

Hitler book, weapons, ammo found in militia raids

Attorney: Roethlisberger accuser didn’t want intrusive trial, but wasn’t recanting allegation

Attorney: Roethlisberger accuser didn’t want trial

Experts: governments across the globe complacent over ‘probable” nuclear terror attack

The White House

Police arrest 2 teenage boys in Oklahoma mall shooting that left 1 dead, 5 wounded

Police arrest 2 in fatal Okla. mall shooting

Seattle jury convicts man of killing 4 neighbors; trial moves to death penalty phase

Jury convicts man for killing neighbors in Wash.

Lawyer in NY hate crime trial says prosecution witnesses didn’t see stabbing

Closing arguments start in NY hate crime trial

Jets’ new WR Holmes suspended 4 games by NFL for violating league’s substance abuse policy

Jets’ new WR Holmes suspended 4 games by NFL

French TV station airs pleas of Taliban hostages who face death threat

French TV bends to Taliban, airs hostage pleas

Judge won’t release San Francisco man accused of threatening Pelosi over health care reform

Judge denies bail to man in Pelosi threats case

Jets trade for Super Bowl MVP Santonio Holmes, who then gets 4-game suspension from NFL

Jets new WR Holmes suspended 4 games

NEW YORK — Hours after wide receiver Santonio Holmes was acquired by the New York Jets from the Pittsburgh Steelers for a fifth-round pick in this month’s draft, the NFL suspended the talented but troubled wide receiver for four games.

Mexico: Rival cartels join forces to fight gang of hit men, fueling violence near Texas border

Mexico: Cartels team up to destroy hit men gang

DA: Authorities won’t charge Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger in Ga. nightclub incident

DA: No charges against Steelers’ Roethlisberger

Eight killed in Iraq suicide attacks

BAGHDAD - Two attacks carried out by suicide bombers targeting Iraqi security forces left dozens dead and injured in different areas of the country, security sources said Monday.

Ruling reveals convicted Ohio terrorist’s ties to al-Qaida suspect who met with 9/11 hijackers

Ohio terrorist ties to al-Qaida operative revealed

Man arrested nearly a year after man, pregnant wife killed in Ventura County beach home

Arrest made in California beach house killings

Pakistan challenges court decision on Kasab, Ansari

ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan government Monday challenged in the Rawalpindi bench of the Lahore High Court the rejection of its plea to declare 26/11 Mumbai terror attack accused Ajmal Kasab and Fahim Ansari as proclaimed offenders.

Federal prosecutors charge 2 subsidiaries of Kuwaiti logistics firm facing fraud charges

Feds charge subsidiaries of Kuwaiti logistics firm

Chhattisgarh chief minister meets villagers in Maoist bastion

RAIPUR - Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh surprised many Monday when he made an unscheduled landing in an interior pocket of the state’s Dantewada district hit by Maoist militancy since years.