WASHINGTON - The US is "close" to a final decision on where to hold the trial of Pakistani 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other alleged conspirators, according to Attorney General Eric Holder.

WASHINGTON - Al Qaeda is still planning Mumbai-style attacks in Europe, with the United States also possibly being targeted, CNN reported citing counter-terrorism officials in Europe and the United States.

LONDON - An air parcel containing explosives from Yemen which was intercepted in Britain was meant possibly to explode over the US' eastern coast, Scotland Yard said Wednesday.

KOLKATA - West Bengal's ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) has "paralysed" the central forces deployed in the Lalgarh area to fight the Maoist guerrillas, thus exposing the common man to violence, the state's Congress unit head said Wednesday.

SHILLONG - Assam should take action against the outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) for killing civilians, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu said Wednesday.