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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2235 world Al-Qaida, Osama bin Laden en-us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:31:01 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2235 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/india_nm/india407862 nm/20090703/india407862 Reuters world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:31:01 GMT Reuters - Taunted by racists as a "Paki" and "terrorist", Haroon bin Khaled spent his teenaged years feeling rejected by mainstream Britain and increasingly drawn to al Qaeda extremism. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/pl_afp/usattackspakistansanctions afp/20090702/usattackspakistansanctions AFP politics Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:45:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/pl_afp/usattackspakistansanctions"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246473165928-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=UWOpWOydAYlA2J9.M5_Bbg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="A view of the US Treasury. The US Treasury Department said it froze the assets of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, an adviser to the commander of Iran's Qods Force, an arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and Shiite "extremist" group Kata'ib Hezbollah for being a security threat in Iraq(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The United States imposed sanctions Wednesday on an Al-Qaeda backer and three leaders of Pakistan-based Islamist group Laskhar-e-Taiba, which was blamed over last year's Mumbai attacks.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/pl_afp/usattackspakistansanctions"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246473165928-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=UWOpWOydAYlA2J9.M5_Bbg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="A view of the US Treasury. The US Treasury Department said it froze the assets of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, an adviser to the commander of Iran's Qods Force, an arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and Shiite "extremist" group Kata'ib Hezbollah for being a security threat in Iraq(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090701/india_nm/india407436 nm/20090701/india407436 Reuters world Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:58:00 GMT Reuters - The U.S. Treasury on Wednesday froze the assets of four people it said helped carry out terrorist attacks and provided support to al Qaeda and another militant group in Pakistan. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_poll ap/20090701/as_pakistan_poll AP world Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:45:07 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_poll"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090701/capt.84bc6a23a76d430a967cba312f5344f1.pakistan_dik101.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=j8DeVRvgwwHPHi9.iRtwBg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Pakistani security officials examine the site of a bomb explosion in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, Wednesday, July 1, 2009. A roadside bomb aimed at a local police chief's vehicle exploded in northwest Pakistan early Wednesday, killing a passer-by, police said. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mahsud)" border="0" /></a>AP - More than 80 percent of Pakistanis view the Taliban and al-Qaida as a critical threat to the country, an opinion poll released Wednesday said, marking a turn in public opinion that stands to bolster the army's ongoing offensive against militants close to the Afghan border.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_poll"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090701/capt.84bc6a23a76d430a967cba312f5344f1.pakistan_dik101.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=j8DeVRvgwwHPHi9.iRtwBg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="Pakistani security officials examine the site of a bomb explosion in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, Wednesday, July 1, 2009. A roadside bomb aimed at a local police chief's vehicle exploded in northwest Pakistan early Wednesday, killing a passer-by, police said. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mahsud)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_re_eu/eu_france_al_qaida_burqa ap/20090701/eu_france_al_qaida_burqa AP world Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:38:54 GMT AP - French officials were on guard Wednesday after an al-Qaida affiliate threatened vengeance for President Nicolas Sarkozy's criticism of the face-covering veils worn by some Muslim women. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20090701/pl_usnw/pakistani_public_turns_against_taliban__but_still_negative_on_u_s usnw/20090701/pakistani_public_turns_against_taliban__but_still_negative_on_u_s PR Newswire politics Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:00:00 GMT PR Newswire - Most Pakistanis now see the Pakistani Taliban as well as al Qaeda as a critical threat to the country -- a major shift from 18 months ago -- and support the government and army in their fight in the Swat Valley against the Pakistani Taliban. An overwhelming majority think that Taliban groups who seek to overthrow the Afghan government should not be allowed to have bases in Pakistan. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090630/wl_afp/qaedafrance afp/20090630/qaedafrance AFP world Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:39:57 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090630/wl_afp/qaedafrance"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090630/capt.photo_1245678724284-1-0.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=HrXHgcLcgqxWI1xzdUm5kw--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="A woman wears a burka in Afghanistan. President Nicolas Sarkozy says the Islamic burka is "not welcome" in France because it is not a symbol of religion but a sign of subservience for women.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Al-Qaeda's North Africa wing threatened on Tuesday to take revenge on France for its opposition to the burka, calling on Muslims to retaliate against the country, the US monitoring service SITE Intelligence reported.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090630/wl_afp/qaedafrance"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090630/capt.photo_1245678724284-1-0.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=HrXHgcLcgqxWI1xzdUm5kw--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="photo" title="A woman wears a burka in Afghanistan. President Nicolas Sarkozy says the Islamic burka is "not welcome" in France because it is not a symbol of religion but a sign of subservience for women.(AFP/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090629/wl_mideast_afp/iraqusmilitarypulloutsahwa afp/20090629/iraqusmilitarypulloutsahwa AFP world Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:35:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090629/wl_mideast_afp/iraqusmilitarypulloutsahwa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090630/capt.photo_1246303986783-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=OSsSMHYKYeRCY.lTJ3Hi2A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A member of the Sahwa or "Awakening" anti-Qaeda militia sits at a shelter near a checkpoint in the Iraqi village of Abu Basal, several kms south of the northeastern city of Baquba, on June 28, 2009. Sunni Arab militiamen, who are widely credited with turning the tide of the war against Al-Qaeda in Iraq, now fear for their future as US troops withdraw from country's towns and cities.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Sunni Arab militiamen, who are widely credited with turning the tide of the war against Al-Qaeda in Iraq, now fear for their future as US troops withdraw from country's towns and cities.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090629/wl_mideast_afp/iraqusmilitarypulloutsahwa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090630/capt.photo_1246303986783-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=OSsSMHYKYeRCY.lTJ3Hi2A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A member of the Sahwa or "Awakening" anti-Qaeda militia sits at a shelter near a checkpoint in the Iraqi village of Abu Basal, several kms south of the northeastern city of Baquba, on June 28, 2009. Sunni Arab militiamen, who are widely credited with turning the tide of the war against Al-Qaeda in Iraq, now fear for their future as US troops withdraw from country's towns and cities.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090629/ap_on_re_af/af_mauritania_shooting ap/20090629/af_mauritania_shooting AP world Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:50:36 GMT AP - The family of an American man who was slain by extremists linked to al-Qaida while doing humanitarian work in Mauritania said Monday it has forgiven his killers. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090629/ap_on_go_su_co/us_supreme_court_sept11_lawsuits ap/20090629/us_supreme_court_sept11_lawsuits AP politics Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:08:52 GMT AP - The Supreme Court has refused to allow victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to pursue lawsuits against Saudi Arabia and four of its princes over charitable donations that were allegedly funneled to al-Qaida. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090629/wl_mideast_afp/lebanonsyriaqaedaattacks afp/20090629/lebanonsyriaqaedaattacks AFP world Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:51:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090629/wl_mideast_afp/lebanonsyriaqaedaattacks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090629/capt.photo_1246279836397-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=h2Eo2.rgRW9xlxCGMiaP2Q--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Two Lebanese soldiers are pictured standing guard in downtown Beirut. Lebanon's military prosecutor has charged three suspects allegedly linked to Al-Qaeda with planning terrorist attacks in Lebanon and Syria, a judicial source said.(AFP/File/Joseph Barrak)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Lebanon's military prosecutor on Monday charged three suspects allegedly linked to Al-Qaeda with planning terrorist attacks in Lebanon and Syria, a judicial source said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090629/wl_mideast_afp/lebanonsyriaqaedaattacks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090629/capt.photo_1246279836397-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=h2Eo2.rgRW9xlxCGMiaP2Q--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Two Lebanese soldiers are pictured standing guard in downtown Beirut. Lebanon's military prosecutor has charged three suspects allegedly linked to Al-Qaeda with planning terrorist attacks in Lebanon and Syria, a judicial source said.(AFP/File/Joseph Barrak)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090628/ap_on_re_as/as_philippines_muslim_rebels ap/20090628/as_philippines_muslim_rebels AP world Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:20:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090628/ap_on_re_as/as_philippines_muslim_rebels"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090628/capt.e98ac0fe9dcb4dd2a09ba55e3acf1e67.philippines_muslim_rebels_mla103.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=Sldvfg_zzxil1sdGs3MG3Q--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="A boy comes near his father during a formation of members of the Philippine National Police Special Action Force, who will be deployed to southern Basilan province, during send-off ceremonies in suburban Taguig, south of Manila, Philippines on Sunday June 28, 2009. Suspected al-Qaida-linked militants killed two unarmed army soldiers involved in the construction of a school building in Basilan, southern Philippines, sparking strong military condemnations and a manhunt for the attackers, officials said. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)" border="0" /></a>AP - Suspected al-Qaida-linked militants killed seven policemen in an ambush Sunday after their comrades shot to death two government soldiers in a separate attack in the southern Philippines, security officials said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090628/ap_on_re_as/as_philippines_muslim_rebels"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090628/capt.e98ac0fe9dcb4dd2a09ba55e3acf1e67.philippines_muslim_rebels_mla103.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=Sldvfg_zzxil1sdGs3MG3Q--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="A boy comes near his father during a formation of members of the Philippine National Police Special Action Force, who will be deployed to southern Basilan province, during send-off ceremonies in suburban Taguig, south of Manila, Philippines on Sunday June 28, 2009. Suspected al-Qaida-linked militants killed two unarmed army soldiers involved in the construction of a school building in Basilan, southern Philippines, sparking strong military condemnations and a manhunt for the attackers, officials said. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090627/wl_canada_afp/canadasudanqaedasecurityreturn afp/20090627/canadasudanqaedasecurityreturn AFP world Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:56:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090627/wl_canada_afp/canadasudanqaedasecurityreturn"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090629/capt.photo_1246139767118-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=oKP76_utSq4SBd2gywgJbQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Canadian-Sudanese citizen Abousfian Abdelrazik (R) and his lawyer Yavar Hameed (L) pose for a picture at Khartoum airport. Abdelrazik, stranded in Khartoum for the past six years over his alleged links to Al-Qaeda, arrived in Canada Saturday, his supporters said.(AFP/Ashraf Shazly)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A Canadian-Sudanese citizen stranded in Khartoum for the past six years over his alleged links to Al-Qaeda arrived in Canada Saturday, his supporters said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090627/wl_canada_afp/canadasudanqaedasecurityreturn"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090629/capt.photo_1246139767118-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=oKP76_utSq4SBd2gywgJbQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Canadian-Sudanese citizen Abousfian Abdelrazik (R) and his lawyer Yavar Hameed (L) pose for a picture at Khartoum airport. Abdelrazik, stranded in Khartoum for the past six years over his alleged links to Al-Qaeda, arrived in Canada Saturday, his supporters said.(AFP/Ashraf Shazly)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090627/pl_afp/saudiussecurity afp/20090627/saudiussecurity AFP politics Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:39:51 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090627/pl_afp/saudiussecurity"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090629/capt.photo_1246127971996-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=vWzIqnLLtG8vs9FpVJCsoA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A general view of the US embassy in Riyadh in 2005. The United States has eased tight security controls on its diplomats in Saudi Arabia, acknowledging an improvement in security four years after Riyadh squelched an Al-Qaeda campaign of attacks.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The United States has eased tight security controls on its diplomats in Saudi Arabia, acknowledging an improvement in security four years after Riyadh squelched an Al-Qaeda campaign of attacks.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090627/pl_afp/saudiussecurity"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090629/capt.photo_1246127971996-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=vWzIqnLLtG8vs9FpVJCsoA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A general view of the US embassy in Riyadh in 2005. The United States has eased tight security controls on its diplomats in Saudi Arabia, acknowledging an improvement in security four years after Riyadh squelched an Al-Qaeda campaign of attacks.(AFP/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090627/wl_canada_nm/canada_summary nm/20090627/canada_summary Reuters world Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:27:36 GMT Reuters - The Liberals still hold a slight lead over the governing Conservatives but the opposition's support has slipped, according to an opinion poll released on Saturday. The Liberals were named as the top choice of 36 percent of committed voters if a federal election was held now, a Nanos Research poll showed, compared with 32 percent for the Conservatives. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090626/wl_canada_nm/canada_us_sudan_canada_security nm/20090626/canada_us_sudan_canada_security Reuters world Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:32:03 GMT Reuters - A Canadian citizen accused by the United Nations of being linked to al Qaeda flew out of Sudan Friday after a court order ended his six-year exile in Khartoum, his lawyers said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090626/wl_canada_afp/canadasudanqaedadiplomacy afp/20090626/canadasudanqaedadiplomacy AFP world Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:55:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090626/wl_canada_afp/canadasudanqaedadiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090627/capt.photo_1246028101098-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=JIYlUd48g9S1IWvK606ZVA--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="A Sudanese woman crosses a road opposite the secured walls of the Canadian embassy in the Sudanese capital Khartoum in 2008. A Canadian-Sudanese citizen stranded in Khartoum for the past six years over his alleged links to Al-Qaeda, left the Canadian embassy, where he had been holed up since April 2008 for Canada on Friday, his lawyers said.(AFP/Ashraf Shazly)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A Canadian-Sudanese citizen stranded in Khartoum for the past six years over his alleged links to Al-Qaeda left Sudan for Canada on Friday, his lawyers said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090626/wl_canada_afp/canadasudanqaedadiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090627/capt.photo_1246028101098-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=JIYlUd48g9S1IWvK606ZVA--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Sudanese woman crosses a road opposite the secured walls of the Canadian embassy in the Sudanese capital Khartoum in 2008. A Canadian-Sudanese citizen stranded in Khartoum for the past six years over his alleged links to Al-Qaeda, left the Canadian embassy, where he had been holed up since April 2008 for Canada on Friday, his lawyers said.(AFP/Ashraf Shazly)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090626/wl_time/08599190706800 time/20090626/08599190706800 Time.com world Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:25:00 GMT Time.com - French investigators looking into the 2002 suicide attack in Karachi have uncovered new evidence they say suggests the culprits were not jihadists linked to al-Qaeda, as originally suspected, but Pakistani military and intelligence personnel http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090625/ap_on_re_af/af_mauritania_us_shooting ap/20090625/af_mauritania_us_shooting AP world Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:43:56 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090625/ap_on_re_af/af_mauritania_us_shooting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090623/capt.photo_1245785548395-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=d_GPy9Hgw7tgk7ClQOLUCw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Photo allegedly shows the body of an American man in Nouakchott after he was shot by a group of youths. Gunmen shot dead an American Tuesday in the capital of Mauritania, where the slaying of foreigners by suspected Al-Qaeda militants in 2007 has already heightened fears of extremism across West Africa.(AFP/citizenside.com)" border="0" /></a>AP - Al-Qaida's North African branch has claimed responsibility for the killing of an American aid worker shot dead this week in Mauritania's capital, Al-Jazeera TV reported Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090625/ap_on_re_af/af_mauritania_us_shooting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090623/capt.photo_1245785548395-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=d_GPy9Hgw7tgk7ClQOLUCw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="Photo allegedly shows the body of an American man in Nouakchott after he was shot by a group of youths. Gunmen shot dead an American Tuesday in the capital of Mauritania, where the slaying of foreigners by suspected Al-Qaeda militants in 2007 has already heightened fears of extremism across West Africa.(AFP/citizenside.com)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090625/ap_on_re_eu/eu_spain_universal_justice ap/20090625/eu_spain_universal_justice AP world Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:30:17 GMT AP - Spanish legislators voted Thursday to change a law that let judges indict Osama bin Laden and Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, narrowing its scope to cases with a clear link to this country and yielding to criticism that Spain should not act like a global cop.