NEW YORK — A New York City-born man serving a 15-year prison sentence for supporting al-Qaida failed to prove the U.S. government was too slow or inefficient in its treatment of his medical needs after his 2010 arrest, a judge ...

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NEW YORK — The lawyer for a New York-born man serving a 15-year prison sentence for supporting al-Qaida says the U.S. government owes financial damages for failing to quickly diagnose his injuries after his arrest. A federal prosecutor says the ...

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A Pakistani man was sentenced to 40 years in prison Tuesday for a failed al-Qaida bomb plot on the New York City subway. A federal jury in Brooklyn convicted Abid Naseer in March following a trial that featured spies in ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — Defiant to the end, Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison for acting as al-Qaida’s spokesman after the Sept. 11 terror attacks. Sulaiman Abu Ghaith was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Lewis ...

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WASHINGTON — Osama bin Laden’s spokesman and son-in-law has been captured by the United States, officials said Thursday, in what a senior congressman called a “very significant victory” in the ongoing fight against al-Qaida. Abu Ghaith is expected to be ...

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NEW YORK — A federal judge has ordered al-Qaida, the Taliban and Iran to pay $6 billion to relatives of Sept. 11 victims for aiding in the 2001 terror attacks. The ruling is largely symbolic since it would be nearly ...

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ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan — Four helicopters swooped in early Monday and killed Osama bin Laden in a fiery American raid on his fortress-like compound in a Pakistani town that is home to three army regiments. His location raised pointed questions over whether Pakistani authorities ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Classified military files obtained by the WikiLeaks website reveal a range of potential al-Qaida plots against the United States, including post-9/11 aircraft attacks on the West Coast, The New York Times reported Monday.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Peter King, who will hold hearings this week on Islamic radicalism, is defending his support in the 1980s and 1990s of the Irish Republican Army's political wing. The New York Republican says the IRA and al-Qaida are very different ...

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NEW YORK CITY — A trial seen as a test case for civilian prosecutions of Guantanamo detainees ended with a split verdict, giving ammunition for both sides in a debate over whether other suspected terrorists like self-professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed should follow.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Justice Department official says the Obama administration is committed to trying some terrorism suspects in civilian courts. Department spokesman Matthew Miller says Ahmed Ghailani ...

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NEW YORK CITY — A trial seen as a test case for civilian prosecutions of Guantanamo detainees ended with a split verdict, giving ammunition for both sides in a debate over whether other suspected terrorists like self-professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed should follow.

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