The Tony Soprano of Karachi: Gangster Or Politician?
Gangsters have been part of life in Karachi, Pakistan's largest city, for decades. And nowhere is their rule more notorious than in the slums of Lyari, a dusty warren of low-slung tenement houses in...
View ArticlePakistani Military Hopes Rehab Will Lead Men To Paralympics
Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Audie Cornish.ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: And I'm Robert Siegel. Over the past decade, more than 3,000 Pakistani soldiers have...
View ArticlePakistani Cafe Is Oasis In Desert Of Civil Discourse
Transcript LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: In Pakistan, there's a cafe called the Second Floor. It's listed in a local Karachi social blog as one of the coolest cafes in town. Since it opened its doors five...
View ArticleAfter Fighting To Go To School, A Pakistani Woman Builds Her Own
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View ArticleProcedure Questions Expected To Bog Down Hearings For Alleged Sept. 11 Planners
Pretrial hearings resume Monday in the death penalty trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other men accused of planning the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The men have been in jail, awaiting trial, for...
View ArticleAlleged Sept. 11 Plotters Appear In Court, But Focus Is On Lawyers
Pretrial hearings in the death penalty trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other men accused of planning the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks lasted a little more than an hour Monday before the judge...
View ArticleHints Of Progress After Investigation at Guantanamo Court
The most dramatic moment of the week's hearing at Guantanamo Bay's military commissions was when a one-legged man stood up and began to berate the judge.The one-legged man, Walid bin Attash, is one of...
View ArticleSept. 11 Trial Judge Gives Defense Attorneys Access To 'Camp 7'
Defense attorneys in the trial of the five men accused of orchestrating the terror attacks on September 11th will get to see for the first time where their clients are incarcerated.The army judge...
View ArticleBin Laden's Son-In-Law Arrested, Brought To U.S.
Update at 4:30 p.m. EST. Details Of Capture Osama bin Laden's son-in-law and a former al-Qaida spokesman, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, is in U.S. custody and is being held in a Manhattan jail. He could appear...
View ArticlePakistan's Ambitious Program To Re-Educate Militants
A Pakistani army officer named Col. Zeshan is giving a tour of a jihadi rehabilitation center secreted in the hills of northwest Pakistan's Swat Valley."This place was also captured by the Taliban," he...
View ArticleOsama Bin Laden's Son-In-Law Set To Appear In N.Y. Court
Osama bin Laden's son-in-law and former al-Qaida spokesman Sulaiman Abu Ghaith is expected to appear in a New York courtroom Monday afternoon.Abu Ghaith was captured by U.S. officials in February, and...
View ArticleInvestigators Name Two Suspects In Boston Bombing
Transcript MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Melissa Block.ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: And I'm Robert Siegel.We begin this hour with a major break in the investigation...
View ArticleInvestigators Trace Tamerlan Tsarnaev's Activities Abroad
The investigation into the Boston Marathon bombing continues. Investigators have spoken with the parents of the suspects in Russia. Audie Cornish talks to Dina Temple-Raston about the latest developments.
View ArticleFBI Shoots And Kills Man Tied To Boston Bombing Suspect
Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: There has been an unexpected turn in the Boston Marathon bombing case. A man who was thought to have ties with one of the bombing suspects was shot dead early this...
View ArticleObama Speech Expected To Touch On Drones, Guantanamo
Transcript RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: This is MORNING EDITION, from NPR News. Good morning. I'm Renee Montagne.DAVID GREENE, HOST: And I'm David Greene.For months now, the Obama administration has promised...
View ArticleObama Tweaks U.S. Vision For Fight Against Terrorism
Transcript RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. Good morning. I'm Renee Montagne.DAVID GREENE, HOST: And I'm David Greene.President Obama has outlined a new vision for the fight...
View ArticleCivil Liberties Group Concerned Over NSA Programs
Transcript SCOTT SIMON, HOST: This is WEEKEND EDITION, from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon. The news that the National Security Agency is collecting reams of telephone data and tracking Internet behavior...
View Article'Guardian' Releases More Documents On NSA Surveillance
Two documents provide new details about the procedures the National Security Agency follows when sifting huge volumes of email. The Justice Department documents were made public by The Guardian...
View ArticleThe Jewish Kid From New Jersey Who Became A Radical Islamist
Yousef al-Khattab helped change the way young Muslims were radicalized by spewing extreme Islamist propaganda on a YouTube channel.Now al-Khattab, who was born Joseph Leonard Cohen and was brought up...
View ArticleUsing Social Media, Jihadi Groups Stay On Message
The Bowe Bergdahl exchange video released by the Taliban is the latest propaganda coup for jihadis on social media. Social media benefits jihadi groups because it is all about immediacy, not accuracy....
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