Bangladesh crafts law to curb terror financing

BANGLADESH is set to pass a law clamping down on the financing of militants suspected of planning and carrying out attacks, a senior bank official said. The Muslim nation has suffered a wave of bombings in recent months, including suicide attacks, and police blame Islamist militants for the violence.

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Domestic spying necessary to stop terrorism: Cheney

U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday said President George W. Bush's secret order to allow spying on people in the United States was legal and necessary to prevent terrorism, but lawmakers from both parties called for Congress to investigate.

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