• British Couple Convicted of Plotting Terror Attack In London After Husband Sends Out Incriminating Tweet

  A British couple were convicted on Tuesday of plotting an attack in London after the husband sent out tweets asking for advice on which targets he should hit, alerting police to a stockpile of chemicals at their home.

  

• Russia Prepared to 'Show Flexibility' on Possibility of Easing Sanctions Imposed on Taliban by U.N.

  Russia is ready "to show flexibility" on the possible easing of sanctions imposed on Afghanistan's Taliban insurgents by the U.N. Security Council, TASS news agency quoted a senior Russian diplomat on Tuesday as saying.

  

• Suspected Muslim Rebels Kill Official, Attack Police in Thailand's South

  Suspected Muslim insurgents attacked police and a government office in Thailand's deep south on Tuesday, killing one official as they seized hostages, police said.

  

• Pentagon Thwarts Obama's Effort to Close Guantanamo

  In September, U.S. State Department officials invited a foreign delegation to the Guantanamo Bay detention center to persuade the group to take detainee Tariq Ba Odah to their country. If they succeeded, the transfer would mark a small step toward realizing President Barack Obama's goal of closing the prison before he leaves office.

  

• Churches Offer Refuge For Central Americans Facing U.S. Deportation

  Leaders of the church-based Sanctuary Movement vowed on Friday to offer their places of worship as refuge for immigrants facing deportation under an Obama administration crackdown on Central American families who entered the United States illegally.