NEW YORK –  In the decade since the Sept. 11 attacks, the U.S. has failed to make sufficient progress on nine counterterrorism actions, ranging from border screening to terrorist-detention standards, according to the former leaders of the commission that investigated the hijackings, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

Areas of success include reducing impediments to intelligence-sharing and airline-passenger screening, according to

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Havana, Cuba -- Cuba's highest court upheld the 15-year sentence imposed on American contractor Alan Gross for trying to set up
illegal Internet connections on the island, state media reported on Friday.Gross, 62, was jailed in December 2009, when he was working as a subcontractor on a U.S. Agency for International Development project aimed at spreading democracy and deemed illegal by

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Reports reveal Lt. Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha, head of Pakistan's Main military intelligence agency, the ISI, flew on a secret mission to Beijing for
urgent talks this Monday. The visit followed swiftly on the heels of yet another round of diplomatic squabbling between Washington and Islamabad. 
During a heated summer of disutes, tensions between the ISI and the CIA flared most

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TEHRAN, -- The attorney representing two U.S. hikers jailed as spies in Iran said he was "hopeful ... authorities will show mercy" and release his clients soon.

Lawyer Masoud Shafiee told CNN Sunday it could be days or months before he receives a response to the appeal he filed on behalf of Shawn Bauer and Josh Fattal.

"However, I am hopeful that because of the holy month of Ramadan, and because my clients are innocent, the authorities will show mercy and release Shawn Bauer and Josh Fattal in a few days," he said.

Fattal, Bauer and Sarah Shourd were apprehended by Iranian authorities on July 31, 2009 while hiking in the Iraqi Kurdish region. They allegedly crossed into Iran illegally and were accused of being spies. Shourd was released for medical reasons last year.

Earlier this month, the men were sentenced to eight years in prison each; five years for espionage and three years for illegally entering the county.

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