AP - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin vowed revenge Tuesday for the suicide bombing that killed 35 people at a Moscow airport — a familiar tough-on-terrorism stance that has underpinned his power but also led to a rising number of deadly attacks in Russia.

AFP - A US federal judge urged the alleged underwear bomber Tuesday to use a lawyer rather than defend himself as she set his trial on terror charges to begin on October 4.

AFP - A life term imposed on a Tanzanian national for his role in the bombings of two US embassies proves the strength of the US courts in trying terror cases, the US attorney general said Tuesday.

AP - A leading Iranian official has accused Western nations of "nuclear terrorism" and blamed them of being behind the recent assassination of an Iranian scientist, in an internal document obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press.

AFP - The first former Guantanamo Bay detainee to be tried in a US civilian court was sentenced Tuesday to life imprisonment without parole for his role in the 1998 bombings of two US embassies in Africa.

AFP - A bomb on a packed bus in the Philippines' financial hub killed four people on Tuesday, sparking a warning from President Benigno Aquino that the country faced a raised terror threat.

AFP - US President Barack Obama called President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday and offered to work with Russia to combat terrorism after a suicide bomb attack on a Moscow airport killed 35 people.

Reuters - A bomb exploded on a bus in the Philippine capital on Tuesday, killing four people and wounding 14, and officials said they could not rule out terrorism as they began an investigation into the blast.

AFP/RIA NOVOSTI - President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday lashed out at "anarchic" security lapses that allowed a suicide bomber to slaughter 35 at Russia's main airport as investigators probed a link to the restive Caucasus.

AP - The first, and possibly the last, Guantanamo detainee to have a U.S. civilian trial was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday for his role in the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Africa, a case that nearly unraveled when the defendant was convicted on just one of more than 280 counts.

AP - Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura sued the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration on Monday, alleging full-body scans and pat-downs at airport checkpoints violate his right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures.