Al-Qaida's Zawahri praises executed Bali bombers (AP via Yahoo! News) Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader praised the three Bali bombers recently executed in Indonesia and criticized Saudi and other Arab leaders for participating in a U.N. interfaith conference in a recording posted on the Web Monday.

Pakistani-German tried on al-Qaida charge (AP via Yahoo! News) A German man of Pakistani heritage went on trial Monday on charges he raised money and recruited people for al-Qaida.