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Citing an economic crisis in the Palestinian territories, a federal magistrate judge has recommended reducing a $192.7 million bond that the Palestinian Authority was ordered to post in order to defend a terrorism lawsuit in New York City.

Americans are angry that Israel has apparently bowed to Chinese pressure and agreed to prevent senior Israeli security officials from testifying in a private terrorism lawsuit, filed in the U.S., against the Bank of China, according to Israel's leading daily newspaper, Yedioth Aharonot.

Iran chose not to defend its conduct; it has not replied to any terrorism lawsuits against it in American courts.

The Senate began debate yesterday on insurance legislation that would require the government to pay the vast majority of losses in a terrorist attack, with Democrats and Republicans sharply divided over restrictions on terrorism-related lawsuits.

Lawyers for families of 9/11 victims have taken the unusual legal step of asking a federal appeals court in Manhattan to replace a judge overseeing a group of terrorism-financing lawsuits, saying he is moving too slowly in resolving key motions.

Disagreement over limits on terrorism-related lawsuits stalled the insurance measure in the Senate last December, and insurers, bankers and real estate groups that have been lobbying for the insurance bill say they fear that the debate could scuttle the bill.

This week, an Ottawa man convicted of terrorism launched another lawsuit to stop the government from revoking his Canadian citizenship.

In 2002 he became lead counsel for the 9/11 Families United to Bankrupt Terrorism group with a lawsuit filed by family members, victims and survivors of 9/11.

Another measure would help American victims of terrorism who win federal lawsuits against so-called rogue states to collect their judgments from those countries.

The Senate Republicans and the Bush administration want to bar victims of terrorism from bringing negligence lawsuits against businesses or the government.

The revised bill, approved by the House 369 to 46, grants the president wide authority to waive any provision of the section on lawsuits by terrorism victims as it relates to cases involving Iraq.