2008年11月28日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism

US investigators head to India to probe attacks (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 03:14 AM CST

Sumita Batra, 39, right, and her daughter Maya, 13, receive text messages from a friend who is in Mumbai for the holiday season, as she monitors the news on Thursday, Nov. 27 2008, at her home in Artesia, Calif. Batra, who is originally form India, owns a chain of Indian-influenced beauty salons in Southern California. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - The United States is sending investigators to India to help unravel who was behind the terrorist attacks that targeted largely foreigners in the commercial and tourist center of Mumbai. Three Americans are confirmed among those injured.


Ex-terrorism prosecutor flags flaws at tribunal (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 03:09 AM CST

Former terrorism prosecutor Anthony Barkow poses for a photograph in his apartment in New York, Monday, Oct. 27, 2008.  Barkow is the executive director at New York University Law School's Center on the Administration of Criminal Law. The center is an apolitical advocacy organization and think-tank dedicated to the promotion of good government practices in criminal matters. Barkow has been a human rights observer of the military commission hearings in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)AP - Like many human rights observers, Anthony Barkow has harsh words about the government's treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay. But Barkow offers a unique perspective: He's the only observer who successfully prosecuted terrorist sympathizers in his former life as an assistant U.S. attorney in Manhattan.


Pakistan, India ties risk chill after attacks (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 03:08 AM CST

Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee, right, gestures as Pakistan's visiting Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi looks on during a joint press conference in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008. (AP Photo)AP - The Mumbai terror attacks threaten to chill improving ties between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan just as the West is trying to get Islamabad to focus on al-Qaida and Taliban close to the Afghan border.


Briton killed in Mumbai told of terror hours before he died (AFP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 02:59 AM CST

Indian commandos prepare to attack militants holed up in Nariman House, one of several places targeted for attack in Mumbai. A British-Cypriot businessman has been named as one of 125 people killed in the attacks, hours after he gave an interview describing how he was trapped in a hotel with gunmen outside.(AFP/Prakash Singh)AFP - A British-Cypriot businessman has been named as one of 125 people killed in the Mumbai attacks, hours after he gave an interview describing how he was trapped in a hotel with gunmen outside.


Terror-hit India vows to resume cricket schedule (AFP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 02:46 AM CST

Indian security personnel stand guard at the England cricket team hotel in Bhubaneswar on November 27, 2008. Cricket's commercial powerhouse India on Friday vowed to put the country's favourite sport back on track after the deadly Mumbai attacks forced international matches to be cancelled.(AFP/Deshakalyan Chowdhury)AFP - Cricket's commercial powerhouse India on Friday vowed to put the country's favourite sport back on track after the deadly Mumbai attacks forced international matches to be cancelled.


Mumbai Held Hostage Amid Terrorist Carnage (Time.com)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 02:35 AM CST

Time.com - As the drama unfolds, questions about how prepared Mumbai was for this week's attacks

Pakistan admits Mumbai attacks could halt India visit (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 02:08 AM CST

India's Virender Sehwag (2nd L) helps Pakistan's Shoaib Akhtar after he got injured as Pakistan's Shahid Afridi (L), captain Shoaib Malik and Fawad Alam (R) watch during their fourth one-day international cricket match in Gwalior November 15, 2007, file photo. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - Pakistan's cricket chief has admitted the terror attacks in Mumbai have badly hit the chances of India undertaking a test tour of Pakistan in January.


Indian papers flail intelligence failures in Mumbai attacks (AFP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 01:20 AM CST

Indian paramilitary troopers reading newspapers outside the Trident hotel in Mumbai on November 28, 2008. Indian newspapers on Friday slammed the government and intelligence agencies for failing to prevent the Mumbai attacks, saying the country's anti-terrorism forces were ill-prepared for the militants.(AFP/Sajjad Hussain)AFP - Indian newspapers on Friday slammed the government and intelligence agencies for failing to prevent the Mumbai attacks, saying the country's anti-terrorism forces were ill-prepared for the militants.


Clues point to domestic terrorists in India attack (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 01:08 AM CST

National Security Guard commandos prepare a rope to tie onto a railing on the terrace of Nariman Bhavan, in Mumbai, India, Friday, Nov. 28, 2008. Masked Indian commandos dropped from helicopters Friday onto the roof of a Jewish center in Mumbai where Muslim militants were holed up, possibly with hostages, as sharpshooters kept up a steady stream of fire at the five-story building. Nariman House, a five-story residential building in south Mumbai, contains the city headquarters of the ultra-orthodox Jewish outreach group Chabad Lubavitch.(AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)AP - The attack on India's financial capital bears all the trademarks of al-Qaida — simultaneous assaults meant to kill scores of Westerners in iconic buildings — but clues so far point to homegrown Indian terrorists, global intelligence officials said Thursday.


US closely follows Mumbai crisis, offers help to India (AFP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 12:16 AM CST

An Indian soldier takes position outside Nariman House, the scene of one of a string of coordinated attacks in Mumbai. US administration officials Thursday anxiously monitored a terrorist seige underway in Mumbai, where attacks across the city left more than 125 dead and Islamist gunmen reportedly held foreign hostages in luxury hotels.(AFP/Sajjad Hussain)AFP - US officials anxiously monitored the terrorist siege underway in Mumbai, where multiple terrorist attacks across the city left at least 125 dead.


Timeline for Mumbai terrorist attacks (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2008 04:00 PM CST

AP - A timeline of the attacks by suspected Muslim militants in Mumbai that have killed at least 119 people.

Mumbai attacks seen denting business confidence (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2008 02:49 PM CST

Firefighters try to douse flames at the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008. A trickle of bodies and hostages emerged from the luxury hotel Thursday as Indian commandoes tried to free people trapped by suspected Muslim militants who attacked at least 10 targets in India's financial capital of Mumbai, killing people. (AP Photo/Gautam Singh)AP - The terror attacks that rocked India's financial capital may depress stocks, dampen tourism and slow new investment, but are unlikely to inflict long-term damage on the nation's economy, analysts and business people said Thursday.


Landmark Mumbai hotel targeted in terrorist spree (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2008 02:30 PM CST

Pigeons fly as the Taj Hotel continues to burn in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008. Teams of heavily armed gunmen stormed luxury hotels, a popular restaurant, hospitals and a crowded train station in coordinated attacks across India's financial capital Wednesday night, killing at least 82 people and taking Westerners hostage, police said. A previously unknown group, apparently Muslim militants, took responsibility for the attacks. (AP Photo/Gautam Singh)AP - They showed up, as they do every night: businessmen for meetings in the elegant restaurant that overlooks the harbor, politicians for cocktails in a bar with velvet seats and wood and marble floors, friends for a steak dinner by the pool.


Indian-Americans track down loved ones in Mumbai (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2008 05:21 PM CST

Members of New York's Indian community attend the prayer service for victims of Mumbai attacks at the Hindu Temple Society of North America, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008. Muslim militants attacked at least 10 targets in India's financial capital of Mumbai, killing over a hundred people on Wednesday.(AP Photo/Dima Gavrysh)AP - Angela Mulchandami was relieved to see her mother made it aboard a flight from Mumbai to Atlanta Thursday morning.


Pakistan condemns Mumbai attacks (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2008 11:47 AM CST

In this Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008 photo released by India Government Photo Division,  Indian Home Minister Shivraj Patil, left, meets an injured person at the J J hospital in Mumbai, India.  Commandos rappelling from helicopters stormed a besieged Jewish center Friday and scoured two landmark luxury hotels to rush survivors to safety and flush out gunmen, two days after a chain of militant attacks across India's financial center left  people dead and the city in panic.(AP Photo/India Government Photo Division, HO)AP - Pakistan warned India against accusing of it links to the Mumbai terror attacks Thursday, saying doing so would "destroy all the goodwill" between the two nuclear-armed rivals.


England cricket squad returning home but Tests go ahead (AFP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2008 10:51 AM CST

Hugh Morris, managing director of the England and Wales Cricket Board gestures as he speak to media representatives in Bhubaneswar. The England squad will return from India following Wednesday's terror attacks in Mumbai but the two-Test series with India will go ahead as planned.(AFP/Deshakalyan Chowdhury)AFP - The England squad will return from India on Friday following Wednesday's terror attacks in Mumbai but the two-Test series with India will go ahead as planned, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced Thursday.


Pakistan FM asks India not to point finger for Mumbai attacks (AFP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2008 09:28 AM CST

Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Quresh, seen here during a joint press conference with his Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee (not in picture) in May 2008, has asked New Delhi for proof from an investigation before blaming anyone for involvement in the Mumbai terror attacks that have killed over 100 people.(AFP/File/Farooq Naeem)AFP - Pakistan's foreign minister on Thursday asked India to wait for proof from an investigation before blaming anyone for involvement in the Mumbai terror attacks that have killed over 100 people.


Britain: India attack had some al-Qaida hallmarks (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2008 07:22 AM CST

AP - Britain's spy agencies had little warning of the terrorist attack in Mumbai, which bore some al-Qaida hallmarks but appears unlikely to be linked to the group's core leadership, officials said Thursday.

TEXT - S&P: terrorist attacks no direct effect on India's sovereign rating (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Nov 2008 07:07 AM CST

File photo of labourers working at a construction site on the outskirts of Hyderabad November 21, 2008. Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said it does not believe the terrorist attacks in India will have a direct effect on the sovereign ratings on India (BBB-/Stable/A-3), provided they are an isolated case. REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder/FilesReuters - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services today said it does not believe the terrorist attacks in India will have a direct effect on the sovereign ratings on India (BBB-/Stable/A-3), provided they are an isolated case.


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