Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Gates asks Middle East to help fight terror spread (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 02:34 AM CST

AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates urged Middle East nations Saturday to help fight the spread of violent extremism by funding and training Afghan security forces and reaching out more aggressively to the fledgling government in Iraq.

Scotland Yard slammed after killing verdict (AFP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 09:55 PM CST

AFP - British newspapers on Saturday blasted Scotland Yard over the 2005 killing of an innocent Brazilian man by anti-terror police and called for lessons to be learned from the inquest into the shooting.

Jury says police failures led to Brazilian's death (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 01:12 PM CST

AP - A British jury decided Friday that a string of police failures caused the death of a Brazilian electrician shot by anti-terror police after being mistaken for a suicide bomber a ruling that prompted his family to demand a new investigation.

Kashmir rebels slam UN, Pakistan over charity crackdown (AFP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 05:00 AM CST

AFP - A powerful militant alliance fighting an insurgency in Indian Kashmir Friday condemned a move by the UN Security Council to list a Pakistani charity as a terrorist organisation.