2008年12月17日星期三

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Bush trumpets security record (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 02:17 AM CST

U.S. President George W. Bush laughs at remarks to the media by El Salvador's President Tony Saca after a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office at the White House, December 16, 2008.     REUTERS/Mike Theiler  (UNITED STATES)AP - On his way out of office, President George W. Bush is returning to the theme that helped win him a second term: preventing another terrorist strike against the United States.


Indian parliament debates tougher anti-terror laws (AFP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 01:14 AM CST

An Indian Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) officer stands guard at an entry point of Bagdogra airport, on the outskirts of Siliguri, on December 5. India's parliament on Wednesday opened debate on tougher anti-terrorism laws and a plan to set up an FBI-style agency designed to plug gaping security holes exposed by last month's Mumbai attacks.(AFP/File/Diptendu Dutta)AFP - India's parliament on Wednesday opened debate on tougher anti-terrorism laws and a plan to set up an FBI-style agency designed to plug gaping security holes exposed by last month's Mumbai attacks.


Doctor convicted in failed London, Glasgow attacks (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 03:03 PM CST

This CCTV image made available in London Tuesday Dec. 16, 2008, by the Metropolitan Police, shows the scene when a Jeep Cherokee burst into flames during in a terrorist attack on Glasgow Airport, Scotland, in June 2007. Bilal Abdulla was found guilty at Woolwich Crown Court in London, Tuesday Dec. 16, 2008,  of conspiring to murder hundreds of people with car bomb attacks on London and Glasgow. Abdulla, 29 an Iraqi doctor,  claimed that he intended only to frighten Britons. (AP Photo/Metropolitan Police, ho)AP - A British-Iraqi doctor was convicted of conspiracy to murder Tuesday for failed car bomb attacks upon young nightclubbers and rescue workers in London and airport travelers in Scotland. Prosecutors said he plotted to kill hundreds in revenge for the deaths of loved ones in Iraq.


Argentine courts seize Iran diplomat's property (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 02:07 PM CST

AP - An Argentine court has ordered the seizure of property owned by a former cultural attache at Iran's embassy in Buenos Aires who is sought for his alleged role in a 1994 terrorist attack.

Jury ready to deliberate in Fort Dix plot trial (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 05:36 PM CST

In this Oct. 20, 2008 file photo is an artist's drawing showing defendants Shain Duka, bottom left, Eljvir Duka, Dritan Duka, Mohamad Ibrahim Shnewer and Serdar Tatar in a federal courtroom in Camden, N.J., Monday, Oct. 20, 2008. After 26 days of testimony, jurors are to hear final arguments beginning Monday, Dec. 15, 2008, in the case against the five men accused of planning to kill soldiers at Fort Dix. (AP Photo/Shirley Shepard, File)AP - A federal jury is ready to begin deliberating the case of five men accused of plotting an attack on Fort Dix in New Jersey.


US senator urges India, Pakistan to work together on terror (AFP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 01:28 PM CST

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani (R) chats with the US Senator John Kerry upon his arrival at the Prime Minister's house in Islamabad. Kerry Tuesday urged India and Pakistan to work together to fight terrorism after meeting the leaders of the nuclear-armed nations to try to defuse tensions after the Mumbai attacks.(AFP/Farooq Naeem)AFP - US Senator John Kerry Tuesday urged India and Pakistan to work together to fight terrorism after meeting the leaders of the nuclear-armed nations to try to defuse tensions after the Mumbai attacks.


US, China discuss NKorea, Iran, terrorism: US (AFP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 12:54 PM CST

US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte is pictured in October 2008. US and Chinese officials held talks in Washington about North Korea's nuclear disarmament, Iran's nuclear ambitions, fallout from attacks in India and Zimbabwe's crisis, it was reported Tuesday.(AFP/POOL/File/Ali Abbas)AFP - US and Chinese officials held talks in Washington about North Korea's nuclear disarmament, Iran's nuclear ambitions, fallout from attacks in India and Zimbabwe's crisis, it was reported Tuesday.


French terrorism police question 7 around Paris (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 12:51 PM CST

AP - France's domestic counterterrorism agency arrested seven people around Paris and was questioning them Tuesday on suspicion that some may have been planning an attack, a police official said.

Kerry says Pakistan 'sincere' in Mumbai crackdown (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 12:45 PM CST

A suspected U.S. drone aircraft fired a missile into a house in Pakistan's North Waziristan region on the Afghan border on Monday killing two people, two Pakistani security agency officials said. (Graphics/Reuters)AP - Pakistan appears "sincere" in its effort to crack down on a militant group blamed for the Mumbai terrorist attack and has arrested more suspects, Sen. John Kerry said Tuesday.


Iraqi doctor found guilty of failed London, Glasgow attacks (AFP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 03:18 PM CST

An updated handout photo from the Metropolitan Police of Bilal Abdulla. The Iraqi doctor was found guilty Tuesday of trying to murder hundreds of people in failed car bombings in London and Glasgow, attacks only foiled by a combination of luck and personal bravery.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - An Iraqi doctor was found guilty Tuesday of trying to murder hundreds of people in failed car bombings in London and Glasgow, attacks only foiled by a combination of luck and personal bravery.


Mumbai attacks caps year for citizen journalism: NowPublic (AFP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 07:33 AM CST

A policeman stops a cyclist for a security check outside the Bombay Stock Exchange. NowPublic on Tuesday declared AFP - NowPublic on Tuesday declared "crowd-powered" news reports of terrorist attacks in Mumbai as a climactic moment in a year in which citizen journalism proved its mettle.


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