2008年8月29日星期五

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Tunisian courts convicts 19 Islamic militants (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2008 09:02 PM CDT

AP - A Tunisian court convicted 19 Islamic militants on charges linked to plots to carry out attacks in the north African country or send fighters to Iraq, a defense lawyer said Thursday.

Richardson says Obama right on terrorist strategy (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2008 07:26 PM CDT

AP - New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has told Democratic National Convention delegates that Barack Obama and Joe Biden have the right policy on terrorism — focus on Afghanistan and Pakistan, not Iraq.

UK: 3 men charged with terror offenses (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2008 02:20 PM CDT

A motorist drives past a sign of airport operator BAA, seen on the entrance road to London's Heathrow airport, Wednesday Aug. 20, 2008. BAA, the owner of Heathrow, may have to sell three of its seven British airports, a British competition watchdog said Wednesday. The Competition Commission released a provisional report finding that BAA's dominant market position has resulted in a lack of airport capacity, slow development of new routes, higher charges for users and poor response to customers' requests. The commission is now in the process of deciding which two of London's three major airports  including Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted  BAA should be required to sell, and which of either Glasgow or Edinburgh airports it should sell. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Three British men questioned about an online threat to assassinate Prime Minister Gordon Brown have been charged with a range of terror offenses, police said Thursday.


Three charged in Britain over Brown death threats (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Aug 2008 12:48 PM CDT

A police officer stands guard outside 10 Downing Street in a file photo. (Stephen Hird/Reuters)Reuters - British police charged three men with terrorism offences on Thursday over threats to kill Prime Minister Gordon Brown posted on a militant Islamic website.


Japan to extend Afghan mission despite slaying (AFP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2008 09:00 AM CDT

Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura gives a press conference in July 2008. Japan said Thursday it planned to extend a controversial mission backing the US-led AFP - Japan said Thursday it planned to extend a controversial mission backing the US-led "war on terror" in Afghanistan, a day after Taliban extremists killed a Japanese aid worker in the war-torn country.


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