2008年9月1日星期一

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

UK downturn could help fuel terrorism: memo (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Sep 2008 03:43 AM CDT

Reuters - A economic downturn in Britain could aggravate racial tensions and grievances that help to feed terrorist recruitment, according to a leaked government document.

McCain criticizes Bush on torture of prisoners (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Aug 2008 05:25 PM CDT

US Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain (R-AZ) reads a statement as running mate Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (L), Republican Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour (2nd R) and his wife Marsha look on at the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency - Emergency Operations Command Center in Pearl, Mississippi August 31, 2008. (John Gress/Reuters)Reuters - Republican presidential candidate John McCain, a former prisoner of war in Vietnam, on Sunday issued some of his harshest criticism to date of the use of torture against terrorism suspects during President George W. Bush's administration.


Bush: No to convention, plans Gustav trip to Texas (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2008 06:45 PM CDT

President Bush speaks with the traveling press corps after receiving an update on the preparations for Hurricane Gustav, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008, at FEMA Headquarters in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - Bracing for a storm that could surpass Hurricane Katrina, President Bush on Sunday said he would skip the Republican National Convention and head instead to Texas to be with evacuees and emergency responders. He warned a jittery Gulf Coast that it could face "significant flooding."


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