2008年9月7日星期日

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Today on the presidential campaign trail (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2008 02:16 AM CDT

In this file photo from Jan. 30, 2007, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. greet on Capitol Hill  in Washington. Sens. McCain and Obama said Saturday they will put aside partisan politics for a joint appearance at Ground Zero to mark the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.  (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)AP - Obama, McCain suggest changes in Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac ... Republican vice presidential hopeful's church promotes prayer to make gays straight ... Presidential candidates plan joint appearance at Ground Zero to mark Sept. 11 attacks ...


Rice seeks closer Maghreb counter-terror links (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Sep 2008 05:52 PM CDT

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaks to journalists after her meeting with Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika at the presidential palace in Algiers September 6, 2008. (Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)Reuters - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pushed for closer north African counter-terrorism cooperation on Saturday on a tour of an oil-rich region hit by attacks blamed on al Qaeda.


Rice urges closer ties with North African allies (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2008 02:44 PM CDT

Tunisian Foreign Minister Abdelwahab Abdallah right, greets U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in Tunis, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008. Rice's three-day visit to North Africa, including Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco, is her first as Secretary of State in this region of increasing strategic importance in terms of oil resources, emigration and fighting terrorism. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi)AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged closer coordination with North African allies on fighting terrorism and said Saturday the U.S. would work to return Guantanamo detainees to their home countries "as soon we possibly can."


McCain, Obama plan joint stop at Ground Zero (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2008 02:19 PM CDT

In this file photo from Jan. 30, 2007, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. greet on Capitol Hill  in Washington. Sens. McCain and Obama said Saturday they will put aside partisan politics for a joint appearance at Ground Zero to mark the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.  (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)AP - Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama said Saturday they will put aside partisan politics for a joint appearance at Ground Zero to mark the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.


7 years on, Sept. 11 is so far and yet so close (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2008 01:47 PM CDT

AP - It is not a tidy anniversary this year. Seven years between that awful day and this Sept. 11, the terrorist attacks linger somewhere between the immediate, a conscious part of our days, and the comfortable remove of the distant past. No longer yesterday and not yet history.
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