2008年9月10日星期三

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Transatlantic bomb plot: inconclusive verdict (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 10 Sep 2008 03:00 AM CDT

The Christian Science Monitor - It was supposedly the biggest terrorist plot since 9/11, a grotesque plan to blow up seven transatlantic planes simultaneously that would have killed more than 1,000 people had it not been foiled two years ago.

New 9/11 museum building design evokes twin towers (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 08:03 PM CDT

This artist's rendering provided by the National September 11 Memorial & Museum shows the museum's proposed entrance pavilion at dusk. The museum unveiled the design Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008, and repeated hopes that a new construction schedule at ground zero would allow the memorial to open by the attacks' 10th anniversary. (AP Photo/National September 11 Memorial & Museum, Squared Design Lab)AP - The latest design for the Sept. 11 memorial entrance pavilion has a facade that evokes the World Trade Center's twin towers, and builders still hope the memorial will open by the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks.

Off-target NATO bomb kills 2 Afghan civilians (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 07:41 PM CDT

Afghan Muslims offer prayers on a hill top overlooking Kabul on September 9. Seven years after the attacks on the World Trade Centre, Afghanistan is again the frontline of the US-led AP - A NATO bomb mistakenly hit a house 1 1/2 miles off target Tuesday, killing two civilians and wounding 10 even as Afghanistan's president was saying that terrorism cannot be defeated if innocents are killed in coalition operations.

Sept. 11 memorial dedicated at Boston airport (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 06:28 PM CDT

Sherill Moulton, left, a flight attendant for United Airlines, and Sara Nelson, right, a flight attendant for American Airlines, comfort each other as they tour a memorial dedicated in Boston, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008, to passengers and crew killed on planes that flew from Logan International Airport on Sept. 11, 2001. Both American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 flew from Boston and crashed into the World Trade Center towers in New York. Both women had colleagues who were killed on the planes. The 8:14 a.m. departure time for Flight 175 is inscribed on the panel, rear. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)AP - An island of peace amid the bustle of Logan International Airport was dedicated Tuesday to honor the 147 passengers and crew killed when terrorists flew two planes from here into New York City's World Trade Center.

NYPD transformed since Sept. 11 attacks (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 04:27 PM CDT

This artist's rendering provided by the National September 11 Memorial & Museum shows the museum's proposed entrance pavilion at dusk. The museum unveiled the design Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008, and repeated hopes that a new construction schedule at ground zero would allow the memorial to open by the attacks' 10th anniversary. (AP Photo/National September 11 Memorial & Museum, Squared Design Lab)AP - Nearly seven years after terrorists took down the World Trade Center's twin towers, police officials have embarked on an ambitious plan to secure the new development that is finally sprouting at ground zero.

Betancourt urges U.N. recognition for terror victims (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 03:23 PM CDT

Freed French-Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt answers questions at the U.N. Headquarters in New York September 9, 2008. (Chip East/Reuters)Reuters - Freed French-Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt called at a U.N. conference on Tuesday for U.N.-backed international status for victims of terrorism with centralized data to publicize their plight.

US government given poor grades for tackling WMD terror (AFP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 02:29 PM CDT

The AFP - Seven years after the September 11 attacks, the US government gets mediocre grades for work to prevent a future attack involving weapons of mass destruction (WMD), a bipartisan panel said Tuesday.

British says US rushed alleged bomb plot arrests (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 01:51 PM CDT

An airliner making its final approach to London's Heathrow airport. Prosecutors have been given until the end of the month to consider a retrial of men accused of plotting to blow up transatlantic aircraft with liquid explosives in 2006.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AP - American worries about a suspected plot to blow up trans-Atlantic airliners in 2006 led to premature arrests and a weaker case at trial, British investigators said Tuesday, a day after a London jury failed to convict eight men of pursuing the alleged plan.

Bush tells Pakistan's Zardari he has full support on terror (AFP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 01:20 PM CDT

Pakistan's new President Asif Ali Zardari stands in front of a portrait of his slain wife Benazir Bhutto and waves as he arrives for a joint press conference at The Presidential Palace in Islamabad. Zardari took office as Pakistan's new president Tuesday, and immediately pledged to work with Afghanistan to fight terrorism which has claimed thousands of lives in both countries.(AFP/Aamir Qureshi)AFP - President George W. Bush said Tuesday he has pledged "full support" to Pakistan's new President Asif Ali Zardari in the fight against extremists while insisting Pakistan had responsibilities in the fight too.

UK man charged with terrorism offenses (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 01:08 PM CDT

AP - A man was charged with five terrorism offenses Tuesday, including possession of an ingredient used to make gunpowder. British media reported that the arrest came in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Pakistan's Zardari sworn in as new president (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 12:12 PM CDT

In this photo released by Press Information Department, Asif ali Zardari, left, takes oath of the president of Pakistan from Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar, right, at the presidential palace in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, Sept 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Press Information Department, HO)AP - Repeatedly paying homage to his assassinated wife, new President Asif Ali Zardari declared Tuesday that he has a comprehensive plan to fight terrorism and said Pakistan's people are behind him.

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