2008年9月17日星期三

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Poll: Reason for lack of attacks divides partisans (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2008 03:03 AM CDT

AP - Why do people think there hasn't been a terrorist strike in the U.S. since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001? The answer largely reflects the political party of the person asked, according to a poll released Wednesday.

India needs tough anti-terror laws, says govt panel (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Sep 2008 02:03 AM CDT

Police examine damaged vehicles at the site of one of the bomb blasts in New Delhi September 13, 2008. REUTERS/StringerReuters - India needs a tough law to fight attacks like the deadly weekend bombings in New Delhi, a government panel said on Tuesday, as police released sketches of key suspects.


Indian anti-terror strategy faces special challenges (AFP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2008 12:07 AM CDT

Activists of the Hindu nationalist Shiv Sena party protest against the government after a serial bomb blast in New Delhi on September 15. A spate of bombings in India has fuelled calls for stronger counter-terrorist measures, but duplicating US or British-style strategies is a tough task for such a vast, socially complex country.(AFP/File/Manpreet Romana)AFP - A spate of bombings in India has fuelled calls for stronger counter-terrorist measures, but duplicating US or British-style strategies is a tough task for such a vast, socially complex country.


Pakistan troops ordered to open fire on US raiders (AP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2008 05:34 PM CDT

A Pakistan soldier mans a machine gun  in the troubled area of Bajur in Pakistan's tribal area Tuesday, Sept 16, 2008. Pakistan's military has ordered its forces to open fire if U.S. troops launch another raid across the Afghan border, an army spokesman said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Anwarullah Khan)AP - Pakistan's army said Tuesday that its forces have orders to open fire if U.S. troops launch another raid across the Afghan border, raising the stakes in a dispute over how to tackle militant havens in Pakistan's unruly border zone.


FBI chief: Rules would help root out terrorists (AP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2008 02:38 PM CDT

AP - New rules for national security investigations will help protect Americans from terror attacks, FBI Director Robert Mueller told lawmakers Tuesday, even if they single out people from the Middle East.

McCain Says U.S. Shouldn't Bail Out AIG, Backs Study (Bloomberg)

Posted: 16 Sep 2008 11:29 AM CDT

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. smiles during a rally at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Fla., Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Craig Litten)Bloomberg - Sept. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Republican presidential nominee John McCain called for a commission to study the crisis in U.S. financial markets like the one that investigated the Sept. 11 attacks and said the government shouldn't rescue insurer American International Group Inc.


7th Australian found guilty of terrorism charges (AP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2008 08:00 AM CDT

AP - A jury convicted a seventh man Tuesday of being a member of an Australian terrorist cell that prosecutors said plotted to attack major sporting events in a bid to kill thousands of people.

McCain, Obama trade heated jabs over the economy (AP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2008 06:12 PM CDT

Democrat Barack Obama cranked up his assault Tuesdat on John McCain after the Republican declared the US economy was AP - John McCain and Barack Obama traded increasingly barbed insults along with prescriptions for the ailing economy Tuesday as financial fears shoved aside lipstick on pigs and every other political issue in a blink with just weeks left in the long presidential campaign.


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