2008年11月20日星期四

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Obama taps Arizona governor for homeland security: report (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Nov 2008 02:22 AM CST

Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano speaks during closing ceremonies of the 26th Border Governors Conference at Universal Studios in Los Angeles August 15, 2008. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)Reuters - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's top choice to lead the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, CNN reported on Wednesday, citing multiple sources.

Police to end restrictions on ex-Gitmo detainee (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2008 02:10 AM CST

In this Nov. 18, 2008 photo released by Getup shows former Guantanamo Bay inmate David Hicks who released a video message through a political group pleading for Australian police to stop restricting his life, in Sydney, Nov. 20, 2008. The 33-year old former cowboy turned Taliban foot soldier was freed from a prison in his home town of Adelaide in South Australia state in December last year after a nine-month sentence following 5 1/2 years in captivity without trial at the U.S. military prison camp in Cuba. (AP Photo/Getup, Jarra McGrath, HO)AP - Australian police said Thursday they will stop restricting the movements and communications of a former Guantanamo Bay detainee after he broke his long media silence to ask them to let him "get on with" his life.

Australia Guantanamo inmate breaks silence (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Nov 2008 12:22 AM CST

Former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks walks away from Yatala Prison with his former step mother Bronwyn Mewett in Adelaide December 29, 2007, after his release. (James Knowler/Reuters)Reuters - The only Guantanamo Bay inmate convicted of terrorism offences, Australian David Hicks, has broken his self-imposed silence, calling on police to relax stringent controls over his freedom since his release from jail.

US 'dark side' raised in Pakistani scientist case (AFP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 11:47 PM CST

A Pakistani girl carries a placard of US detained Pakistani woman Aafia Siddiqui at a demonstration in Karachi in August. A New York federal judge has referred to allegations that Siddiqui was abducted and tortured by US or allied forces prior to her extradition from Afghanistan in August.(AFP/File/Asif Hassan)AFP - The "dark side" of US counter-terrorism took center stage in the court case of a mentally ill Pakistani woman accused of attacking US officers in Afghanistan.

US seeks to modify rules governing Guantanamo appeals process (AFP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 09:12 PM CST

File photo shows Camp Justice, part of a legal complex at Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, Cuba. The US Justice Department asked a federal judge to review the rules for handling 113 appeal cases by 'war on terror' detainees being held at the US naval base prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, according to court documents.(AFP/File/Brennan Linsley)AFP - The US Justice Department asked a federal judge to review the rules for handling 113 appeal cases by 'war on terror' detainees being held at the US naval base prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, according to court documents.

Dead teen's mom testifies in cyber-bullying trial (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 10:26 PM CST

AP - The grieving mother of a Missouri girl told a jury Wednesday how her daughter hanged herself with a belt after receiving cruel messages on her MySpace account, some of which were from a boy whose identity was later revealed to have been invented by a neighbor.

Justice, NYPD feuding over terrorist surveillance (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 07:30 PM CST

AP - The Justice Department and the New York Police Department are feuding over secret terror investigations, with the city pushing for faster approval to spy on suspects — a move that the feds charge could break the law.

Gates, Rice defend US-Iraq security agreement (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 04:40 PM CST

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates speaks at Fort Bragg, North Carolina in October 2008. The Bush administration turned to Congress Wednesday to mount a defense of a landmark agreement with Iraq that calls for the withdrawal of all US forces by the end of 2011.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Logan Mock-Bunting)AP - The security agreement between U.S. and Iraq provides both the time and authority needed for American troops to train Iraqi forces and pursue terrorists, senior Bush administration officials said Wednesday.

Files show Md. police watched variety of activists (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 04:31 PM CST

AP - Surveillance of anti-death penalty protesters and other activists by the Maryland State Police was broader and went on longer than previously disclosed, according to files that were turned over by police to dozens of activists who were improperly labeled as terrorists.

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