2008年11月29日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism

A worried Mumbai tries to recover from fatal siege (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2008 02:52 AM CST

The Taj Mahal hotel burns after gun battles between Indian troops and militants in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008. Indian commandos killed the last remaining gunmen holed up at the luxury Mumbai hotel Saturday, ending a 60-hour rampage through India's financial capital by suspected Islamic militants that rocked the nation. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP - This seaside city of 18 million known for its resilience has bounced back from wrenching tragedy before, but after the most brazen terror attack in India's history, the people of Mumbai are worried.


Pakistan U-turns on sending spy chief to India (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2008 02:40 AM CST

An Indian soldier runs to take cover in front of the Taj Mahal hotel as Indian troops and militants battle in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008. Indian commandos killed the last remaining gunmen holed up at the luxury Mumbai hotel Saturday, ending a 60-hour rampage through India's financial capital by suspected Islamic militants that rocked the nation. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP - Pakistan on Saturday withdrew an offer to send its spy chief to India to help investigate the Mumbai terrorist attacks, damaging efforts to head off a crisis between the nuclear-armed rivals.


US Jewish, meditation groups' members die in India (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2008 01:32 AM CST

In this undated photo provided by Chabad.org, Rabbi Gavriel Noach Holtzberg, left, and his wife Rivkah Holtzberg, the directors of Chabad-Lubavitch of Mumbai, India,are shown. The Holtzberg's were at one of the sites attacked by suspected militants in Mumbai, Nov. 26, 2008. A cook who pulled Holtzberg's toddler son out of the building told The Associated Press she had seen Holtzberg and his wife lying on the floor, apparently unconscious. (AP Photo/Chabad.org)AP - A New York couple who recognized the threat of terrorism in India but believed their mission of spreading Jewish pride was greater than the potential danger were slain in a series of attacks across Mumbai that have killed at least five Americans.


Pakistan U-turn on ISI chief to India: statement (AFP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2008 01:26 AM CST

A spokesman of Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani (pictured) has said that a representative of ISI will visit India instead of the Director General of the ISI to help in investigating the Mumbai terrorism incident, according to a statement.(AFP/File/Aamir Qureshi)AFP - Pakistan on Saturday reversed its decision to send its powerful military intelligence chief to help probe the Mumbai terror attacks, as the army said it had not been consulted on the plan.


Indian papers denounce official response to attacks (AFP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2008 01:00 AM CST

Indian comandos leave the Taj Mahal hotel after a military operation in Mumbai on November 29, 2008. Indian newspapers on Saturday lambasted security chiefs and politicians for a panicked and selfish response to the Mumbai terror attacks.(AFP/Prakash Singh)AFP - Indian newspapers on Saturday lambasted security chiefs and politicians for a panicked and selfish response to the Mumbai terror attacks.


Indian forces kill last gunmen in Mumbai (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2008 01:29 AM CST

Indian soldiers hold their positions outside the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008. Indian commandos killed the last remaining gunmen holed up at the luxury Mumbai hotel Saturday, ending a 60-hour rampage through India's financial capital by suspected Islamic militants that rocked the nation. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Indian commandos killed the last remaining gunmen holed up at a luxury Mumbai hotel Saturday, ending a 60-hour rampage through India's financial capital by suspected Islamic militants that killed 195 people and rocked the nation.


The Mumbai Attacks: Terror's Tactical Shift (Time.com)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 11:25 PM CST

Time.com - A world grown accustomed to spectacular suicide bombings is reminded of the havoc that can be wrought be a handful of gunmen

Terrorists will not defeat India's 'great democracy': Obama (AFP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 06:03 PM CST

President-elect Barack Obama, seen here on November 26, 2008, expressed sorrow for the victims of the attacks on Mumbai on Friday and said the militants who staged the assault would not defeat India's AFP - President-elect Barack Obama on Friday expressed sorrow for the victims of the attacks on Mumbai and said the militants who staged the assault would not defeat India's "great democracy" or the global coalition arrayed against them.


Mumbai attacks inflame India-Pakistan tensions (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 05:35 PM CST

McClatchy Newspapers - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — India on Friday charged that militants with links to Pakistan were involved in the terrorist attack on major tourist sites in Mumbai, in which more than 160 civilians died. Pakistan denied the allegations but agreed to send an intelligence official to discuss them.

Relieved British lawmaker lands back home from Mumbai (AFP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 04:50 PM CST

British Euro MP Sajjad Karim(R) is greeted by family on his return Mumbai India to Manchester, after getting caught up in the terror attacks in Mumbai.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - A British Euro MP caught up in the terror attacks in Mumbai was greeted by emotional scenes on Friday when he arrived in Manchester.


Ky. law requires Homeland Security to credit God (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 03:17 PM CST

AP - A lawmaker says the state's Homeland Security office should be crediting God with keeping the state safe.

2 French killed in Mumbai attacks identified (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 11:26 AM CST

AP - France's foreign minister on Friday identified the two French people killed in the Mumbai terror attack as the founder of a French fashion company and her husband.

European stocks up as Dow eyes 5th day of gains (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 11:12 AM CST

An investor leaves as he looks at stock price monitor at a private securities company Friday Nov. 28, 2008 in Shanghai, China. China's stocks retreated Friday on profit-taking but ended November with the biggest one-month gain in 15 months on optimism about a multibillion-dollar economic stimulus package. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index fell 2.4 percent, or 46.7 points, to close at 1871.16.  (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)AP - European stock markets closed higher Friday after the Dow Jones index of leading U.S. shares advanced for the fifth consecutive day in a shortened trading session. Asian markets were higher despite the terrorist attacks in Mumbai.


Pakistan calls for stronger anti-terror mechanism (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 07:55 AM CST

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi speaks during a news conference at the foreign ministry in Islamabad in this May 21, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed/FilesReuters - Pakistan's foreign minister said on Friday that a joint anti-terrorism mechanism between India and Pakistan must be strengthened in the wake of the Mumbai attacks.


India should tour Pakistan to send out message, says PCB chief (AFP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 07:27 AM CST

Indian cricketers during a practice session in Cuttack on November 25, 2008. India should tour Pakistan early next year as planned to send a message to extremists that cricket will not be cowed by terrorists, Pakistan's cricket chief said Friday.(AFP/File/Deshakalyan Chowdhury)AFP - India should tour Pakistan early next year as planned to send a message to extremists that cricket will not be cowed by terrorists, Pakistan's cricket chief said Friday.


Al-Qaida No. 2 to US: Overcome meltdown with Islam (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 05:44 AM CST

AP - Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader appeared in a new video posted Friday calling on Americans to embrace Islam to overcome the financial meltdown, which he said was a consequence of the Sept. 11 attacks and militant strikes in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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