2008年12月1日星期一

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Rice: Pakistan must cooperate in terror probe (AP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2008 03:25 AM CST

AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says Pakistan must provide complete cooperation as India seeks answers in last week's deadly terrorist attacks in Mumbai, an important Indian financial hub.

Mumbai attacks pose test for India (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 01 Dec 2008 02:00 AM CST

The Christian Science Monitor - Sixty hours of mayhem sown reportedly by 10 highly trained terrorists in Mumbai (Bombay) has India asking uncomfortable questions not only of its rival, Pakistan, but also of itself.

Steadfast, Mumbai begins picking up the pieces (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 01 Dec 2008 02:00 AM CST

The Christian Science Monitor - Leopold's Café, the first target of Wednesday's terrorist attacks, crawled back to life Sunday.

Terror-hit Mumbai set to resume domestic matches (AFP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2008 12:37 AM CST

Indian cricketers during a training session at the Cricket Club of India ground in Mumbai in October 2007. First-class cricket returns to Mumbai from Tuesday, three days after security forces ended a bloody siege in India's financial capital.(AFP/File/Sajjad Hussain)AFP - First-class cricket returns to Mumbai from Tuesday, three days after security forces ended a bloody siege in India's financial capital.


Pentagon to deploy 20,000 troops for domestic emergencies (AFP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2008 11:32 PM CST

US soldiers on the Afghan-Pakistan border. The US Department of Defense plans to deploy 20,000 troops nationwide by 2011 to help state and local officials respond to terror or nuclear attacks and emergencies, The Washington Post said Monday.(AFP/File/David Furst)AFP - The US Department of Defense plans to deploy 20,000 troops nationwide by 2011 to help state and local officials respond to terror or nuclear attacks and emergencies, The Washington Post said Monday.


India clears last Mumbai siege site (AP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2008 02:46 AM CST

In this Nov. 26, 2008 file photo, a gunman identified by police as Ajmal Qasab walks at the Chatrapathi Sivaji Terminal railway station in Mumbai, India. Qasab, the only gunman captured after a 60-hour terrorist siege of Mumbai said he belonged to a Pakistani militant group with links to the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, a senior police officer said Sunday Nov. 30, 2008. (AP Photo/Mumbai Mirror, Sebastian D'souza, File)AP - Authorities finished removing bodies from the bullet- and grenade-scarred Taj Mahal hotel Monday, the final site of the Mumbai siege to be cleared, as schools and businesses reopened and commuters returned to work.


Bush sends Rice to India (AFP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2008 08:44 PM CST

President George W. Bush is sending Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, pictured in October 2008, to India this week as a AFP - President George W. Bush is sending Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to India this week as a "further demonstration" of US solidarity with New Delhi in the wake of terror attacks in Mumbai, the White House announced Sunday.


International hotels draw elites and terror threat (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2008 08:34 PM CST

An Indian policeman walks past flowers and candles in front of a barricade outside the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008 laid in memory of victims of the Mumbai attacks.  India's top security official offered his resignation Sunday, a senior aide said, as the government struggled under growing accusations of security failures following the Mumbai attacks. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP - Consider how a city looks to a terrorist seeking targets. There's the airport — inviting, but heavily secured. There's the U.S. Embassy, perimeter guarded by crack local forces and Marines. And there's the plush international hotel, open to anyone with a decent outfit and money for a cup of coffee.


Bush sends Rice to India in aftermath of attacks (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2008 08:23 PM CST

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaks to reporters during a news conference at the State Department in Washington November 26, 2008. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)AP - President George W. Bush on Sunday dispatched Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to New Delhi in support of India following the terrorist attacks that killed nearly 200 people, including six Americans.


Muslims condemn Mumbai attacks, worry about image (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2008 04:14 PM CST

Relatives mourn the death of Harish Gohil, who was killed by a gunman's bullet at Nariman House, during a funeral in Mumbai November 29, 2008. (Punit Paranjpe/Reuters)AP - Muslims from the Middle East to Britain and Austria condemned Sunday the Mumbai shooting rampage by suspected Islamic militants as senseless terrorism, but also found themselves on the defensive once again about bloodshed linked to their religion.


Napolitano, a cheerful battler for homeland security (AFP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2008 12:53 PM CST

President-elect Barack Obama appears with Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano during a January 2008 town hall meeting at Del Sol High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. Napolitano is a breast cancer survivor, mountaineer and Monty Python buff who has been on the front lines of the battle against illegal immigration.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Ethan Miller)AFP - Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano is a breast cancer survivor, mountaineer and Monty Python buff who has been on the front lines of the battle against illegal immigration.


Obama plans to name 4 more Cabinet posts on Monday (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2008 02:39 PM CST

In this March 3, 1997 file photo, the then-U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Eric Holder is seen in his Washington office. According to a Democratic official Holder will be named by President-elect Barack Obama's to be the next attorney general. (AP Photo/J.Scott Applewhite, File)AP - President-elect Barack Obama plans to announce longtime advisers and political foes alike as his picks for top administration jobs at a Monday news conference, nominating one-time political nemesis Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state.


Spanish government to probe Guantanamo flights (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2008 10:52 AM CST

AP - Spain will investigate whether a previous government allowed Spanish territory to be used to transport captured terrorism suspects to Guantanamo Bay, the Foreign Ministry said Sunday.

(AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2008 10:40 AM CST

AP - Democratic official: Obama on Monday to name Susan Rice as UN ambassador, Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano as homeland security chief, Eric Holder as attorney general

PM says to boost anti-terrorist capabilities (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2008 09:06 AM CST

India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stands at the presidential palace in New Delhi November 21, 2008. REUTERS/B MathurReuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said he would increase the size and strength of the country's anti-terrorist forces after militant attacks in Mumbai killed nearly 200 people.


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