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Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Pakistan awaits 'proof' on Mumbai terror links (AFP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2008 11:24 PM CST

A map locating the Pakistani city of Peshawar. At least 27 people were killed and dozens more wounded when two bomb blasts struck crowded markets in northwest Pakistan Friday as shoppers prepared for the Eid Muslim festival.(AFP/Graphic)AFP - Pakistan was still awaiting "concrete proof" Saturday that a group based there carried out the devastating Mumbai attacks, as India said evidence was mounting and warned its anger had not cooled.

Border official accused of hiring illegal workers (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2008 05:13 PM CST

Lorraine Henderson, center, a top Homeland Security official in Boston, departs federal court following an initial appearance, in Boston, Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. Henderson, who acts as Boston Area Port Director, was arrested Friday at her home in Salem, Mass., and has been accused of repeatedly hiring illegal immigrants to clean her home. Man at right is unidentified. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)AP - A top Homeland Security official in Boston was accused Friday of repeatedly hiring illegal immigrants to clean her home, even warning one not to leave the country "'cause once you leave, you will never be back."

Families of 9/11 victims seek answers at Gitmo (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2008 03:39 PM CST

In this image reviewed by the US Military, a detainee is pictured at the medium security Camp 4 detention center, at Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, in Cuba in July 2008. US rights group the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said Friday it has filed a legal action to end US censorship of testimony by prisoners at Guantanamo Bay about torture at the hands of US officials.(AFP/POOL/File/Randall Mikkelsen)AP - The mothers of two men killed in the Sept. 11 attacks are traveling to Guantanamo Bay this weekend hoping to look into the eyes of the man who says he is responsible for the worst terrorist strike on U.S. soil.

Court to rule on terrorism suspect's detention (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Dec 2008 01:49 PM CST

Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri in an undated photo. (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide whether an al Qaeda suspect can be indefinitely imprisoned in the United States without charges, a test of President George W. Bush's war-on-terrorism powers.

Afghan, Pakistan leaders discuss plans to counter extremists (AFP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2008 01:30 PM CST

L-R: Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Presidents of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai, Turkey's Abdullah Gul, Pakistan's Asif Ali Zardari pose before an Afghanistan-Pakistan-Turkey summit in Istanbul. Turkey on Friday hosted three-way talks with the leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan in an effort to bring the two troubled neighbours closer.(AFP/Mustafa Ozer)AFP - The presidents of Afghanistan and Pakistan discussed fresh measures to curb Islamist extremists in Turkish-sponsored talks here Friday, pledging stronger cooperation against terrorism.

High court to hear enemy combatant case (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2008 01:31 PM CST

AP - The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether the president may order that people picked up in the United States be detained indefinitely and without criminal charges.

Afghanistan, Pakistan to fight al-Qaida together (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2008 11:40 AM CST

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, left, meets with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. The leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan are in Istanbul for talks aimed at boosting cooperation between the neighbors. Afghanistan has in the past accused Pakistan of failing to take action against, or even colluding with, Taliban militants. (AP Photo/Fatih Saribas, Pool)AP - The leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed they need to fight terrorism together in Turkish-sponsored talks Friday aimed at reducing tensions over militant attacks along the countries' lawless border.

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