2008年12月12日星期五

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

India should cancel Pakistan tour, says minister (AFP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 03:32 AM CST

Indian cricketers form a huddle on the first day of the first Test against England at the M.A. Chidambaram stadium in Chennai on December 11. The Indian cricket team should not tour Pakistan following last month's terror attacks in Mumbai, the country's sports minister said on Friday.(AFP/Indranil Mukherjee)AFP - The Indian cricket team should not tour Pakistan following last month's terror attacks in Mumbai, the country's sports minister said here on Friday.


6 alleged Islamic extremists charged in Belgium (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 02:37 AM CST

AP - Belgian authorities have charged six suspected al-Qaida-linked extremists with membership in a terrorist group a day after they were detained in raids.

Southeast Asian informant taken off UN terror list (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 01:44 AM CST

AP - Nasir Abbas, a key leader of the Southeast Asian militant group Jemaah Islamiyah before becoming a police informant, welcomed news Friday he had been taken off a U.N. terror list.

Pakistan turns screw on charity linked to Mumbai attacks (AFP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 01:24 AM CST

Facts on Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, the group suspected of involvement in the Mumbai attacks. Pakistan Friday tightened the screw on an Islamic charity linked to militants behind the Mumbai massacre, freezing its assets after it was listed by the United Nations as a terror group.(AFP/Graphic)AFP - Pakistan Friday tightened the screw on an Islamic charity linked to militants behind the Mumbai massacre, freezing its assets after it was listed by the United Nations as a terror group.


Pakistan acts against one of India's most-wanted (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 11:50 PM CST

Tibetan exiles attend a candle light vigil to mark World Human Rights Day in New Delhi December 10, 2008. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - Pakistan put the founder of a militant group blamed for the Mumbai attacks under house arrest on Thursday, responding to intense pressure to wipe out what India called "the epicentre of terrorism".


Pakistan vows to comply with U.N. curbs after Mumbai (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 07:17 PM CST

Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani speaks during an interview with Reuters in Istanbul in this October 30, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Fatih SaribasReuters - Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Thursday Pakistan would comply with a U.N. Security Council decision to put on a terrorist list the founder of a militant group blamed for the attacks on Mumbai, as well as the Islamic charity he now heads.


Pakistan arrests head of group linked to Mumbai killings (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 06:03 PM CST

McClatchy Newspapers - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan arrested Islamic militant leader Hafiz Muhammad Saeed on Thursday and closed the offices of his organization, which is accused of being a front for the terrorists who carried out last month's attack in Mumbai, India.

India fight back after Strauss century (AFP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 01:11 PM CST

Indian and England cricketers observe a one-minute silence in memory of the recent Mumbai terror attack victims before the start of the first Test at the M.A. Chidambaram stadium in Chennai. England opener Andrew Strauss hit 123 in the first Test on Thursday as cricket returned to centrestage in India after the Mumbai terror attacks. At close, the visitors were 229-5.(AFP/Indranil Mukherjee)AFP - England opener Andrew Strauss hit 123 in the first Test on Thursday as cricket returned to centrestage in India after the Mumbai terror attacks.


US increasingly entangled in Islamist web in south Asia (AFP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 10:03 AM CST

Kashmiri demonstrators taunt Indian police (L) during a protest in downtown Srinagar in November 2008. The United States is entangled in an Islamist web from Afghanistan to India that exposes its reliance on Pakistan as a central but increasingly fragile ally in the war on terror, analysts say.(AFP/File/Tauseef Mustafa)AFP - The United States is entangled in an Islamist web from Afghanistan to India that exposes its reliance on Pakistan as a central but increasingly fragile ally in the war on terror, analysts say.


India PM calls Pakistan 'epicentre of terrorism' (AFP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 09:37 AM CST

India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called Pakistan AFP - India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday called Pakistan "the epicentre of terrorism" and said the international community must deal with the problem.


Lashkar founder says U.N. action defames Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 04:41 AM CST

Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, chief of the Islamic party Jamaat ud Dawa (JD), is seen during a protest rally in Karachi in this September 7, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Athar Hussain/FilesReuters - The founder of a militant group blamed by India and U.S. officials for the attack on Mumbai said on Thursday a U.N. decision to put him and the charity he heads on a terrorist list defamed Pakistan.


UN adds Pakistani militants to terrorist watch list  (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 03:00 AM CST

The Christian Science Monitor - A United Nations Security Council committee put three Pakistani leaders of the group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and a Saudi operative on a terrorist watch list Wednesday as new evidence surfaced that the group blamed for the Mumbai (formerly Bombay) attacks has expanded its activities and its fundraising well beyond South Asia.
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