2008年12月13日星期六

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Gates asks Middle East to help fight terror spread (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 02:34 AM CST

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrives at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel and Spa in Manama, Bahrain, where the International Institute for Strategic Studies is opening a regional security summit, Friday, Dec. 12, 2008. Gates met briefly with other senior officials participating in the Manama Dialogue, where Gulf Arab states' concerns about Persian Iran as well as piracy and maritime security are expected to be among concerns addressed. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates urged Middle East nations Saturday to help fight the spread of violent extremism by funding and training Afghan security forces and reaching out more aggressively to the fledgling government in Iraq.


Scotland Yard slammed after killing verdict (AFP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 09:55 PM CST

The family of Jean Charles De Menezes -- a Brazilian mistakenly killed by anti-terror police in London -- have slammed an inquest into his death as a AFP - British newspapers on Saturday blasted Scotland Yard over the 2005 killing of an innocent Brazilian man by anti-terror police and called for lessons to be learned from the inquest into the shooting.


Jury says police failures led to Brazilian's death (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 01:12 PM CST

Patricia da Silva Armani cousin of Jean Charles De Menezes who was shot by police in London in 2005 is seen in front of a picture of her cousin at a press conference  in London, Friday, Dec. 12, 2008. The jury at an inquest into the death of Jean Charles De Menezes returned an open verdict on Friday. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - A British jury decided Friday that a string of police failures caused the death of a Brazilian electrician shot by anti-terror police after being mistaken for a suicide bomber — a ruling that prompted his family to demand a new investigation.


Kashmir rebels slam UN, Pakistan over charity crackdown (AFP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 05:00 AM CST

A Pakistani security guard searches a man ahead of a press conference by Hafiz Saeed, head of the Jamaat-ud-Dawa, at a seminary in Lahore on December 11. A powerful militant alliance fighting an insurgency in Indian Kashmir Friday condemned a move by the UN Security Council to list Jamaat-ud-Dawa as a terrorist organisation.(AFP/Arif Ali)AFP - A powerful militant alliance fighting an insurgency in Indian Kashmir Friday condemned a move by the UN Security Council to list a Pakistani charity as a terrorist organisation.


Belgium charges six with connections to a terrorist group (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 03:00 AM CST

The Christian Science Monitor - Belgian authorities on Friday charged six people suspected of links to Al Qaeda with membership in a terrorist group.
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