2008年12月21日星期日

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Australia lifts restrictions on ex-Gitmo detainee (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2008 01:14 AM CST

In this  December 29, 2007, file photo, former Guantanamo terror prisoner David Hicks is escorted to reception before walking out of the Yatala high security prison in the southern city of Adelaide, Australia. Hicks on Sunday December 21, 2008, became a completely free man for the first time in seven years when the final restrictions stemming from terrorism allegations ended. (AP Photo/Rob Hutchison, FILE)AP - Authorities on Sunday lifted the last remaining restrictions on an Australian man who spent more than five years as an inmate at Guantanamo Bay and admitted to supporting terrorism.


Tight security as Mumbai hotels prepare to reopen (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2008 05:25 PM CST

Security personnel frisk journalists as they enter the Oberoi's Trident Hotel on the eve of the hotels' re-opening in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2008. The luxury Oberoi and Taj Mahal hotels targeted in the Mumbai terror attacks are preparing to reopen for the first time since the rampages that left them in tatters last month. (AP Photo/Gautam Singh)AP - Doormen in white suits and black turbans greeted visitors to the Oberoi with a bow on the eve of the hotel's reopening three weeks after it was targeted in a militant rampage. Security was noticeably tighter Saturday as guards scanned bags and sniffer dogs patrolled the grounds outside.


Iraq PM denies arrested officers were plotting a coup (AFP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2008 11:06 AM CST

An Iraqi commando inspects the site of a suicide attack in Baghdad. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has denied that a group of officers arrested three days previously had been plotting a coup against the Shiite-led government.(AFP/Ali Yussef)AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki denied on Saturday that a group of officers arrested three days previously had been plotting a coup against the Shiite-led government, state television reported.


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