2008年12月26日星期五

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Homeland Security forecasts 5-year terror threats (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 08:13 PM CST

US Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff delivers a lecture entitle 'Managing Risk: A Global Imperative' to an audience of students at the London School of Economics (LSE) in London, Friday Dec. 12, 2008.  (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - The terrorism threat to the United States over the next five years will be driven by instability in the Middle East and Africa, persistent challenges to border security and increasing Internet savvy, says a new intelligence assessment obtained by The Associated Press.


Pope makes Christmas appeal for peace in Holy Land (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 10:02 AM CST

Pope Benedict XVI leads his Urbi et Orbi (to the city and the world) Christmas Day message from the central balcony of Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican December 25, 2008. REUTERS/Osservatore RomanoReuters - Pope Benedict said on Thursday he hoped Christmas would bring hope to those suffering from war, terrorism, injustice and poverty and appealed for peace in the Holy Land.


Parents of slain rabbi light menorah in Mumbai (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 07:50 AM CST

Rabbi Shimon Rosenberg, the father of Rivka Holtzberg, who was killed in Mumbai terror attacks, lights a menorah on the fifth day of Hanukkah in front of the Gateway of India monument in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2008. The parents of a rabbi and his wife killed in last month's terror attacks in Mumbai lit a 16-foot (5-meter) public menorah Thursday outside the building where their children lived in the Indian city. (AP Photo)AP - The parents of a rabbi and his wife killed in last month's terror attacks in Mumbai lit a 16-foot (5-meter) public menorah Thursday outside the building where their children lived in the Indian city.


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