2009年1月15日星期四

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Miliband condemns war on terror as 'mistaken' (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 05:13 AM CST

AP - Britain's foreign secretary strongly criticized the U.S.-led war on terror Thursday as he called for the international community to respond to future attacks by "championing the rule of law, not subordinating it."

Britain demands Pakistan act against militancy (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 04:21 AM CST

Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee (right) with British Foreign Secretary David Miliband in New Delhi on January 13, 2009. Miliband Thursday called on Pakistan to show AFP - British Foreign Minister David Miliband Thursday called on Pakistan to show "zero tolerance" towards militant groups based in the country that have been blamed for the Mumbai terror attacks.


Homeland Security pick to face range of questions (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 02:15 AM CST

In this Dec. 3, 2008 file photo, Homeland Security Secretary-designate Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, left, speaks as Vice President-elect Joe Biden, center, is briefed by Jim Talent, co-chair Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism, right, at the presidential transition headquarters in Washington.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)AP - President-elect Barack Obama's pick to oversee homeland security faces questions on topics ranging from federal emergency response to immigration enforcement at her Senate hearing.


Obama pledges to succeed where Bush failed on bin Laden (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 04:14 AM CST

A file photo of US soldiers on patrol in Khost province along the Afghan-Pakistan border. Incoming US president Barack Obama has pledged to try to succeed where his predecessor George W. Bush failed by catching or killing Al-Qaeda terror network leader Osama bin Laden.(AFP/File/David Furst)AFP - Incoming US president Barack Obama has pledged to try to succeed where his predecessor George W. Bush failed by catching or killing Al-Qaeda terror network leader Osama bin Laden.


Britain's Foreign Secretary says 'war on terror' was wrong (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 07:27 PM CST

Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Thursday the notion of a AFP - Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Thursday the notion of a "war on terror" was "misleading and mistaken", in an outspoken critique of a key policy of outgoing US President George W. Bush.


UK foreign minister urges rethink of "war on terror" (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 06:29 PM CST

British Foreign Minister David Miliband addresses the United Nations Security Council meeting convened to discuss the crisis in Gaza at the United Nations Headquarters in New York January 6, 2009. (Mike Segar/Reuters)Reuters - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband called Thursday for a rethink of the strategy against terrorism, saying the notion of a "war on terror" was misleading and mistaken.


No credible terror threats seen for Super Bowl (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 04:32 PM CST

AP - A U.S. intelligence report says there is no credible threat of terrorist attacks at the Feb. 1 Super Bowl, but police said Wednesday that visitors should still expect the type of heavy security typical of every Super Bowl since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

US judge orders release of young Gitmo detainee (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 04:06 PM CST

AP - A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the military to release one of its first Guantanamo Bay detainees, a 21-year-old man who has been detained and accused of being a terrorist since he was 14.

Cheney: Obama should adopt Bush terrorism policies (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 03:43 PM CST

AP - Vice President Dick Cheney said Wednesday that President-elect Barack Obama will jeopardize national security if he does not embrace the terror-fighting policies implemented by President George W. Bush.

Gaza war risks sowing 'seeds of extremism': Syria's Assad (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 03:16 PM CST

A Palestinian woman stands in front of a destroyed building following an Israeli strike in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City. Israel's military offensive on the Gaza Strip risks AFP - Israel's military offensive on the Gaza Strip risks "sowing seeds of extremism and terror around the region", Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Wednesday.


Official: Italian fugitive could be free soon (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 02:59 PM CST

AP - A leftist fugitive who wrote police thrillers while evading a life sentence for political slayings has won refugee status in Brazil, prompting Italy's government and victims of terrorism to express outrage on Wednesday.

Greek terror group claims attacks on police (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 01:49 PM CST

AP - The Greek terrorist group Revolutionary Struggle has claimed responsibility for recent attacks on police in Athens, authorities said Wednesday.

White House answers judge's finding of US torture (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 05:23 PM CST

AP - The Bush administration maintained Wednesday that the U.S. does not torture prisoners despite a claim to the contrary from the military judge in charge of trying Guantanamo Bay detainees.

Bush is grayer, but much the same guy (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 12:47 PM CST

AP - President George W. Bush is grayer and wrinkles cut deeper into his forehead, yet after eight years, two wars, two recessions and the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil, he is leaving Washington largely the same man as when he arrived.

Pakistan dismisses Indian data as 'not evidence' (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 09:03 AM CST

Ambulances are parked at a local hospital as they brought police officers on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009 in Quetta, Pakistan. Gunmen riding on a motorcycle fired on a vehicle carrying police officers near the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Wednesday, killing four, police said. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)AP - Pakistan's prime minister downplayed the significance of an Indian dossier on the Mumbai terrorist attacks, saying it is not evidence — and drawing an angry response from New Delhi on Wednesday.


Closing Guantanamo, an Obama priority (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 07:31 AM CST

A file photo of a detainee in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. One of Barack Obama's first acts as the new US president could be to order the closure of the controversial AFP - One of Barack Obama's first acts as the new US president could be to order the closure of the controversial "war on terror" detention camp in the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.


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