2009年4月29日星期三

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

US sees spike in Afghanistan, Pakistan attacks (AP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2009 05:29 PM PDT

A destroyed civilian vehicle, left after a suicide attack against German troops in Ali Abad district of Kunduz province north of Kabul, Afghanistan, lies along the side of the road Wednesday, April 29, 2009. A suicide bomber attacked a German military vehicle  wounding four German troops, NATO-led forces said. (AP Photo)AP - Terrorist attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan have risen sharply as extremists have consolidated and expanded operations, according to the government and independent analysts.


Obama vows 'unrelenting' efforts on economy, security (AFP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2009 04:38 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama, seen here speaking during a town hall meeting at Fox Senior High School in Arnold, Missouri, pledged an AFP - US President Barack Obama on Wednesday pledged an "unrelenting, unyielding effort" to return to economic prosperity and confront threats including a swine flu outbreak, terror attacks and nuclear proliferation.


WHO warns flu pandemic imminent (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Apr 2009 04:31 PM PDT

A ground staff member of AeroMexico waits passengers' arrival on a direct flight from Mexico, at Narita international airport in Narita April 29, 2009. REUTERS/Issei KatoReuters - The World Health Organization said on Wednesday the world is at the brink of a pandemic, raising its threat level as the swine flu virus spread and killed the first person outside of Mexico, a toddler in Texas.


US prepared for 'full-fledged pandemic' if necessary (AFP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2009 01:36 PM PDT

US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano testifies during a hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in Washington, DC. The US government is prepared to cope with a AFP - The US government is prepared to cope with a "full-fledged pandemic" of swine flu if necessary, but the public should not be alarmed, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Wednesday.


Two jailed over terror training after London bombing trial (AFP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2009 11:29 AM PDT

Police guards the Kingston Crown court. Waheed Ali, 25, Mohammed Shakil, 32 were jailed by Kingston Crown Court, which on Tuesday found them and Sadeer Saleem, 28, not guilty of helping the four suicide bombers who killed themselves and 52 others in the July 7 attacks.(AFP/File/Odd Andersen)AFP - A court jailed two men Wednesday for conspiring to attend a terrorist training camp, a day after they were cleared of helping to plan the July 2005 suicide bombings in London.


British 7/7 suspects jailed for terrorism camp plans (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Apr 2009 09:43 AM PDT

Mohammed Shakil and Waheed Ali are seen in a combination photo from police handouts. REUTERS/Metropolitan Police/HandoutReuters - Two men cleared of helping to plot the London suicide bombings in July 2005 were jailed for seven years on Wednesday for planning to attend terrorism training camps in Pakistan.


Spanish judge opens Guantanamo investigation (AP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2009 09:40 AM PDT

AP - A Spanish judge opened a probe into the Bush administration over alleged torture of terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, pressing ahead Wednesday with a drive that Spain's own attorney general has said should be waged in the United States, if at all.

2 men jailed in Britain on terrorism charges (AP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2009 09:40 AM PDT

AP - Two men cleared of helping to plot London's 2005 suicide bombings were each sentenced Wednesday to seven years in prison on charges connected to terrorism training.

Napolitano retracts 'passive surveillance' term (AP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2009 08:07 AM PDT

AP - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is asserting that the description she initially gave of the border swine-flu monitoring effort no longer applies.

Napolitano asserts strong federal flu response (AP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2009 07:47 AM PDT

AP - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Wednesday that dealing with the swine flu virus will be "a marathon, not a sprint" and individual citizens have a responsibility to help.

To close Gitmo, Holder to make appeal to Europe (AP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2009 04:35 AM PDT

Germany's Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble welcomes US Attorney General Eric Holder for talks in Berlin on Wednesday, April 29, 2009. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)AP - After privately asking European officials to take some freed Guantanamo Bay inmates, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is making a public appeal for help in closing a detention facility for terrorism suspects that has been widely condemned abroad.


Australia to up troops in Afghanistan to 1,550: PM (AFP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2009 12:37 AM PDT

File photo shows Australian soldiers watching an Afghan boy at Sorkh Morghab in Afghanistan. Australia will increase its troop commitment in Afghanistan by 450 soldiers to 1,550 to reduce the terror threat from the increasingly unstable nation, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said.(AFP/HO/File/Corporal Neil Ruskin)AFP - Australia will increase its troop commitment in Afghanistan by 450 soldiers to 1,550 to reduce the terror threat from the increasingly unstable nation, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Wednesday.


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