2009年6月24日星期三

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


U.N. rights chief: Guantanamo chapter not yet closed (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2009 02:37 PM PDT

Reuters - The U.N. human rights chief said on Wednesday the United States still had much to do to close the chapter of its Guantanamo Bay prison for terrorism suspects and should itself accept detainees for resettlement.

Senators seek health care for sick 9/11 workers (AP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2009 01:59 PM PDT

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, second from left, speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 24, 2009, to announce the introduction of the James Zagroda 9/11 Health and Compensation Act. From left are, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Bloomberg, Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - New York and New Jersey lawmakers are asking Congress to provide $12 billion in long-term medical care and monitoring to thousands of Sept. 11 workers who became sick after being exposed to toxic dust and debris at the World Trade Center site.


Pakistan: No extradition request from India (AP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2009 12:10 PM PDT

AP - Pakistan has not received a formal request from India to hand over a group of suspects in last year's deadly Mumbai terrorist attacks and probably would not do so if it did, a government spokesman said Wednesday.

D.C. Crash Kills General Who Scrambled Jets on 9/11 (Bloomberg)

Posted: 24 Jun 2009 08:40 AM PDT

Maj. Gen. David F. Wherley Jr., retired commanding general of the D.C. National Guard, is shown in this undated photo.  Wherley and his wife, Ann, were among those killed in the collision of two Metro trains Monday, June 22, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/National Guard Bureau)Bloomberg - June 24 (Bloomberg) -- David F. Wherley Jr., the head of the Washington National Guard who scrambled jets over the city during the 9/11 terrorist attacks, was among those killed in the worst commuter train crash in the city’s history, officials said.


Hardline Somali leader vows to fight foreigners (AP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2009 05:17 AM PDT

The Dutch freighter Marathon is seen off the coast of Somalia in this handout picture taken June 23, 2009. Somali pirates freed the Dutch freighter on Tuesday, but one of the Ukrainian crew was shot dead by the pirates, the Dutch Foreign Ministry said. Picture taken June 23, 2009.   REUTERS/Handout (SOMALIA POLITICS CRIME LAW BUSINESS IMAGES OF THE DAY) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSAP - A hardline Somali rebel on a U.N. list of terror suspects called the country's Western-backed government powerless Wednesday and vowed to fight any foreign troops who try to prop up the administration.


D.C. Crash Kills National Guard Head Who Scrambled Jets on 9/11 (Bloomberg)

Posted: 23 Jun 2009 09:00 PM PDT

Bloomberg - June 24 (Bloomberg) -- David F. Wherley Jr., the head of the Washington National Guard, who scrambled jets over the city during the 9/11 terrorist attacks, was among those killed in the worst commuter train crash in the city’s history, officials said.

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