2009年8月9日星期日

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


North Korea wants better ties with US: security adviser (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Aug 2009 05:12 PM PDT

U.S. National Security Advisor General Jim Jones speaks to reporters in the briefing room at the White House in Washington May 6, 2009. At left is White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters - North Korea has signaled it wants to improve relations with the United States and has been told it must return to nuclear disarmament talks, U.S. national security adviser Jim Jones said on Sunday.


Were NC terror suspect's stories an exaggeration? (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2009 02:12 PM PDT

FILE - In an undated photo provided by the Department of Justice, Daniel Patrick Boyd is shown. Authorities believe Boyd used tales of fighting the Soviets alongside the mujahedeen to recruit followers into a North Carolina terrorism ring, but U.S. officials in the Middle East while Boyd was there doubt his stories. (AP Photo/Department of Justice)AP - Daniel Patrick Boyd used tales of fighting the Soviets alongside the mujahedeen to recruit followers into a North Carolina terrorism ring, authorities believe, and U.S. officials who were in Pakistan at the time doubt his stories.


National security adviser: US believes Mehsud dead (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2009 09:51 AM PDT

Map showing South Waziristan in Pakistan where a US drone strike on Wednesday may have killed Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud, according to reports being investigated by US and Pakistani officials.(AFP/Graphic)AP - The United States is nearly certain the Pakistani Taliban's leader is dead, and there now is a leadership struggle within the terrorist group, White House national security adviser James Jones said Sunday.


England withdraws badminton team due to attack fears (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Aug 2009 09:12 AM PDT

A security guard stands guard inside an indoor badminton stadium ahead of the world badminton championships in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad August 9, 2009. REUTERS/Krishnendu HalderReuters - England pulled out of the badminton world championships in Hyderabad on Sunday, citing a "specific terrorist threat".


Govt does not rule out torture risk: ministers (AFP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2009 08:34 AM PDT

A woman puts a blindfold over her eyes during a protest organised by Amnesty International in London in 2005. Senior ministers said they could not rule out that vital anti-terror information had been obtained through the torture of suspects abroad.(AFP/Pool/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Senior ministers said Sunday they could not rule out that vital anti-terror information had been obtained through the torture of suspects abroad.


Indonesia awaits DNA test to confirm terror leader's death (AFP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2009 06:51 AM PDT

Indonesian police guard the bullet-riddled farmhouse in Beji village in Central Java. Indonesian police said it could take two weeks to confirm the death of Asian terror mastermind Noordin Mohammed Top, who was reported killed in a dramatic standoff with police special forces in Beji village.(AFP/Romeo Gacad)AFP - Indonesian police said Sunday it could take two weeks to confirm the death of Asian terror mastermind Noordin Mohammed Top, who was reported killed in a dramatic standoff with police special forces.


Doubts raised that dead terrorist was top leader (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2009 03:43 AM PDT

An Indonesian police officer walks at a militant safe house in Temanggung, central Java, Indonesia, Sunday, 9, 2009. Southeast Asia's most wanted terror suspect was reportedly killed during a 16-hour siege on the suspected militant hide-out that ended Saturday when police stormed the house, but officials said they could not yet confirm he was among the dead. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)AP - Police scrambled Sunday to identify the body of a suspected terrorist killed in a farmhouse gunbattle after discovering a plot to kill Indonesia's president in a suicide car bombing.


Holder to name prosecutor to probe CIA abuses: report (AFP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2009 10:43 PM PDT

US Attorney General Eric Holder is poised to appoint a criminal prosecutor to investigate alleged CIA abuses committed during the interrogation of terrorism suspects, The Los Angeles Times reported.(AFP/Getty Images/File/William Thomas Cain)AFP - US Attorney General Eric Holder is poised to appoint a criminal prosecutor to investigate alleged CIA abuses committed during the interrogation of terrorism suspects, The Los Angeles Times reported.


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