2009年1月21日星期三

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Obama administration moves to suspend Gitmo trials (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2009 02:59 AM CST

In this Dec. 4, 2006 file photo, reviewed by the U.S. Military, a detainee peers out from his cell, inside Camp Delta detention facility, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. Late on Jan. 20, 2009, the Department of Defense issued an order requesting a 120-day halt to Guantanamo Bay trials pending review. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)AP - Military judges on Wednesday will consider motions by the Obama administration to suspend the Guantanamo war crimes trials for 120 days during a review of the system for prosecuting suspected terrorists.


Obama to request suspension of Guantanamo cases (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2009 01:34 AM CST

Sailors at the US Naval Base, in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba watch live as President Barack Obama is sworn-in as the 44th President of the United States. Obama has ordered prosecutors to seek a suspension of military trials at the controversial AFP - President Barack Obama has ordered prosecutors to seek a suspension of military trials at the controversial "war on terror" camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in documents to go before judges Wednesday.


Gone to Texas: Bush returns to state he loves (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2009 06:50 PM CST

Former President George W. Bush greets the crowd after a 'Welcome Home' rally, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009, in Midland, Texas. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)AP - Leaving the White House for the last time on Tuesday, President George W. Bush blew a kiss out the window of his presidential limousine, a gesture that capped an eight-year administration marked by two wars, recession and the biggest terrorist attack on U.S. soil.


Canadian sent to Syria after tip: Guantanamo hearing (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jan 2009 05:55 PM CST

In this photo of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin, reviewed by the U.S. Military, Canadian defendant Omar Khadr sits during a hearing at the U.S. Military Commissions court for war crimes, at the U.S. Naval Base, in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, January 19, 2009. (Janet Hamlin/Pool/Reuters)Reuters - U.S. authorities apparently were acting on a tip from a 15-year-old captive when they sent a Canadian software engineer to Syria, where he was imprisoned and tortured as a suspected terrorist, according to testimony at the Guantanamo war crimes tribunal on Tuesday.


Senate confirms clutch of Obama nominees (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2009 04:59 PM CST

US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle walk the Inaugural Parade route following his being sworn in as 44th US president in Washington, DC. The US Senate on Tuesday confirmed seven key members of President Barack Obama's domestic policy team, including Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano, hours after the new US leader took office.(AFP/Emmanuel Dunand)AFP - The US Senate on Tuesday confirmed seven key members of President Barack Obama's domestic policy team, including Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano, hours after the new US leader took office.


US agencies chase down potential inauguration day threat (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2009 04:00 PM CST

US intelligence services chased reports of a potential terrorist threat Tuesday as President Barack Obama was sworn in before massive crowds amid an unprecedented security lockdown.(DHS)AFP - US intelligence services chased reports of a potential terrorist threat Tuesday as President Barack Obama was sworn in before massive crowds amid an unprecedented security lockdown.


Inauguration security tight; cold taking a toll (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2009 01:18 PM CST

President Barack Obama's Treasury Secretary nominee Timothy Geithner talks with people in the crowd as he waits for the start of the 'We Are One' Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, January 18, 2009. (Jason Reed/Reuters)AP - Authorities monitored a rush of intelligence leads Tuesday at the largest security operation in presidential inauguration history, including a possible threat from an East Africa radical Islamic terrorist group.


India test fires missile in province near Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2009 04:43 AM CST

AP - India tested its nuclear-capable Brahmos supersonic cruise missile Tuesday in a province bordering Pakistan, despite already tense relations with Islamabad following the Mumbai terror attacks, a news report said.
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