2009年4月3日星期五

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Obama campaigns for help in Afghan terror fight (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2009 03:46 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers his speech at the Rhenus sports arena in Strasbourg, April 3, 2009. Obama called for a world without nuclear weapons on Friday after arriving in France for a NATO summit, where he won French endorsement of his new Afghanistan strategy.     REUTERS/Charles Platiau (FRANCE)AP - Courting Europe with an American-style campaign, President Barack Obama on Friday talked up his plans — popular here — to eliminate nuclear weapons, close the Guantanamo Bay prison and tackle global warming.


Homeland Security boss says cartels under pressure (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2009 03:22 PM PDT

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano attends a press conference in Cuernavaca, Mexico, Thursday, April 2, 2009. The Obama administration's top cops and their Mexican counterparts are looking for ways to stop arms smuggling across the border as well as new strategies for fighting the drug cartels that have fueled violence in both countries. (AP Photo/Claudio Cruz)AP - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says strategies outlined with Mexican officials this week will put warring drug cartels in a vice.


Egyptian student cleared in Florida explosives trial (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Apr 2009 03:03 PM PDT

Reuters - A U.S. jury acquitted an Egyptian student on Friday of two explosives charges that could have sent him to prison for up to 20 years in a case that resulted in a terrorism conviction against another student.

Obama in terror warning to NATO allies (AFP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2009 02:18 PM PDT

French President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) and his US counterpart Barack Obama inspect an honour guard in Strasbourg, eastern France. US President Barack Obama warned his European NATO allies that they face a greater risk of terror attacks than America and that he needs their help to defeat Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)AFP - US President Barack Obama warned his European NATO allies Friday that they face a greater risk of terror attacks than America and that he needs their help to defeat Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan.


Ex-U.S. sailor jailed for 10 years on terrorism charges (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Apr 2009 01:54 PM PDT

Reuters - A former U.S. Navy sailor stationed in the Middle East was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison on Friday for spying and providing material support to a terrorist organization.

Ex-sailor sentenced to 10 years in terror case (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2009 01:38 PM PDT

AP - A former Navy sailor convicted of leaking details about ship movements and the best ways to attack them was sentenced Friday to the maximum 10 years in prison.

DC attorney general decries gun amendment (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2009 01:26 PM PDT

AP - The nation's capital would be more vulnerable to a terrorist attack if the District of Columbia's gun laws were weakened, the city's attorney general said Friday.

75% Oppose Release of Guantanamo Inmates in the United States (Rasmussen Reports)

Posted: 03 Apr 2009 10:02 AM PDT

Rasmussen Reports - President Obama's intelligence chief said last week that some inmates at the Guantanamo terrorist prison camp may be released in the United States, but just 13% of U.S. voters think that should be allowed.

Obama Calls for Stronger NATO Effort to Pacify Afghanistan (Bloomberg)

Posted: 03 Apr 2009 07:41 AM PDT

Bloomberg - April 3 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama pressed NATO to step up efforts to stabilize Afghanistan, warning that terror groups based there are more likely to attack European countries than the United States.

Obama calls on NATO allies to raise game (AFP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2009 07:32 AM PDT

Interactive graphic on the NATO 60th anniversary summit in Strasbourg, Kehl and Baden Baden.(AFP iactiv)AFP - US President Barack Obama on Friday urged the NATO allies to boost their own military strengths and warned that Europe was more likely to fall victim to a terror attack than the United States.


Obama defends US role in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2009 05:48 AM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama is defending the U.S. war in Afghanistan and says it could prevent a future terrorist attack somewhere in Europe.

France mulls taking in Algerian Guantanamo inmate (AFP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2009 04:43 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama (L) and French President Nicolas Sarkozy are pictured at Palais Rohan during the NATO summit in Strasbourg. Sarkozy said Friday that France had agreed to accept a prisoner from the US-run Guantanamo Bay prison camp in Cuba, which is to be closed down.(AFP/Saul Loeb)AFP - France is considering taking in an Algerian detainee of the Guantanamo "war on terror" prison that US President Barack Obama has vowed to close by January, two sources said.


Sarkozy says France to accept Guantanamo prisoner (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2009 04:41 AM PDT

AP - In a symbolic gesture, French President Nicolas Sarkozy says he will accept one terrorist suspect being held at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp.

France mulls taking Algerian Guantanamo inmate: US (AFP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2009 12:31 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama signs an executive order to close the AFP - France is considering taking in an Algerian detainee of the Guantanamo "war on terror" prison that US President Barack Obama vowed to close by January, two sources said.


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