2009年5月25日星期一

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Analysis: NKorea widens threat, limits US options (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2009 05:46 PM PDT

President Barack Obama makes a statement about North Korea in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - North Korea's nuclear test makes it no likelier that the regime will actually launch a nuclear attack, but it adds a scary dimension to another threat: the defiant North as a facilitator of the atomic ambitions of others, potentially even terrorists.


Military chiefs back Obama on Guantanamo (AFP)

Posted: 25 May 2009 01:59 AM PDT

File photo shows a guard tower at the closed AFP - President Barack Obama has gained support for closing Guantanamo from current and former military leaders despite opposition in Congress to moving "war on terror" suspects to the United States.


Haneke's chilling "White Ribbon" wins in Cannes (Reuters)

Posted: 24 May 2009 08:23 PM PDT

Director Michael Haneke is congratulated by Jury President Isabelle Huppert after receiving the Palme d'Or award for the film Reuters - Austrian director Michael Haneke won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes film festival on Sunday for "The White Ribbon", a chilling exploration of the roots of Nazi terror.


Congress to Obama: Gitmo plan before money (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2009 12:13 AM PDT

Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 21, 2009, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Pakistan and Afganistan. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - President Barack Obama shouldn't have assumed his Democratic allies in Congress were willing to pay for the shutdown of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. They weren't, at least not without a plan.


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