2009年7月7日星期二

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Colo. prof in 9/11 flap loses bid to reclaim job (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 04:59 PM PDT

AP - A judge refused Tuesday to reinstate a University of Colorado professor who was fired on plagiarism charges after he likened some Sept. 11 terrorist attack victims to a Nazi leader.

Detainees require more legal rights in court: US officials (AFP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 03:37 PM PDT

In this pool photo, reviewed by the US military, a Guantanamo guard stands inside a doorway at Camp 6 detention facility at Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, Cuba, in May 2009. US administration officials said Tuesday that terror suspects tried before military commissions can claim some constitutional rights, including protection against evidence obtained through coercion.(AFP/Pool/File/Brennan Linsley)AFP - US administration officials said Tuesday that terror suspects tried before military commissions can claim some constitutional rights, including protection against evidence obtained through coercion.


Congress digs into spending bills (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 03:25 PM PDT

AP - The Senate took up a $42.9 billion measure funding homeland security programs on Tuesday as Capitol Hill's appropriations season revved into high gear.

New London memorial marks 4 years since attacks (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 01:35 PM PDT

Saba Mozakka, 28, whose mother Behnaz Mozakka, 47, was killed at Kings Cross in the London terror attacks on July 7, 2005, with the new memorial in Hyde Park, London, Monday, July 6, 2009,  commemorating those lost. A striking monument to the 52 people killed in the July 7 bombings will be official unveiled Tuesday, July 7, 2009, on the fourth anniversary of the attacks. Those killed in the 2005 bombings have been commemorated by 52 stainless steel columns, or stelae, three and half meters tall erected in London's Hyde Park. (AP Photo/Fiona Hanson/PA)AP - Families of terrorist victims joined royalty and lawmakers Tuesday to unveil a memorial of 52 steel pillars in a London park — one for each victim of the July 7, 2005, attacks on the city's transit system.


Government seeks voluntary statements at Guantanamo trials (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 11:40 AM PDT

In this pool photo, reviewed by the US military, a Guantanamo guard stands inside a doorway at Camp 6 detention facility at Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, Cuba, in May 2009. US administration officials said Tuesday that terror suspects tried before military commissions can claim some constitutional rights, including protection against evidence obtained through coercion.(AFP/Pool/File/Brennan Linsley)Reuters - The Obama administration said on Tuesday that only voluntary statements by foreign terrorism suspects at the Guantanamo Bay prison should be used as evidence at their military trials or else convictions could be reversed on appeal.


NATO launches effort to define role (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 06:05 AM PDT

AP - NATO must redefine its focus in the 21st century to combat new threats, including piracy, terrorism and cyber attacks, and to reflect its new role in war zones around the world, the organization's secretary general said Tuesday.
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