2009年8月13日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Algeria hosts regional summit amid rise in terrorism (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 13 Aug 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - West African Army commanders are concluding a two-day meeting Thursday in Tamanrasset, Algeria, to coordinate their efforts to fight terrorism.

Australia proposes revising counterterrorism laws (AP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2009 12:17 AM PDT

AP - Terrorism would be redefined to include psychological harm and police would gain emergency powers to search homes without warrants under proposed revisions to Australia's counterterrorism laws.

Georgia man convicted of aiding terror groups (AP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2009 11:08 PM PDT

Artist rendering of Ehsanul Islam Sadequee, left, and courtroom deputy Jessica Birnbaum, in federal court in Atlanta, Wednesday Aug. 12, 2009. Sadequee was convicted Wednesday on all four charges of aiding terrorist groups by sending videotapes of U.S. landmarks overseas. (AP Photo/Richard Miller)AP - A 23-year-old Georgia man was convicted Wednesday of aiding terrorist groups by sending videotapes of U.S. landmarks overseas and plotting to support "violent jihad" after a federal jury rejected his arguments that it was empty talk.

Mich. prison assessed for possible Gitmo transfers (AP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2009 04:49 PM PDT

In this Aug. 3, 2009 file photo, Paul Piche, a corrections officer at Standish Maximum Correctional Facility, holds placard demanding the recall of Gov. Jennifer Granholm in Standish, Mich. Obama administration officials plan on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009 to tour the soon-to-be-shuttered Michigan state prison considered an option to hold terrorism suspects now detained at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. (AP Photo/John Flesher, File)AP - Federal and state officials visited a maximum-security prison in rural Michigan on Thursday to begin assessing its suitability to house Guantanamo Bay detainees.

Slain Jakarta florist said to have plotted blasts (AP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2009 09:31 PM PDT

Indonesian National Police chief spokesman Maj. Gen. Nanan Sukarna shows a portrait of Ibrohim, a terrorist suspect who was killed in a police raid on a militant hide out in Central Java, during a press conference at the main police hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009. The suspected militant slain during a 16-hour siege with counterterrorism forces last week was not Indonesia's most-wanted militant Noordin Muhammad Top, police said Wednesday. Sukarna identified Ibrohim, who was a florist at the J.W. Marriott Hotel and Ritz-Carlton, as 'a planner and arranger of the hotel bombings.' (AP Photo/Irwin Fedriansyah)AP - When bomb blasts tore through two luxury hotels in Indonesia's capital where Andi Suhandi worked as a florist, he tried to phone a colleague to make sure he was safe.

U.S. vows to embrace U.N. in break with Bush-era policy (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Aug 2009 08:32 PM PDT

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice speaks at the United Nations Conference on the World Financial and Economical Crisis in New York, June 24, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters - The Obama administration will work with the United Nations to fight terrorism and other major world challenges, U.S. envoy Susan Rice said on Wednesday, marking a clear shift from the Bush administration's disregard for the world body.

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