2009年9月2日星期三

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


CIA refuses to release torture probe documents (AFP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2009 04:39 PM PDT

A man walks across the the lobby of the CIA headquarters in McLean, Virginia. The CIA has refused to release further documents related to its controversial terrorist rendition, detention and interrogation programs, saying doing so would threaten national security.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)AFP - The CIA has refused to release further documents related to its controversial terrorist rendition, detention and interrogation programs, saying doing so would threaten national security.


Napolitano: 'Big Influx' of new infections likely (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2009 01:16 PM PDT

AP - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Wednesday that people should expect "a big influx" of swine flu cases this fall and prepare as best they can.

Judge: Utah school district showed prejudice (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2009 09:31 AM PDT

AP - A judge for the Utah Labor Commission has ruled that school officials engaged in racial profiling and prejudice when they rejected a man from India for a substitute teaching position shortly after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Sri Lanka defends 20-year sentence for journalist (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2009 06:01 AM PDT

Sri Lankan prison guards escort ethnic Tamil journalist J.S. Tissainayagam out of the High Court premises in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, Aug. 31, 2009. The court Monday sentenced Tissainayagam to 20 years in prison under the island's harsh anti-terrorism law for publishing articles critical of the government's war on the Tamil Tiger rebels. (AP Photo)AP - Sri Lanka's government defended a 20-year prison sentence given to a journalist accused of violating the country's strict anti-terror law, saying he was given a fair trial and the decision did not impact media freedom on the island.


Despite Outreach, Violence Is Up In Southern Thailand (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Sep 2009 04:25 AM PDT

Time.com - Over the past five years, a steady stream of bombings, shootings, beheadings and other terror attacks in the country's deep south have claimed roughly 3,500 lives, both Muslim and Buddhist. Why is the violence getting worse?

Australian terror cell member jailed for 5 years (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2009 03:25 AM PDT

AP - The last of eight men convicted of being part of a terrorist cell that planned to kill hundreds of people with a bombing in Australia's second largest city was sentenced on Wednesday to five years in prison.
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