2009年10月5日星期一

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Top federal officials stress police cooperation (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 03:31 PM PDT

AP - U.S. Attorney Eric Holder, FBI Director Robert Mueller, and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Monday stressed the importance of cooperation between federal and local law enforcement agencies to stop terrorism.

Case to proceed against Dallas terror suspect (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 02:19 PM PDT

Reuters - A Jordanian accused of attempting to blow up a Dallas skyscraper will remain in custody after a magistrate ruled on Monday there was enough evidence to proceed with the case.

Britain's Supreme Court hears first case (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 09:44 AM PDT

Lord Phillips, President of the new Supreme Court, right, Lord Hope, Deputy President, 2nd right, and other Justices, formerly the Law Lords, walk from the Supreme Court building to Westminster Abbey after they are sworn in Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009 in central London. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori)AP - Britain's Supreme Court heard its first case Monday — an appeal by five terrorism suspects who say the British government has overstepped its power by freezing their assets without a conviction.


Afghan violence 'global terrorism' not domestic insurgency: FM (AFP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 07:53 AM PDT

General Stanley McChrystal, Commander of US Forces in Afghanistan, addresses a press conference in central London, on October 1. The commander of the 100,000-strong US and NATO force in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, reportedly wants 40,000 extra US troops to be sent and a change in strategy to focus on counter-insurgency in urban areas.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Afghanistan's foreign minister said Monday the country was a victim of global extremism, denying that an increase in violence was a domestic insurgency and warning against any withdrawal of foreign troops.


NYC to expand high-tech counterterror system (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 07:13 AM PDT

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, left,  speaks as New York Police Department Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly stands by during a news conference where they announced that New York City will use approximately 24 million dollars in Homeland Security grants to expand the Lower Manhattan Security Initiative to include Midtown Manhattan, Sunday Oct. 4, 2009 in New York. The Lower Manhattan Security Initiative is an extensive network of security cameras, license plate readers, and weapons sensors knit together to detect terrorist threats and deter terrorist pre-operational surveillance. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)AP - A network of security cameras, license plate readers and weapons sensors intended to protect lower Manhattan from terrorist threats will be expanded to the city's midtown area.


Supreme Court to examine terrorism, gun rights (AFP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 05:04 AM PDT

San Francisco Police Department Deputy Chief Kevin Cashman holds an anti-gun poster last year. The US Supreme Court, which now includes its first Hispanic justice Sonia Sotomayor, begins a new term that will focus on hot-button issues including gun rights and counter-terrorism.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)AFP - The Supreme Court, which now includes its first Hispanic justice Sonia Sotomayor, begins a new term on Monday that will focus on hot-button issues including gun rights and counter-terrorism.


Top ministers in Islamabad for terror talks (AFP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 02:05 AM PDT

An injured man waits for help after a suicide blast in Peshawar on September 26. The British home and defence secretaries have arrived in Islamabad for talks with Pakistani leaders on counter-terrorism and defence in the insurgent-plagued nation, officials have said.(AFP/File/A Majeed)AFP - The home and defence secretaries have arrived in Islamabad for talks with Pakistani leaders on counter-terrorism and defence in the insurgent-plagued nation, officials said.


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