2009年10月22日星期四

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Refugees don't think Pakistan's anti-Taliban efforts are serious (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 03:16 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan -- The Pakistani army's latest offensive against the Taliban in South Waziristan, probably the country's most significant anti-terror operation since 2001, so far has failed to convince residents of the frontier area that the state is finally determined to wipe out the Islamic extremists.

NJ airport guard pleads not guilty to Obama threat (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 03:00 PM PDT

This photo provided by the Essex County Sheriff's Department shows John Brek. Brek, a private security guard at Newark Liberty International Airport, was arrested on charges of threatening Barack Obama the night before the president was to fly there. (AP Photo/Essex County Sheriff's Department)AP - An airport security guard who was overheard saying he had "cut a hole in a fence to be able to shoot" Barack Obama pleaded not guilty Thursday to making terroristic threats against the president.

Victims of Sri Lankan rebels sue billionaire in NJ (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 11:38 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 16, 2009 file photo, Raj Rajaratnam, billionaire founder of the Galleon Group, a major hedge fund, is led in handcuffs from FBI headquarters in New York. A letter obtained by The Associated Press Wednesday, Oct. 21 said Galleon Group LLP plans 'an orderly wind down' of its funds while it explores 'various alternatives for its business.' (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)AP - A billionaire hedge fund manager charged in a $25 million insider trading case was sued by victims of violence in Sri Lanka who say he helped finance separatist rebels notorious for suicide bombings.

CORRECTED: Grenade wounds 50 in Moldova, police say terrorism (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 03:45 AM PDT

Reuters - Corrects story issued on October 15 to show Romanian singer Stefan Banica Jr was on stage during the grenade explosion and not Russian band Bravo

UN details 'devastating' impact of Afghan opium (AFP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 03:27 AM PDT

An Afghan boy working in a poppy field in the Panjwayi district of Kandahar. Afghan opium is unleashing a AFP - Afghan opium is unleashing a "devastating" impact across the world, according to a new UN report, funding the Taliban and other terror groups and killing thousands in consumer countries.

Musicians crank up the volume on Guantanamo debate (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 11:09 PM PDT

File - In this image reviewed by the U.S. Military, a razor-wired fence is shown above the Camp Delta 2 and 3 base sign, in this June 25, 2005 file photo taken at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. Aiming to break through congressional opposition to White House plans to shutter the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a group of retired generals and war veterans have launched the 'Close Gitmo Now' campaign, that includes a relatively modest $100,000 ad buy on cable channels Wednesday Oct. 21, 2009, its message exhorting Congress to reject the 'failed Bush-Cheney policies.' to rally support for closing the prison. (AP Photo/Haraz Ghanbari, File)AP - A coalition of mega-bands and singers outraged that music — including theirs — was cranked up to help break uncooperative detainees at Guantanamo Bay is joining retired military officers and liberal activists to rally support for President Barack Obama's push to shutter the Navy-run prison for terrorist suspects in Cuba.

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