2009年11月26日星期四

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


India marks one year after deadly Mumbai attacks (AFP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 11:37 AM PST

A former soldier waves the Indian flag outside the Taj Mahal hotel -- one of the key sites attacked in last year's terror attacks in Mumbai. India on Thursday marked the first anniversary of last year's deadly attacks on Mumbai with a show of security strength and prayers for the dead, as the government vowed a tough line to curb terror.(AFP/Indranil Mukherjee)AFP - India on Thursday marked the first anniversary of last year's deadly attacks on Mumbai with a show of security strength and prayers for the dead, as the government vowed a tough line to curb terror.


Mumbai commemorates anniversary of attacks (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 11:18 AM PST

People light candles in memory of those who died in last year's terror attack on Mumbai, on the first anniversary of the attack, at the India Gate monument, unseen, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009. Ten militants with assault rifles fanned out across Mumbai last Nov. 26, attacking a train station, hotels, and other targets, paralyzing India's financial capital and shocking the country killing 166 people.(AP Photo/Saurabh Das)AP - A grandfather visited the room where his grandson was orphaned. A young man returned to the hotel where he narrowly escaped death. Mumbai residents went in droves to donate blood at a train station overrun in the 60-hour siege of India's financial capital.


Ex-UK envoy: US focused on Iraq hours after 9/11 (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 08:28 AM PST

Christopher Meyer, former British Ambassador to the U. S., arrives for the Iraq war inquiry in London, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009.  Meyer served as then-Prime Minister Tony Blair's envoy to Washington, and is due to testify before the Iraq war inquiry about Britain's relations with the United States in the run-up to the conflict, in the most sweeping inquiry by any nation involved in the Iraq war.(AP Photo/Akira Suemori)AP - Tony Blair could have delayed the 2003 invasion of Iraq and ensured better plans were in place for its chaotic aftermath by taking a tougher stance with President George W. Bush, Britain's ex-ambassador to Washington said Thursday.


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