2010年12月22日星期三

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Congress passes aid package for 9/11 responders (AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 05:06 PM PST

Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., left, fist bumps John Feal after a news conference, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010, after Senate passage of a bill to assist 9/11 First Responders. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - After a last-minute compromise, Congress passed legislation Wednesday to provide up to $4.2 billion in new aid to survivors of the September 2001 terrorism attack on the World Trade Center and responders who became ill working in its ruins.


3 convicted in terror plot on Australian army base (AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 05:03 PM PST

AP - Three men who believed Islam was under threat from western nations were found guilty in an Australian court on Thursday of plotting a suicide attack against a Sydney army base.

US lawmakers move to help stricken 9/11 workers (AFP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 03:07 PM PST

Sen. Charles Schumer walks to the Senate floor at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. The US Senate voted Wednesday to create a 10-year, four-billion-dollar program to help September 11 emergency workers sickened in the ruins of the worst terrorist strike on US soil.(AFP/Getty Images/Win McNamee)AFP - The US Congress voted Wednesday to create a 10-year, four-billion-dollar program to help September 11 emergency workers sickened in the ruins of the worst terrorist attack on US soil.


(AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 01:51 PM PST

AP - Obama's looking at options for detainees who can't be tried but too dangerous for release.

White House defends intel chief after terror gaffe (AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 01:26 PM PST

AP - After the nation's top intelligence official fumbled a simple question about terrorism on national television, the White House on Wednesday acknowledged that Director of National Intelligence James Clapper had been in the dark about a terrorist plot disrupted in England.

Border Patrol remembers slain agent as warrior (AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 02:32 PM PST

Canadian Mounties salute as the funeral procession rolls by after the funeral service for fallen Border Patrol agent Brian Terry in Detroit, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010. Terry was killed during a gun battle with bandits near the Arizona border with Mexico. Terry was part of a team of agents tracking the organized gang Dec. 14 in a canyon just north of Mexico. Four bandits were arrested. (AP Photo/The Detroit News, John T. Greilick)AP - Brian Terry once wrote to a friend that he trained, drilled and prepared himself to have the best chance of defeating his country's enemies.


US 'vigilant' for holiday terror attack: official (AFP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 09:54 AM PST

Christmas shoppers in New York City on December 17. A top US anti-terror official said Wednesday that US intelligence and law enforcement agencies were doing everything they could to prevent a terror attack over the Christmas holidays.(AFP/File/Don Emmert)AFP - US President Barack Obama sent out his top White House anti-terror advisor Wednesday to assure Americans that everything possible was being done to keep them safe from attack over Christmas.


Bloomberg replants tree damaged on 9/11 at WTC (AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 09:14 AM PST

AP - A tree at the World Trade Center site that was badly damaged nine years ago in the Sept. 11 attacks has been nursed back to health and replanted.

White House backs top US spy after interview slip (AFP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 09:06 AM PST

The White House mounted a firm defense of America's top spy, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper seen here in October 2010, after he admitted on television he did not know about a purported terrorism plot foiled by Britain.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)AFP - The White House mounted a firm defense of America's top spy on Wednesday after he admitted on television he did not know about a purported terrorism plot foiled by Britain.


Cuba convicts Salvadoran on terror charges (AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 08:21 AM PST

AP - An El Salvador man has been convicted on terrorism charges for helping plan and carry out a string of bombings against Cuban tourist sites and was sentenced to 30 years in prison, Cuban state media said Wednesday.

US suits against Pakistani spy chief face hurdles (AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 12:03 AM PST

AP - The plaintiffs in two U.S. lawsuits accusing Pakistan's spy chief of nurturing terrorists involved in the 2008 Mumbai attacks are hoping for a historic outcome recalling the Lockerbie settlement, but they would have to overcome serious legal obstacles first, lawyers and experts say.

Somali Militants Suspected in Kenya Blast (Time.com)

Posted: 21 Dec 2010 08:15 PM PST

Time.com - A grenade detonated at a bus station, possibly by accident, is viewed as part of a campaign of Christmas terror

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