2010年1月27日星期三

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Malaysia terror suspects linked to Nigeria bomber: report (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 05:13 PM PST

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, seen here in an undated handout photo. Ten terrorism suspects detained in Malaysia are believed to be linked to the Nigerian student responsible for the botched Christmas Day plane bombing near Detroit, a report said Thursday.(AFP/HO/File/Mike Rimmer)AFP - Ten terrorism suspects detained in Malaysia are believed to be linked to the Nigerian student responsible for the botched Christmas Day plane bombing near Detroit, a report said Thursday.


Where to hold 9/11 trial? Not in NYC, some say (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 02:54 PM PST

FILE - This Sept. 8, 2008 file aerial photo shows Governors Island in New York harbor, with lower Manhattan in the background center. Manhattan community activists are pushing a host of alternative locales for the trial of admitted 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four terror suspects in a bid to keep the spectacle out of their neighborhood. The suggestions include Governors Island, an air base in Newburgh and an old prison in upstate New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)AP - Where should the men accused of planning the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks be tried? Not here, say New York City business and community leaders whose list of alternatives includes military bases, federal prisons and a 172-acre island in New York Harbor.


Top court overturns suspected terrorist asset freeze (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 02:08 PM PST

A general view of Court one at the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in 2009. The Supreme Court Wednesday overturned an assets freeze on suspected terrorists, which was introduced in line with UN Security Council resolutions.(AFP/File/Gareth Fuller)AFP - The Supreme Court Wednesday overturned an assets freeze on suspected terrorists, which was introduced in line with UN Security Council resolutions.


Officials: Zazi uncle indicted in NYC terror probe (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 12:21 PM PST

File - In this Sept. 17, 2009 file photo, Najibullah Zazi arrives for questioning at the FBI offices in Denver, two days before the FBI arrested him on charges of plotting a terror attack against New York City.  Law enforcement officials said Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010 that Zazi's uncle, Naqib Jaji, was indicted on a single felony charge and was arraigned in a sealed proceeding in Brooklyn two weeks ago. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)AP - The uncle of a Colorado airport driver charged with plotting to attack New York City with homemade bombs has been indicted in a widening terror probe, two law enforcement officials said Wednesday.


Uncle of Afghan terror suspect Zazi arrested: NY Times (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 11:51 AM PST

Najibullah Zazi, 24, arrives at the Byron G. Rogers Federal Building in 2009 in Colorado. The uncle of Zazi, an Afghan immigrant charged with conspiring to bomb New York during the anniversary of 9/11 terror attacks, has been arrested, The New York Times reported Wednesday, saying authorities would not reveal the reason for his detention.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Marc Piscotty)AFP - The uncle of an Afghan immigrant charged with conspiring to bomb New York during the anniversary of 9/11 terror attacks has been arrested, The New York Times reported Wednesday, saying authorities would not reveal the reason for his detention.


Secret detention may amount to crime against humanity: UN experts (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 11:42 AM PST

A delegate readies for the opening of a new UN Human Rights Council session at UN offices in Geneva in 2009. UN human rights experts warned on Wednesday that AFP - UN human rights experts warned in a report on Wednesday that "widespread and systematic" secret detention of terror suspects was continuing and could pave the way for charges of crimes against humanity.


Ex-suspect in Mass. highway slayings found dead (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 11:27 AM PST

AP - A man who was once a suspect in the unsolved serial slayings of nine Massachusetts women has died, more than 20 years after the so-called "highway killings" terrorized women in the New Bedford area.

Pakistani-American pleads not guilty in Mumbai attack, Danish plot (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 09:53 AM PST

Pigeons fly outside the landmark Taj Mahal hotel - one of the sites of terror attacks - in Mumbai. A Pakistani-American accused of spending two years scoping out Mumbai ahead of the deadly 2008 siege pleaded not guilty in a Chicago court Wednesday to updated terrorism charges.(AFP/File/Indranil Mukherjee)AFP - A Pakistani-American accused of spending two years scoping out Mumbai ahead of the deadly 2008 siege pleaded not guilty in a Chicago court Wednesday to updated terrorism charges.


UK Supreme Court strikes down govt terror measure (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 09:40 AM PST

AP - Britain's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the government overstepped its power when it froze the bank accounts of five terrorist suspects without a vote in Parliament. It said the special Treasury orders were unlawful.

S.Africa: No reply on terror query, frees Tunisian (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 09:34 AM PST

AP - South African police released the Tunisian owner of Britain's Islam Channel after holding him for two days on an international terror warrant issued by his homeland, saying Wednesday that Tunisia had failed to respond to queries about the case.

Chicago man pleads not guilty to terrorism charges (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 09:28 AM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2009, file courtroom drawing David Coleman Headley, appears before U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber in federal court in Chicago. Headley, accused of scouting out the Indian city of Mumbai for a 2008 terrorist attack and plotting to attack a Danish newspaper, pleaded not guilty during a court appearance Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Verna Sadock, File)AP - A Chicago man accused of helping scout out the Indian city of Mumbai before the 2008 terrorist attack that left 166 people dead and plotting to attack a Danish newspaper pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges that could result in a death sentence.


No civilian trial for Indonesian terror suspect (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 06:42 AM PST

Democratic US Senator Jim Webb, seen here in 2009, said that alleged Al-Qaeda bomb plotter Hambali, sought for trial in his homeland of Indonesia, should not be tried in a civilian US court(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)AFP - Alleged Al-Qaeda bomb plotter Hambali, sought for trial in his homeland of Indonesia, should not be tried in a civilian US court, Democratic US Senator Jim Webb said Tuesday.


World powers to discuss Yemen at London meet (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 05:26 AM PST

World powers such as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gathered for talks on how to tackle Al-Qaeda militants operating out of Yemen, seen as a new frontier in the war against terror after an attempt to blow up a US-bound jet.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - World powers gathered Wednesday for talks on how to tackle Al-Qaeda militants operating out of Yemen, seen as a new frontier in the war against terror after an attempt to blow up a US-bound jet.


Malaysia arrests 10 for 'terrorism' (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 12:56 AM PST

File photo shows a Malaysian policeman standing guard in front of Parliament House in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia has arrested 10 people including nine foreigners for AFP - Malaysia said Wednesday it had arrested 10 people including nine foreigners for "acts of terrorism", saying they were members of an international terror outfit and threatened national security.


US redefines Yemen strategy (AP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 09:07 PM PST

FILE - In this Aug. 19, 2009, file photo, Yemenite army cadets marching during a graduation ceremony in San'a, Yemen. The terror incubator in Yemen, birthplace of the Christmas Day airliner attack, is forcing the United States and allies to pour millions of dollars into a shaky government officials suspect won't spend the money wisely and isn't fully committed to the battle against al-Qaida. (AP Photo/File)AP - The terror incubator in Yemen, birthplace of the Christmas Day airliner attack, is forcing the United States and allies to pour millions of dollars into a shaky government that officials suspect won't spend the money wisely and isn't fully committed to the battle against al-Qaida.


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