2010年2月24日星期三

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


News outlets: Unseal NYC terror plea agreement (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 04:42 PM PST

AP - The Associated Press and Newsday have asked a judge to make public a sealed plea agreement between prosecutors and a man who admitted he plotted to bomb the city's subway system in the days following the Sept. 11 anniversary.

Key senator backs upping aviation security fee (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 04:32 PM PST

Reuters - A key senator said on Wednesday that he supported hiking aviation security fees as authorities boost security after the failed attempt to blow up a U.S. commercial airliner on Christmas Day.

Iraqi parliamentarian denies U.S. charges of terrorism (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 03:04 PM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Abu Mahdi al Mohandas is one of more than 6,000 candidates who are running in the Iraqi parliamentary elections next month, but he's probably the only contender who won't set foot on the campaign trail for fear of a U.S. assassination attempt.

Spain takes 1st Guantanamo inmate, Albania takes 3 (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 01:02 PM PST

Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba gestures during a joint press conference with his Portuguese counterpart Rui Pereira, not in picture, in Oeiras, Portugal, on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)AP - The United States got help from Europe on Wednesday in its troubled drive to shut down Guantanamo Bay, as Spain accepted a former inmate from the prison for terror suspects and the tiny Balkan nation of Albania took in three more.


Saudi stands trial over Jakarta hotel bombings (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 09:30 AM PST

Suspected militant Al Khelaiw Ali Abdullah is escorted by plain-clothed police officers upon arrival for his trial at a district court in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010. The retired Saudi Arabian school teacher went on trial Wednesday charged with financing suicide bombings at two Jakarta hotels that killed seven and wounded more than 50. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)AP - Prosecutors told a court Wednesday that a retired Saudi Arabian school teacher who ran an Internet cafe in Indonesia helped finance militants responsible for suicide bombings at two Jakarta hotels that killed seven and wounded more than 50.


Guantanamo inmates transferred to Albania, Spain: US (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 09:07 AM PST

A US Army guard opens the gate at Camp Delta at Guantanamo Naval Base in Guantanamo, Cuba, in 2004. Four detainees released from the US AFP - Four detainees released from the US "war on terror" prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba arrived in Europe Wednesday, with three going to Albania and the fourth to Spain, US officials said.


Spain accepts first Guantanamo inmate (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 03:21 AM PST

AP - Spain took in an inmate from Guantanamo Bay on Wednesday, the first of up to five the government is willing to host as it tries to help President Barack Obama's flagging effort to close the U.S. prison for terror suspects.

Supreme Court: Peace activists challenge US antiterror law (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 23 Feb 2010 05:19 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - A lawyer for a group of international peace activists urged the US Supreme Court on Tuesday to strike down a portion of an antiterror law that he says threatens to send his clients to prison for urging terror groups to explore nonviolent solutions.
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