2010年5月15日星期六

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Pakistani is charged in Chile for explosives, not terror (AFP)

Posted: 15 May 2010 04:20 PM PDT

A Chilean policeman escorts Pakistani Mauhannas Saif ur Rehnab (L) in Santiago on May 11. Chile on Saturday charged Rehnab with illegal explosives possession and not with violating anti-terrorism law, after he was found to have traces of explosives on him when he visited the US embassy, a court source said.(AFP/File/Ariel Marinkovic)AFP - A court in Chile on Saturday charged a Pakistani man with illegal explosives possession after officials detected traces of TNT on him when he visited the US embassy, a court source said.


BP must clarify 'intentions' on oil spill clean-up costs: US (AFP)

Posted: 15 May 2010 12:56 PM PDT

Workers clean up hay that was placed to protect the beach from oil and tar balls if they wash ashore from the Deepwater Horizon site in Dauphin Island, Alabama. British Petroleum must clarify its AFP - British Petroleum must clarify its "true intentions" on paying for costs associated with a massive US oil spill, the US homeland security and interior secretaries said in a letter released Saturday.


US men on trial in Pakistan deny terrorism charges (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2010 07:50 AM PDT

US militant suspect Umar Farooq (in red) is hugged by his father as he arrives at a Pakistani anti-terrorist court in Sargodha in February 2010. Five Americans -- including Umar Farooq -- held in Pakistan on terrorism charges informed a judge in written statements that they were innocent and keen to return to the United States, a defence lawyer said.(AFP/File/Aamir Qureshi)AP - The prosecution concluded its case Saturday against five Americans on trial in a Pakistani court facing life sentences after being charged with planning terrorist attacks in the South Asian country.


US terror suspects in Pakistan 'keen to return home' (AFP)

Posted: 15 May 2010 07:24 AM PDT

US militant suspect Umar Farooq (in red) is hugged by his father as he arrives at a Pakistani anti-terrorist court in Sargodha in February 2010. Five Americans -- including Umar Farooq -- held in Pakistan on terrorism charges informed a judge in written statements that they were innocent and keen to return to the United States, a defence lawyer said.(AFP/File/Aamir Qureshi)AFP - Five Americans held in Pakistan on terrorism charges informed a judge in written statements Saturday that they were innocent and keen to return to the United States, a defence lawyer said.


Why FBI is following the money in Times Square bomb case (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 14 May 2010 12:56 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Three Pakistani men arrested Thursday in connection with the case of alleged Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad may be connected to an informal money-moving network that terror groups are increasingly using to finance their activities.
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