2010年10月10日星期日

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


US won't appeal nixed star witness in terror trial (AFP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 03:44 PM PDT

A police officer stands guard as members of the public wait in a security line to enter the Federal Courthouse in Manhattan on October 6, in New York. The US government on Sunday declined to appeal a New York judge's ruling that barred the star prosecution witness from testifying in the first civilian trial of an ex-Guantanamo inmate.(AFP/File/Don Emmert)AFP - The US government on Sunday declined to appeal a New York judge's ruling that barred the star prosecution witness from testifying in the first civilian trial of an ex-Guantanamo inmate.


U.S. won't appeal Guantanamo witness ruling (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 01:40 PM PDT

Reuters - Prosecutors on Sunday said they will not appeal a U.S. judge's ruling that refused to let a key witness testify in the first criminal trial of a terrorism suspect from the Guantanamo Bay military prison.

Police say large firecracker caused LA blast (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 02:20 PM PDT

Graphic locates San Pedro area of Los Angeles where an apparent vehicle explosion took placeAP - A large firecracker caused a blast near a Los Angles-area harbor that sent police scrambling to evacuate the neighborhood and order bomb squads into a hotel parking garage early Sunday, authorities said.


Blunt U.S. warnings to Pakistan prompted by terrorism fear (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 09:32 AM PDT

Pakistani firefighters try to extinguish burning NATO oil tankers following a Taliban attack in Nowshera on October 7, 2010. The US has apologised for a deadly helicopter strike on Pakistani soil in a move Washington hopes will encourage Islamabad to reopen a blocked NATO supply route to Afghanistan that has been repeatedly attacked by Taliban militants.(AFP/A. Majeed)Reuters - Washington's push on Pakistan to get tough on militants on its territory is prompted by worries about an attack on U.S. soil, a concern the United States will press in talks with Islamabad later this month.


Al-Qaida in North Africa seen as key Europe threat (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 03:47 AM PDT

AP - While Europe's latest terror threat stems from militants in Pakistan, a potentially greater menace lies just across the Mediterranean: Well-organized and financed Islamic terrorists from al-Qaida's North African offshoot.

Indonesia's changing face of terrorism (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 12:38 AM PDT

AP - Muslim militants wearing black masks stormed the tiny police precinct in western Indonesia and unloaded their assault rifles — riddling officers' bodies with bullets and shining a spotlight on the country's changing face of terrorism.
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