2010年11月4日星期四

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Al-Qaeda bomb in British airport was 'minutes from blast' (AFP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 02:51 PM PDT

France's Interior minister Brice Hortefeux, pictured in September 2010. British anti-terror police disarmed an Al-Qaeda bomb just 17 minutes before it was due to detonate, France said Thursday, after the explosives were intercepted on their way from Yemen to the United States.(AFP/File/Romain Perrocheau)AFP - British anti-terror police disarmed an Al-Qaeda bomb just 17 minutes before it was due to detonate, France said Thursday, after the explosives were intercepted on their way from Yemen to the United States.


US Treasury targets anti-India terror groups (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 11:19 AM PDT

AP - The Treasury Department took aim Thursday at an anti-Indian terror group behind the Mumbai attacks and a second group trying to drive India out of Kashmir, just before President Barack Obama's upcoming Indian visit.

Nigerian bomb suspect says mastermind in S.Africa (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 09:21 AM PDT

AP - A Nigerian man arrested on terror charges after bombings in his homeland said Thursday that a man identified as the mastermind of the attack is also living in South Africa.

U.S. names supporters of Pakistani terrorist groups (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 09:04 AM PDT

Reuters - The U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions on Thursday against individuals and groups that it said support two Pakistan-based terrorist organizations.

Philippine leader calls for terror warning lift (AFP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 09:02 AM PDT

A heavily armed police officer patrols a shopping centre in Manila on November 3, 2010. The Philippines on Thursday urged the United States and other allies to downgrade travel warnings about an imminent terrorist attack in Manila, saying it had not monitored any such threat.(AFP/Jay Directo)AFP - President Benigno Aquino on Thursday urged the United States and other foreign governments to lift travel warnings over an imminent terrorist attack in the Philippines, saying they were unfounded.


US slaps sanctions on Pakistan-based terrorist groups (AFP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 08:41 AM PDT

A view of the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Mumbai. The hotel was a target of 2008 terrorist attacks. The United States imposed sanctions Thursday on two Pakistan-based terrorist organizations and a key leader of recent attacks in Mumbai.(AFP/Punit Paranjpe)AFP - The United States imposed sanctions Thursday on two Pakistan-based terrorist organizations and a key leader of recent attacks in Mumbai.


Indian woman vows to continue decade hunger strike (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 07:57 AM PDT

Irom Sharmila lies on a hospital bed in Imphal, India, Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010. The extremely frail 38-year-old woman dubbed 'The Iron Lady' marked 10 years without voluntarily taking food or water Thursday, a hunger strike launched to protest the anti-terror law that grants Indian soldiers sweeping powers to crack down on rebels. Sharmila, a locally published poet, began her hunger strike after paramilitary soldiers gunned down 10 civilians near a bus stop in Imphal, saying they suspected militants were in the area after separatist rebels had ambushed troops two days earlier. (AP Photo/Bullu Raj)AP - An extremely frail 38-year-old woman dubbed "The Iron Lady" marked 10 years without voluntarily taking food or water Thursday — a hunger strike launched to protest an anti-terror law that grants Indian soldiers sweeping powers to crack down on rebels.


Greece charges two as 14th parcel bomb surfaces (AFP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 07:30 AM PDT

Police investigators search for evidence after controlled explodion of a package outside the ACS courier offices in Athens. A Greek judge charged two men with terrorism as police announced that a 14th parcel bomb had been dealt with after delivery at the French embassy in Athens.(AFP/Louisa Gouliamaki)AFP - A Greek judge charged two men with terrorism Thursday as police announced that a 14th parcel bomb had been dealt with after delivery at the French embassy in Athens.


France arrests two for suspected militant links (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 07:22 AM PDT

Reuters - French police, on heightened alert for potential terrorist attacks, have arrested two people on suspicion of links to terrorist groups, Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux said on Thursday.

French arrest 2 suspected of planning atack (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 02:20 AM PDT

AP - The French interior minister says police have arrested two brothers suspected of planning a terrorist attack in France.

Japan police probe anti-terror files leak (AFP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 01:36 AM PDT

A woman uses a keyboard in Hong Kong. Japanese police are investigating the online leak of apparent classified anti-terrorism documents, the government said Thursday, denying it spells a security threat to an Asia-Pacific summit next week.(AFP/Mike Clarke)AFP - Japanese police are investigating the online leak of apparent classified anti-terrorism documents, the government said Thursday, denying it spells a security threat to an Asia-Pacific summit next week.


France arrests two on suspicion of terror: minister (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 12:52 AM PDT

Reuters - French police have arrested two people on suspicion of links to terrorist groups, Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux said on Thursday.

Iran says four "terrorists" arrested: report (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 01:22 AM PDT

Reuters - Iranian authorities have arrested four people they say were paid by a Kurdish militant based in Britain to carry out assassinations, state-run Press TV reported on Thursday.

US involvement in Yemen edging toward 'clandestine war' (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 03 Nov 2010 04:13 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - President Obama is pledging stepped-up military and economic cooperation with Yemen in response to last week’s foiled terrorist operation aboard cargo planes that originated in the country.
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