2010年11月12日星期五

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


U.S. officials meet travel industry over security (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 03:16 PM PST

An employee of the U.S. Transportation Security Administration uses a special LED light to check the authenticity of a passenger's driver's license as he matches names on boarding passes at Washington Reagan National Airport January 4, 2010. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - U.S. homeland security officials sat down with travel industry executives on Friday to try to address growing complaints by fliers who feel they are facing overly intrusive screening at U.S. airports.


Gov.-elect Cuomo: Keep Sept. 11 trial out of NY (AP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 12:37 PM PST

New York state Attorney General and Gov.-elect Andrew Cuomo, left, and his successor, New York state Sen. Eric Schneiderman, participate in a news conference, Friday, Nov. 12, 2010, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - Gov.-elect Andrew Cuomo says the trial of the professed mastermind of the Sept. 11 terror attacks shouldn't be held in New York state.


Britain, Algeria boost counter-terrorism strategy: minister (AFP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 10:18 AM PST

British Foreign Office Minister for the Middle East and North Africa Alistair Burt gives a press conference held at the British embassy to Algiera.(AFP/File/Fayez Nureldine)AFP - Britain and Algeria will step up cooperation on security with the creation of a committee on counter-terrorism, a British minister said Friday.


US team tours Africa to boost bioterror safety (AP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 08:05 AM PST

AP - U.S. officials are wrapping up a visit to Africa to investigate what security upgrades at facilities holding pathogens are needed to help prevent biological terror attacks.

US terror trial jury takes three-day break (AFP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 07:28 AM PST

The New York jury in the first civilian trial of former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Tanzania's Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, seen here in this 2004 FBI handout, began a three-day weekend Friday after failing to reach a verdict in their first two sessions of deliberations.(AFP/FBI/File)AFP - The New York jury in the first civilian trial of a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner began a three-day weekend Friday after failing to reach a verdict in their first two sessions of deliberations.


Philippine leader hits US, allies on terror alert (AP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 02:43 AM PST

Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, left, and New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key adjust their earphones during the APEC CEO Summit in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Friday, Nov. 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)AP - The Philippine president lashed out at the United States and five other Western allies on Friday for issuing what he said were unverified warnings of a possible terrorist attack in the Southeast Asian nation at a time when it is trying to bolster its lackluster tourism industry.


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