2010年12月13日星期一

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Philippines 'surprised' by updated Hong Kong travel warning (AFP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 03:52 PM PST

Members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team perform a training display in Taguig, suburban Manila in September 2010. The Philippines expressed surprise on Monday after Hong Kong mentioned the threat of terrorist attacks in an update to a travel advisory urging its residents against visiting the country.(AFP/File/Jay Directo)AFP - The Philippines expressed surprise on Monday after Hong Kong mentioned the threat of terrorist attacks in an update to a travel advisory urging its residents against visiting the country.


Stockholm bomber seen as radical by UK Muslims (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 03:32 PM PST

In this frame grab taken from Associated Press Television News video and provided by Hector Eguia shows a car burning and exploding in  Stockholm on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/APTN, Hector Eguia)AP - At his local mosque in England, Taimour Abdulwahab alarmed elders with his extreme views on Islam. On the Internet, he posted videos of Chechen fighters and abused Iraqi prisoners.


New anti-terror rules thwart US Cuban cigar trade (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 02:56 PM PST

AP - It's an unintended consequence of the fight against terrorism that's left some cigar aficionados fuming: Terrorists in Yemen try to send bomb-laden packages to the U.S. aboard cargo planes, and now a connoisseur in Iowa can't get his Cubans from Switzerland.

Sweden Terror Attacks Raise Security vs. Liberty Issue (Time.com)

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 02:05 PM PST

Time.com - In Sweden, a society accustomed to seeing wars and political violence as problems that affect others wakes up to a new menace at home: terrorism attacks

Germany lays out goals for Security Council tenure (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 08:03 AM PST

AP - Germany's ambassador to the United Nations said Monday his country hopes to use its two-year tenure on the influential Security Council to focus on fighting terrorism, peace-building and bringing climate-related threats to the forefront.

Guantanamo detainees take fight to Supreme Court (AFP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 07:13 AM PST

A US Army guard opens the gate at Camp Delta at Guantanamo Naval Base in Guantanamo, Cuba, in 2004. Condemned by the lower house of the US Congress to remain in Guantanamo Bay indefinitely, AFP - Condemned by the lower house of the US Congress to remain in Guantanamo Bay indefinitely, "War on Terror" detainees are taking their cases to the Supreme Court, hoping it can break them out.


US pastor 'would fight ban' on UK visit (AFP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 03:28 AM PST

Firebrand US pastor Terry Jones, seen here in November, said he would fight an attempt to stop him visiting Britain to speak to far-right activists, after authorities here said they were AFP - Firebrand US pastor Terry Jones said Monday he would fight an attempt to stop him visiting Britain to speak to far-right activists, after authorities here said they were "actively" considering a ban.


Sweden bomber sought big targets; new threat made (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 01:24 PM PST

A police officer searches through a bag in Stockholm December 13, 2010 after Saturday's blast. A Middle East-born man who died in the blast in Stockholm was wearing an explosives belt and likely aimed to attack a crowded train station or department store when the device went off prematurely, an official said on Monday. REUTERS/Fredrik Sandberg/Scanpix (SWEDEN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST IMAGES OF THE DAY) NO COMMERCIAL SALES. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. SWEDEN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SWEDENReuters - A Middle Eastern man killed in a blast in Stockholm was wearing a bomb belt and ready to attack a train station or department store when the device went off prematurely, Sweden's chief prosecutor said on Monday.


Police probe Stockholm blasts as act of terrorism (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 10:10 AM PST

A still image taken from a video footage shows firefighters attempting to put out the fire on a burning car in Stockholm December 11, 2010. REUTERS/Reuters TVReuters - Police said on Sunday they were treating bomb blasts in Stockholm as an act of terrorism by a lone attacker that followed an emailed threat referring to Sweden's troops in Afghanistan and to cartoons of Mohammad.


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