2010年12月19日星期日

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Yemen nuclear material 'easy target for terrorists': cable (AFP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2010 04:54 PM PST

A Yemen government official warned US diplomats that poor security meant there was little to stop terrorists getting their hands on the country's nuclear material, a US cable showed Monday.(AFP/File/Thomas Coex)AFP - A Yemen government official warned US diplomats that poor security meant there was little to stop terrorists getting their hands on the country's nuclear material, a US cable showed Monday.


US seeks legal pursuit of 'hi-tech terrorist' Assange: Biden (AFP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2010 04:45 PM PST

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange prepares to speak to the media in the grounds of Ellingham Hall in Norfolk, eastern England, on December 17. US vice president Joe Biden on Sunday blasted Assange as a dangerous AFP - US vice president Joe Biden on Sunday blasted Julian Assange as a dangerous "hi-tech terrorist" and said Washington was exploring a legal pursuit of the WikiLeaks founder.


Backers of 9/11 health bill optimistic (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2010 03:25 PM PST

AP - Backers of a bill in Congress to help people who became sick after working in the World Trade Center dust created by the Sept. 11 attacks said Sunday they're optimistic the Senate will approve the measure before the lame-duck session ends.

NY Rep. King: I'll hold hearings on radical Islam (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2010 11:59 AM PST

AP - The incoming head of the House Committee on Homeland Security says he will hold hearings on what he calls the "radicalization" of some American Muslims.

US seeks legal pursuit of WikiLeaks founder: Biden (AFP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2010 08:34 AM PST

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange prepares to speak to the media in the grounds of Ellingham Hall in Norfolk, eastern England, on December 17. US vice president Joe Biden on Sunday blasted Assange as a dangerous AFP - The US Justice Department is exploring a legal pursuit of Julian Assange, said Vice President Joe Biden, who described the WikiLeaks founder as a dangerous "hi-tech terrorist."


Body of slain US woman found near Jerusalem (AFP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2010 05:04 AM PST

Israeli medics and volunteers carry the body of US woman Christine Logan found near the village of Mata, southwest of Jerusalem, on Sunday. Israeli police are investigating whether Logan and her British friend, who is under surveillance at a hospital with stab wounds, were the target of a terror attack, a spokesman said.(AFP/Menahem Kahana)AFP - Israeli police on Sunday found the body of a missing US tourist, apparently stabbed to death, and are investigating whether she was the target of a terror attack, a spokesman said.


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