2011年1月1日星期六

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Stalin statue blown up in Ukraine: Communists (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 12:47 PM PST

The empty pedestal of Stalin's monument after an explosion in front of the Communist Party residence in Zaporizhia. Extremists blew up a controversial monument to Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin on New Year's night in southeastern Ukraine in an AFP - Extremists blew up a controversial monument to Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin on New Year's night in southeastern Ukraine in an "act of terror", the local Communist Party said on Saturday.


Danish attack plot was 'destined to fail': expert (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 12:27 PM PST

The building which houses the Jyllands-Posten newspaper in Copenhagen. A plot foiled this week to massacre staff at a Danish newspaper was destined to fail because the suspects' links to Islamic extremists were so well known, a terrorism expert was quoted saying Saturday.(AFP/Scanpix/File/Martin Sylvest Andersen)AFP - A plot foiled this week to massacre staff at a Danish newspaper was destined to fail because the suspects' links to Islamic extremists were so well known, a terrorism expert was quoted saying Saturday.


Karzai, US homeland security chief talk border security (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 11:21 AM PST

The US Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, pictured in December 2010, met Afghan President Hamid Karzai Saturday to discuss border security as Afghanistan battles a nine-year Taliban insurgency.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)AFP - The US Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, met Afghan President Hamid Karzai Saturday to discuss border security as Afghanistan battles a nine-year Taliban insurgency.


Obama offers help after attacks in Egypt, Nigeria (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 11:05 AM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama on Saturday condemned separate "outrageous terrorist bombing attacks" in Egypt and Nigeria and said the United States was prepared to assist both countries in responding to them.

US to bolster Afghan border, customs training (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 05:49 AM PST

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano addresses media at the U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011.  Napolitano said on Saturday she will send more U.S. experts to train Afghan police and customs officials to better manage the country's porous border crossings. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)AP - The U.S. will send more American experts to train Afghan police and customs officials to better manage the country's porous border crossings, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said on Saturday, noting that such training was critical to preparing for the eventual exit of foreign troops.


Egypt Bombing Raises Fears of Growing Sectarian Bloodshed (Time.com)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 03:45 AM PST

Time.com - Egypt is blaming a deadly New Year's attack on foreign terrorists, but skeptical observers say the country's real fear is that the bombing is a homegrown plot stemming from rising sectarian tensions
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