2011年1月10日星期一

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Niger kidnappings show terror's spread (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 04:22 PM PST

AP - With stunned diners looking on, the turbaned attackers burst through the metal door of the open-air restaurant and went straight for their targets: two Frenchmen whom they brazenly dragged at gunpoint into a vehicle waiting outside.

Obama, Sarkozy discuss global economy, terrorism (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 02:11 PM PST

FILE - In this March 30, 2010, file photo, French President Nicolas Sarkozy listens as President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Sarkozy plans to press Obama Monday, Jan. 10, 2011, to go join Sarkozy in working toward changes in the global financial system.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)AP - President Barack Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy pledged to work together to address currency and other imbalances in the world economy as nations struggle to recover from the global crisis.


Israel's Lieberman says leftist NGOs aid terror (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 12:44 PM PST

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, shown here holding a press conference in 2010 in Jerusalem, accused local left-wing activist groups on Monday ofaiding militants who seek to harm the Jewish state's security(AFP/POOL/File/Maya Hitij)AFP - Outspoken Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Monday accused local left-wing activist groups of aiding militants who seek to harm the Jewish state's security.


ETA Ceasefire: Is Basque Terrorism Finally Finished? (Time.com)

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 10:00 AM PST

Time.com - After years of false declarations, ETA has announced a permanent and -- most importantly -- verifiable ceasefire. But the Spanish government wants more

The Tea Party's Homegrown Terror Blind Spot (The Daily Beast)

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 10:16 PM PST

The Daily Beast - Instead of blaming people like Sarah Palin for the attack on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, liberals should target the casual assumption that the only real terrorist threat we face is from jihadist Islam—not good old-fashioned white Americans.

Guantanamo still open as 9th anniversary looms (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 08:57 PM PST

Guantanamo quickly became a notorious symbol for the worst of the US excesses in the war on Al-Qaeda launched in the days that followed the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.(AFP/Paul J. Richards)AFP - Almost nine years ago to the day, a prison for "war on terror" detainees opened its doors in a remote US base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. And despite grand promises, it is unlikely to shut any time soon.


Pakistan's release of militant stirs questions (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 06:55 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2007 file photo Pakistan's former prime minister Benazir Bhutto is rescued from her truck after a bomb explosion in Karachi, Pakistan. Qari Saifullah Akhtar who was implicated in the attempted assassinations of Bhutto and Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, has been released because authorities finished questioning him in connection with the October 2007 attempted assassination of  Bhutto and found no grounds to charge him. Bhutto was killed in December the same year. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan, File)AP - He is a self-declared warrior against U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan. He allegedly ran terrorist training camps there when the Taliban was in power. He was suspected of involvement in the attempted assassination of two Pakistani leaders.


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