2011年1月27日星期四

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


New US terror alert system replaces color code (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2011 01:53 PM PST

US Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano addresses the Homeland Security Policy Institute at George Washington University in Washington, DC. Citing the need to keep Americans better informed about specific terror threats, Napolitano announced Thursday an end to the color-coded alert system drafted in the wake of 9/11.(AFP/Getty Images/Alex Wong)AFP - The United States announced Thursday an end to the color-coded alert system drafted in the wake of 9/11, citing the need to keep citizens better informed in the event of a terror threat.


U.S. to provide specifics in future terrorism alerts (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jan 2011 01:29 PM PST

Reuters - The Obama administration on Thursday unveiled a new system to warn Americans about terrorism threats that will include specific information about the threat, scrapping the widely ignored color-coded alerts.

How Russia Created Its Own Islamic Terrorism Problem (Time.com)

Posted: 27 Jan 2011 12:40 AM PST

Time.com - Behind the Moscow attack is a history of Russia's flawed, brutal policies in the Caucasus

Color-coded terror warnings to be gone by April 27 (AP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 10:56 PM PST

FILE - In this March 12, 2002 file photo, the color-coded terrorism warning system is shown in Washington. By the end of April, terror threats to the U.S. will no longer be described in shades of green, blue, yellow, orange and red, The Associated Press has learned Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Joe Marquette, File)AP - The nation's color-coded terror warning system will be phased out beginning this week, according to government officials familiar with the plan. The officials requested anonymity to speak ahead of an announcement scheduled Thursday by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.


Medvedev stands firm on terror at Davos meet (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 09:55 PM PST

A sniper stands on the roof of the Congress Center where the World Economic Forum is staged in Davos. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has made a defiant stand against terrorism at the event, saying bombs would not stop him representing Russia at the top table.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)AFP - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has made a defiant stand against terrorism at the World Economic Forum in Davos, saying bombs would not stop him representing Russia at the top table.


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