2011年2月17日星期四

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

U.S. denounces killing of agent in Mexico (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 04:11 PM PST

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Special Agent Jaime Zapata, was shot and killed in the line of duty after he was attacked by unknown assailants while driving between Monterrey, Mexico, and Mexico City. REUTERS/U.S. Immigration and Customs EnforcementReuters - The United States is "outraged" by an attack on two U.S. immigration and customs agents in Mexico that left one officer dead, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said on Thursday.

Correction: Patriot Act (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 03:52 PM PST

AP - In story Feb. 15 about the Senate voting to extend antiterrorism measures, The Associated Press reported erroneously that a "lone wolf" provision in a 2004 law permits secret intelligence surveillance of non-U.S. individuals not known to be linked to a specific terrorist activity.

Americans alerted to security risks at Cricket World Cup (AFP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 03:52 PM PST

Fireworks are seen during the World Cup Cricket opening ceremony at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka. The United States on Thursday urged its citizens to be extra vigilant about terror risks if they are in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka during the cricket World Cup.(AFP/Munir Uz Zaman)AFP - The United States on Thursday urged its citizens to be extra vigilant about terror risks if they are in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka during the cricket World Cup.

US seeks funds to expel 200,00 criminal aliens (AFP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 03:42 PM PST

Hundreds of cars wait to pass from Mexico into the United States at the border crossing in Nogales, Arizona, in 2010. The US administration's budget request for the upcoming fiscal year contains funds allowing the government to expel some 200,000 aliens with criminal records, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Thursday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/John Moore)AFP - The US administration's budget request for the upcoming fiscal year contains funds allowing the government to expel some 200,000 aliens with criminal records, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Thursday.

Security remains shaky in Egypt after revolt (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 02:50 PM PST

An Egyptian youth reads a newspaper in a cafe in Cairo February 14, 2011. REUTERS/Suhaib SalemAP - Families in quiet Cairo suburbs are investing heavily in locks and steel doors. Fake checkpoints set up by hardened criminals who escaped prisons terrorize travelers on highways. Thousands of looted firearms have flooded the black market.

US vows justice for agent slain in Mexico (AFP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 01:22 PM PST

Mexican Police guard a US Embassy vehicle after it came under attack by unknown assailants in Santa Maria del Rio, San Luis Potosi State on February 15. US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Thursday vowed AFP - US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Thursday vowed "justice will be brought" to the Mexican roadside gunmen who fatally shot an American immigration agent.

Man gets life for plotting NY airport attack (AFP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 12:27 PM PST

View of a terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport. A former airline cargo worker was sentenced in US federal court to life in prison Thursday for plotting a terror attack on a New York airport that he hoped would AFP - A former airline cargo worker was sentenced in US federal court to life in prison Thursday for plotting a terror attack on a New York airport that he hoped would "rival 9/11," prosecutors said.

Gates: Prospect very low that Guantanamo closes (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 11:34 AM PST

Defense Secretary Robert Gates testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011, before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Defense Department's budget. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday the prospects of closing the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay are very remote, a reflection of the fierce congressional opposition to transferring suspected terrorists to the United States.

Congress votes to renew anti-terrorism powers (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 10:30 AM PST

Reuters - Legislation to renew three expiring surveillance provisions of the anti-terrorism Patriot Act won final congressional approval on Thursday.

Cargo handler sentenced to life for JFK plot (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 10:24 AM PST

FILE - This June 2, 2007 file courtroom sketch shows Russell Defreitas, at his arraignment at federal court in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Prosecutors want Defreitas to spend the rest of his life behind bars for his role in a foiled terror plot against John F. Kennedy International Airport. DeFreitas is to be sentenced Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Christine Cornell, File)AP - An aging former cargo handler was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday for hatching a plot to make John F. Kennedy International Airport go "up in smoke" by attacking jet fuel supplies with the help of a notorious al-Qaida explosives expert.

Mumbai police to get unmanned drones to fight terror: report (AFP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 08:14 AM PST

Police officials sit outside Nariman House in Mumbai in 2008. Mumbai police, criticised for being underequipped and ill-trained to deal with the deadly 2008 attacks on the city, are to get unmanned drones to help fight terrorism, a report said Thursday.(AFP/File/Pal Pillai)AFP - Mumbai police, criticised for being underequipped and ill-trained to deal with the deadly 2008 attacks on the city, are to get unmanned drones to help fight terrorism, a report said Thursday.

Carlos the Jackal to stand trial in France in Nov (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 05:13 AM PST

AP - Prosecutors say the Venezuelan convict known as Carlos the Jackal is set to face trial in Paris starting in November for his alleged role in four deadly terror bombings in the early 1980s in France.

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