2011年5月18日星期三

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Activists decry probe revealed by found FBI papers (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2011 04:43 PM PDT

Long-time anti-war activist Mick Kelly talks about FBI documents left behind in a raid last September on his home in Minneapolis after raids on several anti-war activists, including Jess Sundin, right, during a news conference Wednesday, May 18, 2011 in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)AP - When Meredith Aby met with members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia in 2006, she asked what it would take to get them to stop fighting. Jess Sundin did the same during her trip to Colombia 11 years ago.

NY attorney named ground zero fund administrator (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2011 03:31 PM PDT

This image released by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP shows attorney Sheila Birnbaum, a prominent New York attorney known as the 'Queen of Torts' for her courtroom defense of some of the country's top companies. Birnbaum is tackling a vastly different job, running the $2.78 billion fund to compensate ground zero workers and others who say they were sickened by the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attack wreckage, the Justice Department announced Wednesday, May 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP)AP - A prominent New York attorney known as the "Queen of Torts" for her courtroom defense of some of the country's top companies is tackling a vastly different job — running the $2.78 billion fund to compensate ground zero workers and others who say they were sickened by the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attack wreckage.

Terror 'franchises' pose huge post-Bin Laden risk (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2011 02:15 PM PDT

FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008 file picture, smoke billows from the landmark Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai, India after an attack by an al-Qaida franchise. With the death of al-Qaida leader Osama bin laden, a question remains: what impact will it have on the so-called al-Qaida franchises, affiliates that do their own fundraising, recruiting and killing. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - They kidnap Westerners in the deserts of Africa, turn Western-born Muslims into radicals, send bombs to the United States from Yemen and mount bloody attacks in Iraq and Pakistan.

Reuse of Sept 11 flight numbers was error: airline (AFP)

Posted: 18 May 2011 02:05 PM PDT

United Airlines said a computer error mistakenly assigned numbers from two doomed flights in the September 11, 2001 attacks, a mishap that led to indignation by pilots and flight attendants.(AFP/File/Mauricio Lima)AFP - United Airlines said Wednesday a computer error mistakenly assigned numbers from two doomed flights in the September 11, 2001 attacks, a mishap that led to indignation by pilots and flight attendants.

Jury selected in Mumbai terror case (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2011 02:01 PM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 2, 2009 file courtroom sketch, Tahawwur Hussain Rana appears before federal Magistrate Judge Nan Nolan in Chicago. Rana, 50, is accused in the 2008 Mumbai rampage that left more than 160 people dead and planning an attack that was never carried out on a Danish newspaper. He pleaded not guilty to the charges, including material support to terrorism. (AP Photo/Verna Sadock, File)AP - The 12 jurors selected Wednesday in the federal trial of a Chicago businessman accused of helping plan the deadly 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks are mostly minorities and mainly women.

NY Rep. King leaves door open for presidential bid (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2011 01:04 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 2007 file photo, Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., listens during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. King, whose national profile has climbed as head of the U.S. House Homeland Security panel, is leaving the door open for a possible presidential bid, The Associated Press reports Wednesday, May 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)AP - Rep. Peter King, whose national profile has climbed as head of the U.S. House Homeland Security panel, is leaving the door open for a possible presidential bid.

United apologizes for reusing 9/11 flight numbers (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2011 11:26 AM PDT

AP - United Airlines apologized Wednesday for briefly restarting use of flight numbers of two planes that crashed after being hijacked by terrorists on Sept. 11, 2001.

India admits error in 'most-wanted' list (AFP)

Posted: 18 May 2011 08:50 AM PDT

Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram, pictured in 2010, admitted an embarrassing mistake on Wednesday in a list of AFP - India's home minister admitted an embarrassing mistake on Wednesday in a list of "most-wanted" fugitives thought to be hiding in Pakistan after a terror suspect was found living in Mumbai.

AP source: Ground Zero appointee named (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2011 06:34 AM PDT

AP - A person familiar with the matter says the Justice Department plans to appoint a well-known New York attorney to run the fund that will be used to compensate Ground Zero workers who say they're suffering illnesses due to their work amid the wreckage of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

Was Captain Kidd framed? New exhibit airs doubts (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2011 04:55 AM PDT

AP - Many know of Captain Kidd, the Scottish-born buccaneer who terrorized the Indian ocean, attacked Muslim pilgrims and was hanged as a pirate at London's Execution Dock.

Suspect indicted in NYC synagogue plot terror case (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2011 05:42 PM PDT

AP - A man charged with participating in a plot to blow up synagogues is a proud American and the case against him is questionable, his lawyer said Tuesday as prosecutors announced the indictment of a second suspect accused of playing a more prominent role in the alleged scheme.

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