2011年5月24日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Senate moves to force vote on Patriot Act (AP)

Posted: 24 May 2011 04:42 PM PDT

AP - The Senate on Tuesday moved toward approval of a four-year extension of a contentious anti-terrorism law after Senate leaders cut off efforts by both conservatives and liberals to change aspects of the law they said were a threat to civil and privacy rights.

White House threatens to veto defense bill (AP)

Posted: 24 May 2011 04:28 PM PDT

AP - The White House on Tuesday threatened to veto a defense bill, fiercely objecting to provisions limiting President Barack Obama's authority to reduce the nation's nuclear arsenal and decide the fate of terrorist suspects.

US terrorist links Pakistani ISI to Mumbai attacks (AP)

Posted: 24 May 2011 03:55 PM PDT

In this courtroom sketch, David Coleman Headley is shown in federal court Monday, May 23, 2011, in Chicago. Headley, the government's main witness, is cooperating with prosecutors after pleading guilty to taking photos and videos of targets in Mumbai before the rampage that killed 160 people including six Americans over three days. Chicago businessman Tahawwur Rana is accused of providing cover for Headley by allowing him to use his Chicago-based immigration services business as a cover when he traveled to India. (AP Photo/Tom Gianni)AP - An admitted American terrorist who scouted sites where militants went on a deadly three-day rampage in Mumbai in 2008 speaks so softly that at times he's difficult to hear.

British police 'target Asians': report (AFP)

Posted: 24 May 2011 07:56 AM PDT

A British Police Officer and a Community Support Officer (right) in Birmingham, central England, in 2007. British police are up to 42 times more likely to use counter-terrorism powers to stop and search people of Asian origin than white people, a report says.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - British police are up to 42 times more likely to use counter-terrorism powers to stop and search people of Asian origin than white people, a report said on Tuesday.

US, India to discuss counter-terrorism strategy (AFP)

Posted: 24 May 2011 06:46 AM PDT

US Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano lays a ceremonial wreath to commemorate the police victims of the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks. Napolitano has paid homage to the police victims of the 2008 Mumbai attacks as she began a four-day visit to India to boost counter-terrorism ties.(AFP/Sajjad Hussain)AFP - US Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano on Tuesday paid homage to the police victims of the 2008 Mumbai attacks as she began a four-day visit to India to boost counter-terrorism ties.

Naval base attack weakens Pakistan's counter-terror surveillance (Reuters)

Posted: 24 May 2011 05:22 AM PDT

Reuters - When Pakistan lost U.S.-supplied surveillance planes in a Taliban's raid on a naval base in Karachi, its ability to guard its coastline and participate in Western-led maritime counter-terrorism activities was weakened.

India, US to discuss counterterrorism (AP)

Posted: 24 May 2011 04:23 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano offers a floral wreath at the Police Memorial commemorating the victims of the 26/11 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, May 24, 2011. Indian Home inister P. Chidambaram and Napolitano will jointly launch the U.S.-India Homeland Security dialogue in Mumbai on May 27, where activities of various terror groups concerning both countries are expected to be discussed, according to news reports. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)AP - U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has begun a four-day visit to India by paying tribute to victims of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack.

Report warns against cutting intelligence budget (AP)

Posted: 24 May 2011 03:26 AM PDT

President Barack Obama, right, stands with James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence, as Clapper speaks to CIA employees at the CIA Headquarters, Friday, May 20, 2011 in Langley, Va. Obama congratulated the country's intelligence workers for the years of effort that led to the discovery and killing of terrorist Osama bin Laden. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - With America's top terror target eliminated, the nation's intelligence agencies fear they will look like a fat target for budget cuts. Their chief argument: Gutting intelligence budgets led to the shortfalls that allowed Osama bin Laden to carry out attacks in the first place.

US Senate opens debate on Patriot Act (AFP)

Posted: 23 May 2011 08:10 PM PDT

File photo shows a New York City police observation tower in Times Square. The US Senate voted to open a debate on a proposed four-year extension of the Patriot Act, a controversial anti-terrorism law passed after the September 11 attacks.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mario Tama)AFP - The US Senate voted to open a debate on a proposed four-year extension of the Patriot Act, a controversial anti-terrorism law passed after the September 11 attacks.

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