2011年5月25日星期三

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Defense: Mumbai attack defendant pawn of friend (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 05:28 PM PDT

In this courtroom sketch, Chicago businessman Tahawwur Rana is shown in federal court as the prosecutor makes an opening argument Monday, May 23, 2011, in Chicago. Rana, 50, is accused in the 2008 Mumbai rampage that left more than 160 people dead, and for 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/Tom Gianni)AP - Defense attorneys on Wednesday scrutinized the relationship between an admitted American terrorist and the Chicago businessman accused of helping him scout sites for the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks, working to persuade jurors their client was merely manipulated by a trusted friend.

APNewsBreak: US says bin Laden knew of Europe plot (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 02:03 PM PDT

FILE - This April 1998 file photo shows exiled al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan. Osama bin Laden's personal files revealed a brazen idea to hijack oil tankers and blow them up at sea last summer, creating explosions he hoped would rattle the world's economy and send oil prices skyrocketing, the U.S. said Friday, May 20, 2011. (AP File Photo)AP - The United States has told Germany that evidence pulled from Osama bin Laden's hideout shows the terror chief was linked to a plot to attack targets in Europe last year, a senior German official told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

Publisher Conde Nast signs $2B WTC tower lease (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 01:59 PM PDT

AP - Magazine publisher Conde Nast formalized an agreement Wednesday to relocate its global headquarters to 1 World Trade Center, a move that will add a touch of glamour and a prized anchor tenant to the landmark tower rising at the site of the Sept. 11 attacks.

Testimony of a Betrayer: A Terrorist Operative in Chicago (Time.com)

Posted: 25 May 2011 10:30 AM PDT

Time.com - As he collaborated with both the U.S. and terrorist groups, David Headley has told tales that have roiled the already bad relationship between India and Pakistan. Now he is testifying against a friend

EU to test nuclear plants' safety after bargaining (AFP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 06:25 AM PDT

The nuclear power plant Isar 1 in Markt Essenbach, near Landshut, southern Germany, is pictured in March 2011. The European Union's energy chief said Wednesday he was satisfied with a deal to conduct EU-wide safety checks on nuclear plants even though tests on terror attacks were left for another day.(AFP/File/John MacDougall)AFP - The European Union's energy chief said Wednesday he was satisfied with a deal to conduct EU-wide safety checks on nuclear plants even though tests on terror attacks were left for another day.

EU reaches deal on nuclear stress tests (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 05:36 AM PDT

AP - The EU and nuclear safety regulators have agreed to examine whether atomic power plants in the bloc can withstand accidents, natural disasters or terror attacks.

Veto Threats Set Up Showdown With House GOP Over Defense Policy (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 24 May 2011 06:29 PM PDT

CQPolitics.com - As the House opened debate on this year's defense authorization bill Tuesday, the White House issued a lengthy set of objections to the measure, threatening to veto it over provisions related to terrorism and detainees, nuclear weapons and F-35 engines.

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