2011年7月19日星期二

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Terrorist's uncle testifies at father's NYC trial (AP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 04:47 PM PDT

AP - A relative of admitted terrorist Najibullah Zazi discovered a stash of homemade bomb-making materials two months before Zazi set out to attack New York City subways in 2009, but wasn't suspicious enough to report it, the relative testified on Tuesday at a federal trial in Brooklyn.

Key US lawmakers assail Obama on detainees (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 04:00 PM PDT

In this photo reviewed by US military officials, a member of the US military mans the guard post before sunrise at Camp Delta, part of the US Detention Center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in 2010. Top Republican US lawmakers on Tuesday assailed President Barack Obama's policy for detaining suspected terrorists and his decision to bring a suspected Somali extremist to trial on US soil.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)AFP - Top Republican US lawmakers on Tuesday assailed President Barack Obama's policy for detaining suspected terrorists and his decision to bring a suspected Somali extremist to trial on US soil.


Holder open to meeting Sept 11 families on hacking (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 03:20 PM PDT

Attorney General Eric Holder listen to a question at a news conference to announce Medicare Fraud Strike Force law enforcement actions in Washington, February 17, 2011. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - Attorney General Eric Holder is willing to meet the families of people killed in the September 11 attacks who are concerned about reports that News Corp journalists may have tried to get victims' phone records, his spokesman said on Tuesday.


FBI: Fla. imam's son key to terror support network (AP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 02:29 PM PDT

AP - The son of a South Florida Muslim cleric was a key part of his father's alleged finance network for the Pakistani Taliban terror group and shared the older man's support for violent attacks, an FBI agent testified Tuesday.

Britain, Nigeria agree to cooperate on terrorism (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 01:40 PM PDT

British Prime Minister David Cameron (L) and Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan take part in a meeting at the State House in Lagos. Cameron and Jonathan on Tuesday agreed to cooperate to fight terrorism, with the West African nation hit by a wave of recent bomb blasts.(AFP/POOL/Christopher Furlong)AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron and Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday agreed to cooperate to fight terrorism, with the West African nation hit by a wave of recent bomb blasts.


Judge: Unseal Mumbai terror trial documents (AP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 01:25 PM PDT

FILE - In this  June 7, 2011 file courtroom sketch, Chicago businessman Tahawwur Rana, left, listens to his defense attorney Patrick Blegen in federal court in Chicago. On Tuesday, July 19, 2011, a month after a jury cleared Rana of involvement in a deadly 2008 siege in Mumbai, India, a judge ruled that dozens of sealed court papers from the terrorism-related trial that captured worldwide headlines can be released. Rana was convicted of lesser charges, including providing material support to the Pakistani militant group blamed in those attacks. Blegen told reporters the soon-to-be released documents won't provide much new detail not already made public. (AP Photo/Tom Gianni, File)AP - Dozens of sealed court papers from a recent Chicago trial related to the deadly 2008 Mumbai terror attacks will be released publicly, a federal judge in Chicago ruled Tuesday, though it's unclear whether they'll contain any new revelations.


Greece: 6 jailed over militant anarchist bombings (AP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 11:40 AM PDT

AP - A Greek court on Tuesday found six members of a militant anarchist group guilty of terrorism charges and handed down stiff jail terms for their alleged involvement in a series of bombings targeting two Greek politicians and a ministry building.

Top GOP lawmakers press Obama on detention policy (AP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 10:14 AM PDT

AP - The Obama administration lacks a coherent policy for handling terror suspects captured outside of Afghanistan, the Republican leaders of five House committees told President Barack Obama Tuesday.

Swiss trial opens for 3 accused eco-terrorists (AP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 07:28 AM PDT

AP - Three accused eco-terrorists went on trial under heavy security in Switzerland's highest criminal court Tuesday for an alleged plot to blow up an IBM nanotech research center near Zurich.

Phone hacking: live report (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 09:34 AM PDT

Rupert Murdoch said he did not investigate Rebekah Brooks' admission that the News of the World had paid police officers for information because he was unaware of her statement.(AFP/File/Ki Price)AFP - 1630 GMT: End of testimony by Rupert and James Murdoch. This report is concluding. AFP will cover Rebekah Brooks testimony to the committee on its main news services.


China blames terrorists for attack in Xinjiang (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 05:19 AM PDT

Reuters - A clash at a police station that left at least four people dead in western China's restive Xinjiang region was "a terrorist attack," a government official said on Tuesday, but an exile Uighur group accused police of firing on peaceful protesters.

China says violence in far west was terrorist act (AP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 12:19 AM PDT

AP - A bloody clash at a police station in restive far west China that left at least four people dead was an organized terrorist attack, a regional government official said Tuesday.

Clinton says US encouraged by India-Pakistan talks (AP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 04:12 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, shakes hands with Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna at the end of a joint press conference in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2011. Clinton said Tuesday that the United States was 'encouraged' by the revived peace talks between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan. Clinton spoke at a news conference after she talked with top Indian officials about Pakistan, the U.S. withdrawal plans for Afghanistan and ways to broaden economic ties between the United States and India. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday that the United States was "encouraged" by the revived peace talks between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan.


9/11 families want info on phone hacking probe (AP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 06:24 PM PDT

AP - Relatives of Sept. 11 victims asked the FBI on Monday to brief them on its probe into allegations that News Corp. journalists sought to hack into terror victims' phones.
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