2011年8月14日星期日

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Bill aims to upgrade security at power plants (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2011 09:48 AM PDT

AP - A loophole in law doesn't require workers hired at most power plants to undergo FBI background checks even though a federal report warns the plants are a likely route for terrorists, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer said Sunday in unveiling legislation that would change that.

China sends anti-terrorism unit to restive west (AP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2011 05:45 PM PDT

In this July 15, 2009 file photo, paramilitary police officers train themselves at the People's Square in Urumqi, in western China's Xinjiang province. China has sent an elite anti-terrorism unit to the restive far western region of Xinjiang in the wake of recent violence there and ahead of an international trade convention, a state newspaper reported Saturday, Aug 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)AP - China has sent its elite Snow Leopard anti-terrorism unit to its far western frontier where ethnic violence has flared, hoping to boost security before the area stages an international trade convention in weeks, a state newspaper reported Saturday.


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