2011年8月25日星期四

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

AP IMPACT: Some 9/11 charities failed miserably (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2011 04:27 PM PDT

This Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011 photos shows a 9-11 memorial flag 'Flag of Honor' designed by John Michelotti at his warehouse in Greenwich, Conn. At first glance, the Flag of Honor/Flag of Heroes Project looks like any other charity doing philanthropy in the name of 9/11. But people who have bought one of its flags would likely be surprised to learn that nearly all the proceeds have gone to the charity founder's for-profit flag company, not 9/11 victims. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - Americans eager to give after the 9/11 terrorist attacks poured $1.5 billion into hundreds of charities established to serve the victims, their families and their memories. But a decade later, an Associated Press investigation shows that many of those nonprofits have failed miserably.

With Gaddafi (Nearly) Gone, Terrorism Victims Seek Justice, Or Compensation (Time.com)

Posted: 25 Aug 2011 02:05 PM PDT

Time.com - Maria del Carmen Diaz was just 15 years old when terrorists in Tel Aviv's Lod airport lobbed grenades at her Puerto Rican tour group on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land

AP IMPACT: Some 9/11 charities failed miserably (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2011 01:49 PM PDT

This Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011 photos shows a 9-11 memorial flag 'Flag of Honor' designed by John Michelotti at his warehouse in Greenwich, Conn. At first glance, the Flag of Honor/Flag of Heroes Project looks like any other charity doing philanthropy in the name of 9/11. But people who have bought one of its flags would likely be surprised to learn that nearly all the proceeds have gone to the charity founder's for-profit flag company, not 9/11 victims. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - Americans eager to give after the 9/11 terrorist attacks poured $1.5 billion into hundreds of charities established to serve the victims, their families and their memories. But a decade later, an Associated Press investigation shows that many of those nonprofits have failed miserably.

Facebook users describe memories of Sept. 11 (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2011 01:10 PM PDT

AP - It's the question that's often first asked or first told when the subject of the worst terror attack in the nation's history comes up: Where were you? What do you remember most? The Associated Press posted an inquiry on Facebook asking people around the world to describe their most vivid memory of Sept. 11, 2001. A sampling of their verbatim responses follows.

Cheney: 'No regrets' about waterboarding suspects (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2011 04:29 AM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2011, file photo, Former Vice President Dick Cheney addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington. Cheney writes in his new memoir that President George W. Bush rejected his advice in 2007 to bomb a suspected nuclear reactor site in Syria. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Former Vice President Dick Cheney says he has "no regrets" about the harsh interrogation policies the Bush administration pursued in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks.

Nigerian suspect to be tried for terrorism (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2011 04:19 AM PDT

AP - Prosecutors say a Nigerian suspect will be tried at South Africa's High Court in January for terrorism and attempting to harm Nigeria's president in deadly car bombings last year.

With CIA help, NYPD moves covertly in Muslim areas (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 05:05 PM PDT

Pedestrians start their morning under the watchful eyes of surveillance cameras in Times Square in New York, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2011. Since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the New York Police Department has become one of the country's most aggressive domestic intelligence agencies, one that operates far outside its borders and targets ethnic communities in ways that would run afoul of civil liberties rules if practiced by the federal government. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)AP - Since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the New York Police Department has become one of the nation's most aggressive domestic intelligence agencies, targeting ethnic communities in ways that would run afoul of civil liberties rules if practiced by the federal government, an Associated Press investigation has found.

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