2011年8月26日星期五

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


APNewsBreak: Perry bills feds for housing illegals (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 04:33 PM PDT

Republican presidential hopeful Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks during a 'Welcome Home Rally' at Abel's on the Lake in Austin, Texas, on Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Michael Thomas)AP - Texas Gov. Rick Perry has asked the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for nearly $350 million to cover the costs incurred detaining illegal immigrants in state prisons and county jails.


Refugees held in Phoenix airport bomb scare (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 04:30 PM PDT

AP - A judge on Friday ordered two African refugees to remain behind bars for their role in what police describe as a fake bomb found at Phoenix's airport, saying that even though the incident could have been a big misunderstanding, it also could have been a "dry run" for a terror attack.

AP: Md. teen in custody in Pa. in Jihad Jane plot (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 03:12 PM PDT

FILE - This June 26, 1997 file booking photo provided by the Tom Green County Jail in San Angelo, Texas, shows Colleen R. LaRose, also known as Jihad Jane. A U.S. teen from Pakistan is in secret U.S. custody, accused of trying to help recruit terrorists for LaRose according to a source close to the family. (AP Photo/Tom Green County Jail, File)AP - A Maryland teenager from Pakistan is being held in U.S. custody on terrorism charges, accused of soliciting funds and recruits to help a Pennsylvania woman known as Jihad Jane, two people close to the investigation confirm.


2 security incidents in UK historic city (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 02:18 PM PDT

AP - British army bomb disposal experts were called into the historic cathedral city of Canterbury on Friday night to help investigate two incidents, including a suspicious device found on a railway line during rush hour, officials said.

Deadly casino attack shocks Mexicans (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 04:06 PM PDT

A soldier stands guard outside the Casino Royale after a deadly assault that killed at least 52 people in Monterrey, Mexico, Friday Aug, 26, 2011.  Mexican officials say a group of at least eight assailants poured gasoline inside the casino on Thursday, trapping dozens of people inside. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)AP - Mexicans have endured plenty of horrific crimes during their country's bloody five-year war against drug gangs: bodies hanging from overpasses, beheadings, mass slayings of migrants and gunfights on crowded steets.


Norway killer was flagged by anti-terror operation (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 11:16 AM PDT

AP - Four months before Anders Behring Breivik went on his killing rampage in Norway, a global operation that monitors trading in bomb-making materials told the nation's police that he had bought chemicals from a Polish company, a customs official said Friday. But police did not act on the information.

DHS partners with Boys & Girls Clubs of America on cybersecurity (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 10:49 AM PDT

Reuters - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will partner with over four million members of Boys & Girls Clubs of America to heighten cybersecurity, the DHS announced on Friday.

Napolitano urges people to heed evacuation orders (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 08:31 AM PDT

AP - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is urging East Coast residents from the Carolinas to New England to heed evacuation orders ahead of Hurricane Irene.

Napolitano warns of many power outages from Irene (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 07:44 AM PDT

Reuters - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Friday warned citizens to expect extensive power outages from Hurricane Irene which is expected to hit North Carolina this afternoon and the heavily populated Northeast at the weekend.

Source: Teen in US custody in 'Jihad Jane' plot (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 07:29 AM PDT

AP - A Maryland teen from Pakistan is in secret U.S. custody, accused of trying to help recruit terrorists for the Pennsylvania woman known as "Jihad Jane," according to a source close to the family.

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

Posted: 25 Aug 2011 05:16 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.


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