2011年9月16日星期五

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Brennan: We raided once and we can do it again (AP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 04:45 PM PDT

AP - The White House top terror adviser says the U.S. will keep targeting al-Qaida anywhere in the world, including in countries unable or unwilling to do it themselves.

One-time 9/11 hero gets prison in NYC bribe case (AP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 03:58 PM PDT

AP - A former government official hailed for helping two people escape the World Trade Center on Sept. 11 was sentenced Friday to at least a year in prison, his second term behind bars after two separate bribery cases turned his story of heroism into a tale of graft in the wake of the attacks.

Airport security still evolving a decade after Sept 11 attacks (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 03:05 PM PDT

Reuters - Despite impressive changes to airport security in the decade since the September 11 attacks, gaps remain in securing the nation's airports, keeping passengers safe and investigating breaches, lawmakers said on Friday.

Spain court convicts Basque leader of terrorism (AP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 11:30 AM PDT

Txeloui Moreno, spokesman of the outlawed pro-independence Basque party, Batasuna, listens during a press conference in San Sebastian, northern Spain, Friday Sept. 16, 2011. A Spanish court found Arnaldo Otegi, a prominent Basque separatist guilty of terrorism Friday and sentenced him to 10 years in prison for trying to resurrect the banned political wing of the militant group ETA. Writing above reads: 'Basque Country' in Basque language. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)AP - A Spanish court convicted a prominent Basque separatist of terrorism Friday and sentenced him to 10 years in prison for trying to resurrect the banned political wing of the militant group ETA.


Finnish police arrest 2 on terror suspicions (AP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 11:15 AM PDT

AP - Authorities in Finland have arrested two people on suspicion of financing terrorism and terror recruitment, police said Friday. The detentions were the first known terror-linked arrests in the Nordic country.

US searches for Libyan arms, warns of terror risk (AP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 10:40 AM PDT

AP - The United States said Friday it has warned oil companies operating in North Africa of an al-Qaida terrorist plot possibly using shoulder-launched missiles to fire at their headquarters or planes, and government officials said the U.S. would take an increasingly active role to secure thousands of rocket launchers, mines and small arms from Moammar Gadhafi's once vast arsenal in Libya.

(AP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 09:37 AM PDT

AP - Finnish police say they have arrested 2 people on suspicion of terror financing, recruitment.

Franca Sozzani: The Rebel Behind 'Vogue Italia' (Time.com)

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 07:15 AM PDT

Time.com - Franca Sozzani, the audacious editor of Vogue Italia, shocked the world with her high-fashion takes on oil spills, the war on terrorism and so-called slave earrings. Is the Italian fashion czar insensitive or just misunderstood?

Uganda judge sentences 2 over World Cup bombings (AP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 05:09 AM PDT

AP - A Ugandan judge on Friday sentenced two men to prison after they pleaded guilty to being involved in twin suicide bombings that killed 76 people in the East African nation last year.

At 9/11 memorial, mourners take home rubbings (AP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 06:52 AM PDT

FILE - This  Sept. 11, 2011 file photo shows a crayon rubbing of Scott Larsen's name, made by his 9-year-old son, August Larsen, at the National September 11 Memorial in New York on the 10th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center. Scott Larsen, a firefighter at Ladder 15, was killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks just a few days before his son's birth. The memorial, which includes a bronze parapet outlining the footprints of the twin towers and engraved with the names of those killed in the attacks, was designed with the rubbings in mind. (AP Photo/Chip Somodevilla, Pool, File)AP - Nadine Mass' godfather died just steps from the exit of the World Trade Center. The Port Authority police officer and his captain had been trying to carry a woman in a wheelchair to safety.


9/11 panel: US remains vulnerable to 'lone wolf' (AP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 05:25 PM PDT

AP - Former members of the 9/11 commission warned Thursday that despite efforts during the last decade to make American cities safer from terrorist attacks, the U.S. has failed to protect itself in at least three key areas and remains vulnerable to cyberterrorism and "lone wolf" terrorists.
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