2011年9月19日星期一

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Last wrongful death lawsuit from 9/11 settled (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 04:21 PM PDT

AP - The last wrongful death lawsuit remaining from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks has been resolved with a settlement, an attorney for the family of a passenger on a plane that was flown by hijackers into the World Trade Center's south tower, said Monday.

UN chief: work together against terrorism (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 03:01 PM PDT

AP - Saudi Arabia will donate $10 million for a new counterterrorism center at U.N. headquarters in New York, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday as world leaders called for collective efforts to fight terror attacks.

Court says Padilla prison sentence too lenient (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 11:10 AM PDT

Jose Padilla is pictured in this undated Florida driver's license photograph. REUTERS/Florida DMV/HandoutReuters - The 17-year prison sentence imposed in January 2008 on former Chicago gang member and convicted al Qaeda-linked terrorism supporter Jose Padilla was too lenient and he should face harsher punishment, a federal appeals court said on Monday.


UK police arrest 7 in anti-terror operation (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 10:35 AM PDT

Police guard a house in Asquith Rd, Ward End, Birmingham, England  following the arrest of six men in Birmingham as part of a large intelligence-led counter-terrorism operation Monday Sept.  19, 2011. The men were detained at or near their homes overnight on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism in Britain. A spokeswoman for West Midlands Police said the men, aged between 25 and 32, were taken into custody by unarmed officers in the Moseley, Sparkbrook, Sparkhill, Ward End and Balsall Heath areas of Birmingham. (AP Photo/David Jones/PA)AP - British police arrested a group of suspected Islamic extremists on Monday in what officials called one of the most significant counter-terror operations of the year.


Russia: How the War on Terrorism Did Putin a Favor (Time.com)

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 07:45 AM PDT

Time.com - In the decade since George W. Bush declared a global war on terrorism, Russian leaders have found the phrase a handy excuse for excessive shows of forceshows of force

Niger asks help fighting terrorism after Libya conflict (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 03:42 AM PDT

A camel crosses a road during a sandstorm in Ingal, northern Niger September 18, 2011. REUTERS/Luc GnagoReuters - Niger needs help training and equipping its security forces to deal with potential terrorism in the aftermath of the fall of Muammar Gaddafi's government in neighboring Libya, Niger's president, Mahamadou Issoufou, said on Monday.


The Collateral Crisis in Somalia (Time.com)

Posted: 18 Sep 2011 08:30 PM PDT

Time.com - Collateral Crisis in Somalia: How the War on Terrorism Created a Famine
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