2011年12月22日星期四

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Tougher Argentine terror laws concern opponents (AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 09:51 AM PST

FILE - In this July 18, 1994 file photo, firefighters and rescue workers search through the rubble of the Buenos Aires Jewish Community center after a car bomb rocked the building. The country suffered the bombing that killed 85 people, two years after another bomb flattened the Israeli Embassy, killing 29. Terror laws have not been applied to either case. Argentina's Senate approved on Thursday Dec. 22, 2011 a tough package of new laws against terrorism and financial crimes, dismissing concerns that the government could use them to attack political opponents. The Senate agreed to double penalties for any crime committed with the goal of terrorizing the people or pressuring authorities to take some action. (AP Photo/Alejandro Pagni, File)AP - Argentina approved a tough package of new laws against terrorism and financial crimes Thursday, dismissing concerns that the government could use them to attack political opponents.


California woman indicted on terrorism-support charges (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 04:57 AM PST

Reuters - A federal grand jury in Los Angeles has indicted a Turkish national on terrorism-support charges for allegedly wiring money to Pakistan to help fund attacks against American military personnel.

Lockerbie bomber insists he was wrongly convicted (AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 02:31 AM PST

AP - The convicted Lockerbie bomber claimed Thursday to have new evidence about the 1988 terrorist attack on Pan Am Flight 103 that he said could clear his name.

Ethiopia convicts Swedish journalists of terrorism (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 08:46 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Two Swedish journalists face up to 15 years in an Ethiopian prison after they were found guilty of supporting terrorism today.
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