2012年5月6日星期日

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Hollande defeats Sarkozy to become French president

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President-elect Francois Hollande holds a bouquet of roses after delivering his speech in Tulle, central France, Sunday, May 6, 2012. Francois Hollande defeated Sarkozy on Sunday to become France's next president, Sarkozy conceded defeat minutes after the polls closed. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)François Hollande won the French presidential election on Sunday, capturing more than 51 percent of the vote to defeat incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy and become France's new president, according French television. Sarkozy, who has held the French presidency since 2007, grabbed 48.1 percent, according to the polls. Hollande, the 57-year-old socialist challenger, narrowly edged Sarkozy, also [...]


Airstrike kills senior al-Qaida leader

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FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2000 file photo, investigators on a speed boat examine the hull of the USS Cole at the Yemeni port of Aden after a terrorist explosion ripped a hole in the destroyer, killing 17 sailors. A copy of a magazine published by an arm of al-Qaida made its way to a terror suspect at the Guantanamo Bay prison, leading to an inspection of cells and a contentious new policy requiring special review teams to examine correspondence between prisoners and attorneys, U.S. prosecutors said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis, File)An airstrike Sunday killed a top al-Qaida leader on the FBI's most wanted list for his role in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole warship, Yemeni officials said. The airstrike resembled earlier U.S. drone attacks, but the U.S. did not immediately confirm it.


Biden on gay marriage: ‘Absolutely comfortable'

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Joe Biden Jokes About Irish Heritage at Cinco de Mayo CelebrationVice President Joe Biden is not convinced the economic recovery has flatlined, doesn't think Mitt Romney has a jobs plan and is "absolutely comfortable" with gay marriage. During a wide-ranging interview with David Gregory on NBC's "Meet The Press" on Sunday, Biden weighed in on a wide array of topics--the economy, foreign policy, gay marriage, [...]


Greek parties vow bailout changes as votes come in

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Greek parties vow bailout changes as votes come inGreeks angered by a vicious and protracted financial crisis punished the parties that have dominated politics for decades Sunday, with projected election results showing them hemorrhaging support to anti-bailout ...


New York cooperators give firsthand look at al-Qaida

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FILE - In this April 18, 2012 courtroom file sketch, terror trial suspect Adis Medunjanin, accused in a foiled plot to attack New York City subways, sits in federal court in the Brooklyn borough of New York. As they testified at the trial of Medunjanin, two high-value government cooperators have offered an unprecedented firsthand account of how al-Qaida operated in the decade following the Sept. 11 attacks. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams, File)By the time a wayward kid from Long Island named Bryant Neal Vinas joined al-Qaida in 2008, the sight of trainees swinging from monkey bars was a thing of the past.


Congressional intel chairs: Taliban getting 'stronger'

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U.S. Sen. Diane Feinstein, talks to well-wishers after her speech at the California Democrats State Convention in Sacramento, Calif., Saturday, April 30, 2011. Feinstein told the Democratic faithful that they must work to retake the Hose of Representatives next year or risk deep GOP budget cuts that would hurt seniors and poor people the most. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)As 10,000 U.S. troops prepare to leave the Afghanistan over the next six months, two top lawmakers, just back from a trip to the region, on the House and Senate Intelligence Committee said they are concerned that the Taliban is growing stronger. "I think we both say...


Man's death at Kentucky Derby track thought a homicide

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In a photo taken with a fisheye lens, jockeys and their horses make their way past the grand stand at the Churchill Downs before the 10th race at 138th Kentucky Derby horse race Saturday, May 5, 2012, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)The discovery of a man's body Sunday in the stable area of Churchill Downs was being investigated as a homicide, but there appears to be no connection to the race track or the Kentucky Derby, police said.


Rupert Murdoch spoofed on ‘SNL' by Fred Armisen

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FILE This Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012, file photo shows Rupert Murdoch and his wife Wendi arrive at the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles. If the phone hacking scandal gripping Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. empire has a familiar ring, it might be because you've heard the story before. Scrappy outsider turns modest newspaper business into international media conglomerate. Ambition turns to hubris. Mogul dramatically falls from grace. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)Rupert Murdoch and "Fox And Friends," Fox News' loopy morning show, were spoofed on "Saturday Night Live" on Saturday, with Fred Armisen impersonating the 81-year-old mogul. Watch a clip of the cold open above. Earlier Saturday, Murdoch--who has been using Twitter as an outlet for his unfiltered political views--lamented the medium. "Seems impossible to have [...]


Russian police use batons, battle anti-Putin protesters

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Russian riot police detain a participant during a Russian riot police beat protesters about the head with batons and detained more than 400 on Sunday after clashes broke out at a Moscow rally by thousands of people against Vladimir Putin on the eve of his return to the presidency.


The Hindenburg disaster: 75th anniversary

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The Hindenburg disaster: 75th anniversary

McCain's advice to Romney: Pick running mate you trust

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Former Alaska Governor Palin and U.S. Senator McCain (R-AZ) attend a campaign rally at Dobson High School in Mesa  This morning on ABC's This Week, Sen. John McCain weighed in on Mitt Romney's hotly anticipated vice presidential pick.  The former presidential candidate's advice was clear. "The absolute, most important aspect is, if something happened to him, would that person be well qualified to...


GOP leaders start to rally around Romney -- sort of

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, greets supporters during a campaign stop in Portsmouth, Va., on Thursday, May 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Virginian-Pilot,Ross Taylor)Republican party leaders are starting to rally around Mitt Romney, but it's not exactly a stampede of support for the expected GOP presidential nominee.


Paul wins majority of delegates from Maine GOP

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James Carlton of the Lincoln County State Committee counts votes of his county's delegates during the election of national committeemen at the Maine Republican Convention at the Augusta Civic Center in Augusta, Maine, Saturday, May 5, 2012. Ron Paul's supporters have taken the first step toward taking over the Republican State Convention this weekend as they narrowly elected a convention chairman. Paul supporter Brent Tweed was elected chairman with 1,118 votes, just four more than the mainstream candidate, Charles Cragin. A Paul supporter was also narrowly elected secretary. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)With Mitt Romney's GOP presidential nomination all but decided, Ron Paul supporters took control of the Maine Republican Convention and elected a majority slate supporting the Texas congressman to the GOP national convention, party officials said. The results gave the Texas congressman a late state victory.


Wife Skyping with soldier husband saw bullet hole in wall

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This undated photo provided by the U.S. Army shows Capt. Bruce Kevin Clark. The family Clark, a Texas-based Army medic serving in Afghanistan, says Clark's wife witnessed the officer's death, which happened Monday, April 30, 2012 as the two were video chatting via Skype. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)An Army nurse showed no alarm or discomfort before suddenly collapsing during a Skype video chat with his wife, who saw a bullet hole in a closet behind him, his family said Sunday.


Rubio avoids VP questions, rips Obama for losing spark

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Marco Rubio Avoids VP Questions, Hammers Obama for Losing his SparkSen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., deflected questions about the vice presidency in an interview Sunday morning and instead zeroed in on the failings of President Obama and the spark he's lost since 2008. "All the things that made him different and special four years ago are...


Netanyahu seeks September Israel election

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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech to his Likud party members during the party convention in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, May 6, 2012. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to announce Sunday night that he'll dissolve parliament to hold early elections, a move designed to fend off domestic critics and perhaps put him in a stronger position to act against Iran.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said he supported holding an early general election in four months' time, a ballot polls say could strengthen his hand as Israel confronts Iran's nuclear ambitions. The next national vote was not due until October 2013, but new legislation that might force ultra-Orthodox Jews to serve in the military and an upcoming budget debate have threatened to unravel a governing coalition of religious and nationalist parties once seen as one of the most stable in Israel's history. ...


Be afraid, exultant Greek neo-Nazis warn rivals

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Members of the Greek extreme right wing Golden Dawn Party celebrate outside their office in ThessalonikiGreek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn warned rivals and reformers Sunday that "the time for fear has come" after exit polls showed them securing their entry in parliament for the first time in nearly 40 years.


Long fight predicted in Guantanamo Sept. 11 case

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In this photo of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin and reviewed by the U.S. Department of Defense, Mustafa Ahmad al-Hawsawi, Ammar al Baluchi, Ramzi Binalshibh, Walid bin Attash and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed pray during their arraignment at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba, Saturday, May 5, 2012. The self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four co-defendants defiantly disrupted an arraignment that dragged into Saturday night in the opening act of the long-stalled effort to prosecute them in a military court. (AP Photo/Janet Hamlin, Pool)The U.S. has finally started the prosecution of five Guantanamo Bay prisoners charged in the Sept. 11 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people, but the trial won't be starting anytime soon, and both sides said Sunday that the case could continue for years.


Georgia's patriarch baptizes 400 babies in one day

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Georgian babies are baptized at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Sunday, May 6, 2012. Many of the parents of the 400 babies baptized on Sunday said Georgian Orthodox Church Patriarch Ilia II was instrumental in their decision to have a third or fourth child. Patriarch Ilia II promised to become the godfather of all babies born into Orthodox Christian families who already have two or more children and since 2008 has gained nearly 11,000 godchildren. (AP Photo/ Shakh Aivazov)The patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church presided over the baptism of hundreds of babies in a Tbilisi cathedral on Sunday as part of an effort credited with helping raise the birth rate in this former Soviet nation.


Indy police: Girl, 14, charged in 4-year-old cousin's killing

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Indianapolis police say a 14-year-old girl found covered in blood faces a preliminary murder charge in her 4-year-old cousin's stabbing death.

Bids for Neil Armstrong's Corvette pass $250K on eBay

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Bids for Neil Armstrong's Corvette Pass $250K on eBay, Collectors ConcernedA beat-up 1967 Chevrolet Corvette, which astronaut Neil Armstrong purportedly first owned, has attracted astronomical bids on the online auction site eBay. But did the first man to walk on the moon ever drive it?


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