2012年10月9日星期二

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Did the CIA have a double agent inside al-Qaida?

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 09:11 AM PDT

Did the CIA Have a Double Agent Inside al Qaeda?A Danish man claims he worked with the CIA to infiltrate al Qaeda as a double agent for years and helped track radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki until the prominent al Qaeda figure was killed in an American drone strike, according to a Danish news report.


North Korea says its rockets can hit U.S. mainland

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 12:24 PM PDT

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visits the Thrice Three-Revolution Red Flag Kamnamu Company under the Korean People's Army Unit 4302SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has rockets that can hit the U.S. mainland, it said on Tuesday, two days after South Korea struck a deal with the United States to extend the range of its ballistic missiles. North and South Korea have been technically at war since their 1950-53 conflict ended in a truce, not a peace treaty, and regional powers have for years been trying to rein in North Korea's nuclear weapons program. ...


Sandusky's life in prison: Cellmate, work and recreation time

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 08:40 AM PDT

Jerry Sandusky Will Spend Life in Prison With Cellmate, Work and Recreation TimeAs convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky was led away from the Centre County, Pa., court house today, the gaunt 68-year-old in the red jumpsuit was headed toward what will likely be the rest of his life in the Pennsylvania state prison system.


Al-Qaida making comeback in Iraq, officials say

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 09:56 AM PDT

FILE - EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - In this file photo taken on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012, soldiers from the 17th Iraqi Army Division, 55th Brigade, 1st battalion stand guard near bodies of suspected al-Qaida fighters killed in clashes with Iraqi Army soldiers in Youssifiyah, about 12 miles (20 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq. Al-Qaida is slowly resurging in Iraq, and has set up training camps for insurgents in the nation's western deserts as the extremist group seizes on regional instability and government security failures to regain strength, officials say. (AP Photo/Loay Hameed, File)Al-Qaida is rebuilding in Iraq and has set up training camps for insurgents in the nation's western deserts as the extremist group seizes on regional instability and government security failures to regain strength, officials say.


Official says requests for more security in Libya went unanswered

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 04:17 PM PDT

A Libyan man walks in the rubble of the damaged U.S. consulate, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens on the night of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, in Benghazi, Libya, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. The American ambassador to Libya and three other Americans were killed when a mob of protesters and gunmen overwhelmed the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, setting fire to it in outrage over a film that ridicules Islam's Prophet Muhammad. Ambassador Chris Stevens, 52, died as he and a group of embassy employees went to the consulate to try to evacuate staff as a crowd of hundreds attacked the consulate Tuesday evening, many of them firing machine-guns and rocket-propelled grenades. (AP photo/Mohammad Hannon)A U.S. security officer formerly stationed in Libya told lawmakers he sent cables to the State Dept. requesting more agents.


Stonehenge reveals new secrets in 3-D scan

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 12:46 PM PDT

Stonehenge Yields New Secrets in 3-D ScanStonehenge, one of world's the most famous ancient landmarks, has been studied for centuries. Now, new evidence provides insight into the construction of the famous stone circle. Using 3-D laser scanning technology, the British company English Heritage conducted an extensive analysis of Stonehenge, revealing that more...


Romney had met ex-Navy SEAL killed in Libya attack

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 11:30 AM PDT

Wake Held For Former Navy SEAL Killed In LibyaRomney once mistakenly crashed a neighbor's Christmas party near his house in Calif. and met former Navy SEAL Glen Doherty.


SpaceX rocket glitch puts satellite in wrong orbit

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 02:30 PM PDT

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape CanaveralA prototype communications satellite flying as a secondary payload aboard a Space Exploration Technologies Falcon 9 rocket was sent into the wrong orbit because of a problem during launch Sunday evening, officials said Tuesday. One of the nine Merlin engines powering the Falcon 9 rocket shut down early, though the other engines burned longer to make up for the loss of thrust, saving the primary mission of delivering a Dragon cargo capsule to the International Space Station for NASA. The rocket blasted off at 8:35 p.m. ...


The 'real' unemployment rate is still really lousy

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 02:18 PM PDT

People wait in line to enter a job fair in New YorkIf you have doubts about the official jobless rate, there's another rate you can check out instead--the "real" unemployment rate, which measures everybody considered unemployed plus a lot of others who are falling through the cracks.


Meningitis death toll hits 11 as cases continue to mount

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 12:41 PM PDT

New meningitis death reported as number of cases spikeThe deadly outbreak is linked to steroid injections produced by the New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Mass.


Taliban shoot Pakistani schoolgirl campaigning for peace

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 12:46 PM PDT

Hospital staff assist Malala Yousufzai, a 14-year-old schoolgirl who was wounded in a gun attack in the Swat ValleyTaliban gunmen in Pakistan shot and seriously wounded on Tuesday a 14-year-old schoolgirl who rose to fame for speaking out against the militants, authorities said. Malala Yousufzai was shot in the head and neck when gunmen fired on her school bus in the Swat valley, northwest of the capital, Islamabad. Two other girls were also wounded, police said. Yousufzai became famous for speaking out against the Pakistani Taliban at a time when even the government seemed to be appeasing the hardline Islamists. ...


Obama camp weighing request to stop Big Bird attack ad

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 02:13 PM PDT

President Barack Obama's re-election campaign said Tuesday it was weighing a request from the Sesame Workshop—the people behind "Sesame Street"—to stop using the giant yellow-feathered mascot of early childhood education in its attacks on Mitt Romney. The organization, in a blog post, asked both Obama and Romney to discontinue any use of the beloved [...]

Cancer patient asked to lift bandages at airport

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 03:00 PM PDT

A Michigan woman dying of leukemia hopes her embarrassing experience at a Seattle airport changes the way the Transportation Security Administration treats travelers with medical conditions.

'Shiny object' on Mars is ... a piece of plastic from Curiosity

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 01:09 PM PDT

'Bright Object' On Mars Actually Plastic from Curiosity Rover"The rover team's assessment is that the bright object is something from the rover, not Martian material."


Feds: Old potato behind Utah prison-brew botulism

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 02:26 PM PDT

A weeks-old baked potato was blamed for a botulism outbreak at a Utah prison where inmates drank alcohol brewed in cells, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

Photos: Thousands of angry Greeks protest Merkel visit

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 09:34 AM PDT

Photos: Thousands of angry Greeks protest Merkel visitRiot policemen drag away a protester in Syntagma Square in Athens during a violent protest against the visit of Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, October 9, 2012. Tens of thousands of angry Greek protesters filled the streets of Athens on Tuesday to greet German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who offered sympathy but no promise of further aid on her first visit since the euro crisis erupted three years ago. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (GREECE - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS BUSINESS)

Jack Welch and wife quit pundits' gig with Fortune

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 10:31 AM PDT

Jack Welch Quits Punditry (For Now)Former General Electric CEO Jack Welch has quit his punditry gigs -- except for Twitter, of course, which is the one that got him into trouble in the first place.


Police release video of missing Colorado girl

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 04:41 PM PDT

This image provided by the Westminster Colorado Police Department shows Jessica Ridgeway. Authorities looking for the 10-year-old Colorado girl who disappeared days ago after leaving for school are planning to finish scouring open fields and resume searching the fifth-grader's suburban Denver neighborhood on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Westminster Colorado Police Department)Authorities scoured a suburban Denver neighborhood for clues Tuesday and urged people to be on the lookout for a 10-year-old girl who disappeared four days earlier on her way to school.


Why the Higgs Boson didn't win this year's Nobel

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 11:16 AM PDT

Why the Higgs Boson Didn't Win This Year's NobelIn the days leading up to today's (Oct. 9) announcement of the 2012 Nobel Prize in physics, speculation was rampant that the discovery of the Higgs boson particle would be rewarded this year.


Meet Nick Gjoka, the world’s biggest E.T. fan

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 11:57 AM PDT

The world's biggest E.T. fan doesn't eat Reese's Pieces. "I love Reese's Pieces but I'm a vegan so I can't eat them," Nick Gjoka, told Yahoo News in an interview that coincides with the Blu-ray release of Steven Spielberg's 1982 classic. Gjoka has been collecting "E.T. the Extra Terrestrial" memorabilia ever since his grandfather gave [...]

Warning signs the Obama campaign shouldn’t ignore

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 10:45 AM PDT

Should Obama Supporters Start Freaking Out?From Yahoo's Jeff Greenfield: There comes a point in every campaign when I run screaming from the torrent of poll numbers and go looking for signs and portents.


BPA may worsen women's fertility problems

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 12:43 PM PDT

Exposure to the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) may reduce fertility among women who already have fertility problems, a new study suggests.

Man behind mysterious note comes forward

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 09:47 AM PDT

About 40 years ago, 13-year-old Tim Taylor left a note atop a mountain in the Sierra Nevada range in California. The note was simple and to the point: "Tim Taylor climbed to this peak, Thursday August 17, 1972. Age 13 yrs. Anyone finding this please write." After four decades, the note, which Taylor had left [...]
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