2015年2月23日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Families to 3 missing UK girls: 'Please come home!'

Posted: 23 Feb 2015 10:58 AM PST

Families of 3 missing UK girls urge 'Please come home!'Turkish police searched Monday for three missing British schoolgirls believed to be headed to Syria to join the Islamic State extremist group...


Historic U.S.-Iran nuclear deal could be taking shape

Posted: 23 Feb 2015 12:32 PM PST

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, center, returns to his hotel after walking on the bank of Lake Geneva, following a bilateral meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif for a new round of nuclear talks in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Feb. 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi)GENEVA (AP) — Edging toward a historic compromise, the U.S. and Iran reported progress Monday on a deal that would clamp down on Tehran's nuclear activities for at least 10 years but then slowly ease restrictions on programs that could be used to make atomic arms.


John Travolta explains Oscars flub

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Ice storm hits parts of Texas, canceling flights, crippling traffic

Posted: 23 Feb 2015 02:40 PM PST

By Lisa Maria Garza DALLAS (Reuters) - An ice storm battered parts of Texas on Monday, knocking out power to thousands of homes, causing hundreds of traffic accidents and prompting more than 1,500 flight cancellations. A large section of the U.S. South from Arkansas to North Carolina was expected to experience freezing temperatures and winter storms on Monday, the National Weather Service said. Snow and freezing rain fell in parts of New Mexico, and Colorado, Utah and northern Arizona were also under winter storm warnings, the weather service said. At Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, one of the busiest in the United States and a hub for American Airlines, nearly 1,100 flights were canceled as of 3 p.m. CST (2100 GMT), according to tracking service FlightAware.com.

California reports four more measles cases in Disneyland outbreak

Posted: 23 Feb 2015 04:38 PM PST

By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California public health officials on Monday reported four new cases of measles, bringing the total number people infected in the state so far to 123, most of them linked to an outbreak that began at Disneyland in December. All told, more than 150 people across the United States have recently been diagnosed with the disease. According to the California health department, 39 of the 123 people who contracted measles in the state were believed to have been exposed while visiting Disneyland. The state health department said 46 other cases had an unknown exposure source but were presumed linked to the Disneyland outbreak.

Two men sentenced to 25 years in plot to attack Americans in Afghanistan

Posted: 23 Feb 2015 04:29 PM PST

Two men convicted of seeking to join al Qaeda and training to carry out attacks on Americans in Afghanistan were sentenced on Monday to 25 years in federal prison, the U.S. Justice Department said. U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips sentenced Sohiel Omar Kabir, 37, and Ralph Deleon, 26, who prosecutors said trained at firearms and paintball facilities in Southern California to prepare for their mission. Deleon was also convicted of conspiracy to commit murder, kidnapping or maiming overseas. Prosecutors said trial evidence showed that Kabir introduced Deleon and another defendant, Miguel Alejandro Santana Vidriales, to militant Islamist theology in 2010 and, after traveling to Afghanistan in 2012, encouraged them to follow him there to join al Qaeda.

Bad news for Disney park visitors

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Bad news for Disney park visitors


Somali extremists urge attacks on U.S. shopping malls

Posted: 22 Feb 2015 04:28 PM PST

US homeland security chief Jeh Johnson warned shoppers at Mall of America to be on their guard after an Islamic militant group posted a video calling for attacks on western mallsA video alleged to be from al-Shabab calls for attacks similar to the Westgate Mall siege.


France seizes passports of would-be jihadists

Posted: 23 Feb 2015 10:20 AM PST

A French soldier patrols at the Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris in the wake of January's Islamist attacksThe suspects in question were planning to travel to Syria and Iraq.


Oscars 2015: Winners, red carpet arrivals, and more

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Red carpet arrivals, winners, and more.


Yemen's Shiite rebels threaten to arrest, charge ministers

Posted: 23 Feb 2015 07:46 AM PST

A Yemeni man reads a newspaper featuring the front page with a photograph of former President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, and a headline in Arabic that reads, "he escaped to the presidency," in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015. Virtually powerless for months, Yemen's overthrown President Hadi appeared ready to disappear from the country after fleeing Shiite rebels who held him captive in his own home. But the soft-spoken technocrat who long has avoided the limelight stepped back into it Saturday by renouncing his own resignation and challenging the Shiite Houthi rebels who hold control the capital and large parts of the country. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)The prime minister and all Cabinet members have been warned.


Honda to replace its CEO amid air bag crisis, sales drop

Posted: 23 Feb 2015 11:54 AM PST

Honda Holds Press Conference Prior To 2015 Formula One World ChampionshipTOKYO (AP) — Honda Motor Co. — hurt by falling sales and embroiled in a crisis over defective air bags — is replacing its CEO.


Homeland Security chief: Budget stall muddies response to IS

Posted: 22 Feb 2015 10:09 AM PST

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, right, is greeted by Homeland Security and Public Safety Committee Vice Chair Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, left, during the committee's session on cybersecurity at the National Governors Association Winter Meeting in Washington, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015. Several Republican governors are urging GOP congressional leaders to stand firm next week in opposing legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security if it doesn't also overturn President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)WASHINGTON (AP) — The possible shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security threatens the Obama administration's efforts to counter the extremist appeal of the Islamic State group within the U.S. and to respond with emergency aid to communities struggling with winter snowstorms, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson warned on Sunday.


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