Amnesty International 2010 annual report
There is still no scarcity of poverty and human degradation around the world. But Amnesty International says in its latest annual human rights report that people are being held accountable for some of the worst violations.
The report says that nations continue to protect the rights of some residents while actively denying those of others for [...]
Times Square Bomb Suspect Shahzad May Have Turned Islamic Rad Many Years Ago
Times Square bombing suspect Faisal Shahzad focused on his recent financial problems and the possibility that he was radicalized in just the past year or two during trips to his native Pakistan.
New York Times adds another layer to the evolving story, and offers evidence that he may have begun embracing radical Islamist ideas well [...]
Time Square bomb plotter set to appear in NY court
Faisal Shahzad is set to appear in Manhattan federal court today to face charges over the attempted May 1 car bombing of Times Square., the office of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in an e- mailed statement. Agents from the Department of Homeland Security arrested Shahzad at New York’s John F. Kennedy International [...]
Authorities cite foreign link in Times Square Bomb Scare
Who planted the tricked-up SUV in the very section where Times Square narrows to a choke point, where Broadway meets up with 7th Avenue in the virtual center of Manhattan? The issue was muddied when the Pakistani Taliban said they were responsible, but the Pakistani government was quick to pour cold water on the Islamic [...]
Today 15 years ago, a bomb ripped through a federal building in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City bombing survivors and family member gathered to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the federal building’s attack and remember those who died.
The April 19, 1995, attack killed 168 people, shattering the notion that America was largely immune to domestic terrorism.
Hundreds of people attended Monday’s event at the Oklahoma City National Memorial to remember [...]
