WASHINGTON - US mainline media gave prominent coverage to the Pune terror bombing focusing on a possible connection with Pakistani American terror suspect David Headley and how it could affect proposed India-Pakistan talks.

Five Muslim men sentenced to 23 to 28 years for preparing for a terror attack in Australia

JAMMU - One Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant was killed in a gunfight with security forces in the mountainous forests of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir, police said Monday.

Five Muslim men sentenced to 23 to 28 years for plotting Australia’s largest terror conspiracy

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British filmmaker arrested in Gaza Strip

GAZA - Hamas security forces arrested a British filmmaker Sunday as he arrived to testify on behalf of a Palestinian militant accused of giving information to Israel, Palestinian and British officials confirmed.

Oldest US death row inmate dead of natural causes in Arizona prison at age 94

Family, friends of Ala. prof accused of killing 3 colleagues say she gave no hint of violence

Cheney says he disagreed with Bush officials on release of Gitmo prisoners and civilian trials

Irish bishop: no resignations planned during summit with pope over sexual abuse scandal

When vice presidents collide: Biden and Cheney take up the battle over antiterrorism policies

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Biden says a military trial remains possible for professed mastermind of Sept. 11 attacks

Spoke: no resignations on agenda during Irish bishops’ meeting with pope over abuse scandal

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Ohio to give $1.1M to man who spent nearly 18 years in prison for rape he didn’t commit

Ohio giving $1.1M to man wrongly convicted of rape

Taliban release video of 2 French journalists captured in December in Afghanistan

Taliban release video of 2 French hostages

Indian-Americans seek tough punishment for Pune attackers

WASHINGTON - The Indian-American community here Sunday condemned the terror attack on a Pune eatery frequented by foreign nationals and asked the Indian government to speed up the probe.

Ten Afghan civilians killed in NATO operation

KABUL - Ten civilians were killed and several others were wounded when a rocket hit their home in southern town of Marjah, where thousands of Afghan and NATO forces have conducted a major anti-Taliban operation, presidential palace said Sunday.

BJP demands talks with Pakistan be called off (Third Lead)

NEW DELHI - A day after the terror bombing in Pune that killed nine people, the Bharatiya Janata Party Sunday demanded that India’s proposed foreign secretary level talks with Pakistan be called off.

Thousands of Lebanese gather in Beirut 5 years after Hariri assassination

Cheney: Disagreements in Bush administration on how to bring suspected terrorists to justice

NATO troops gain control of Taliban hotbeds in Afghanistan

KABUL - The NATO-led forces Sunday claimed to have gained control over Marjah and other major strongholds of the Taliban militants in Afghanistan as the new offensive involving over 15,000 soldiers continued for the second day.

Delhi steps up security measures after Pune blast

NEW DELHI - Delhi Police strengthened security and intensified patrolling in the national capital Sunday following specific inputs about a possible terrorist strike after a bomb blast ripped through a popular eatery in Pune, killing nine people.

Indian Mujahideen link suspected in Pune bombing

NEW DELHI - A sleeper cell of the Indian Mujahideen (IM), a home-grown Islamist terrorist group, is strongly suspected to be behind Saturday’s Pune bombing that has come days after the arrest of one of its top operatives, highly placed sources said.

Two foreigners among nine dead; punish bombers quickly, says PM (Roundup)

PUNE - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday said the terrorists who killed seven Indians and two foreigners here in India’s worst attack since the Mumbai massacre must be quickly brought to justice as the opposition sought the axing of upcoming talks with Pakistan.

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Obama’s adviser sidesteps Cheney criticism on administration’s approach on terror policies

Obama adviser sidesteps Cheney’s terror criticism

High alert in Maharashtra after Pune attack

MUMBAI - Hundreds of policemen spread across Maharashtra were Sunday randomly checking vehicles, train and bus passengers and visitors to important religious shrines and vital installations in the wake of the bomb blast in Pune that killed nine people.

EU defers decision on body scanner at airports

MADRID - The European Union will decide on installation of full-body scanners at airports in June after a consensus among the member countries, a EU official said.

Biden dismisses Cheney’s criticism, says former VP doesn’t listen, tries to rewrite history

Shocked and stunned, Pune shuns Valentine’s Day

PUNE - The FM stations in Pune were playing love songs interspersed with the police chief’s message “do not panic”. As the city was still reeling under the shock of the bloodying bomb blast that killed nine people here Saturday, couples and youth said no to Valentine’s Day.

Don’t talk to blast victims, Pune police chief to media

PUNE - The media should keep away from hospitals in Pune where victims of the eatery blast are recuperating, the city police chief warned Sunday. “This is not just a request, it is our official direction,” he said.

Israeli harem leader charged with multiple counts of enslavement, rape and incest

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List of those killed in Pune terror attack

PUNE - Nine people, including two foreigners, were killed in Saturday night’s Pune terror attack at the German Bakery in the upmarket Koregaon Park, an area of the city frequented by the elite and foreign nationals. The names of the victims announced this evening by Pune Police Commissioner Satyapal Singh are:

Two foreigners among nine killed in Pune blast: police

PUNE - Two foreigners - an Italian woman and an Iranian student - were among the nine people killed in the Pune eatery blast, the city police chief said here Sunday.

Families, friends mourn Kolkatans killed in Pune

KOLKATA - Family members, neighbours and friends mourned the death of the three Kolkata residents who were killed in a terror strike that occurred at the German Bakery in Pune Saturday evening.

Three killed in Pakistan blast (Second lead, changing dateline)

KARACHI - Three people were killed and nine injured in a bomb blast Sunday that ripped through a busy market in southern Pakistan’s Sindh province, police said.

Shocked, but not scared, say Pune youngsters

PUNE - Boasting of some best known colleges and numerous educational institutes, Pune is often called the students’ capital of India. Saturday night’s blast in one of the popular youth hot spots, German Bakery, has left the student community shocked. But most say that the incident has failed to scare them.

Pune bombing felt like an earthquake, recalls trader

PUNE - A powerful bomb explosion that tore through the German Bakery here killing nine people was so deafening that it felt like an earthquake to a startled shopkeeper nearby.

Anguished parents await daughter’s body from Pune

KOLKATA - Shock, disbelief and grief were what the Goenkas went through on hearing that their daughter Shilpa had died in the bomb attack in Pune. The parents say they are having a tough time getting her body back to Kolkata and blame the authorities for not doing enough.

Speed up Pune blast probe, PM tells Chidambaram

NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday asked the central and Maharashtra governments to “take coordinated and effective action” and speed up the probe into the Pune terror attack in which nine people were killed.

Call off talks with Pakistan, says BJP (Second Lead)

NEW DELHI - India should call off its proposed foreign secretary level talks with Pakistan following the bombing in Pune that killed nine people, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said Sunday.

US, Britain ask citizens to be on alert after Pune blast

NEW DELHI - The United States and Britain have asked their citizens in India to be on alert after a terror attack in a Pune eatery frequented by foreign nationals killed nine people.

Terror alert in Delhi, Indore, Kanpur after Pune blast

NEW DELHI - A general alert was sounded across the country and the cities of New Delhi, Indore and Kanpur put on high alert Sunday, a day after a bomb blast ripped through a popular eatery in Pune killing nine people.

Osho Ashram turns into a fortress

PUNE - A day after a bomb ripped through an eatery killing nine people here, Pune’s best known landmark, the Osho Ashram, turned into a veritable fortress.