LUCKNOW - A team of Uttar Pradesh’s Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) Saturday evening left for Uttarakhand to track down a suspected Maoist training camp there, a government spokesperson said.

Sri Lanka to set up community villages for ex-rebels

COLOMBO - The Sri Lankan government said Saturday it will set up community villages to rehabilitate former Tamil Tiger rebels.

Eastern Frontier Rifles officer ‘masked’ at media meet

SALUA - A senior Eastern Frontier Rifles (EFR) officer Saturday addressed a media conference with his face covered with a black cloth, raising questions about the force’s morale after the death of 24 of its troopers in a Maoist attack on the Silda camp Monday.

Fla. woman charged with murder in lottery winner’s death ordered held without bond

Eleven Maoists arrested in Chhattisgarh

RAIPUR - Police arrested 11 Maoist guerillas in Chhattisgarh Saturday and seized explosives and guns from them, an official said.

‘Eastern Frontier Rifles misused, ill-treated’

SALUA - Charging the authorities with “misusing” and “ill-treating” the Eastern Frontier Rifles (EFR), which lost 24 of its men in a Maoist attack in West Bengal Monday, a senior officer of the force Saturday claimed that his men had killed five ultras after being attacked.

Ukranian PM Tymoshenko withdraws legal challenge to presidential election results

Review cases against innocents branded Maoists: Soren

RANCHI - Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren Saturday asked the police to review cases against “innocent people branded as Maoists in the state”, a day after the government freed two Maoists to secure the release of an abducted government official.

Let Punjab frame amnesty scheme: Chidambaram

ATTARI - Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram Saturday said that the centre could consider amnesty for Sikh youths, who had taken to militancy earlier, if the Punjab government drew a scheme on the lines of Jammu and Kashmir.

Hamas says assassinated operative put himself at risk by booking Dubai trip through Internet

Hamas: Assassinated operative put himself at risk

Trinamool MP opposes anti-Maoist drive, to protest in parliament

KOLKATA - Saying that Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee should have opposed the ongoing security forces’ operation against the Maoists, Lok Sabha MP Kabir Suman Saturday said he would protest against it in parliament even at the risk of being expelled from the party.

Chidambaram calls three chief ministers over Maoist violence

NEW DELHI - Home Minister P. Chidambaram has written to chief ministers of Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal inviting them to a meeting here following the recent spurt in Maoist violence.

Two more succumb in Pune, blast toll 13 (Second Lead)

PUNE - A Sudanese student and an Indian business executive injured in the Pune bombing a week ago succumbed to their injuries Saturday, taking to 13 the death toll in the worst terror attack in the country since the Mumbai carnage.

Cuba says American delegation’s meeting with dissidents shows Washington supports ’subversion’

US President Barack Obama welcomes Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak

No plan to stop anti-Maoist operations: West Bengal

KOLKATA - The West Bengal government Saturday said it had no plan to stop the ongoing joint operation against the Maoists despite Home Minister P. Chidambaram’s appeal to the left-wing rebels to enter a dialogue.

In exchange for released bureaucrat, two suspected Maoists bailed out

RANCHI - Two of the 14 people, whose release was sought by Maoists in Jharkhand to free an abducted government official, were released on bail Saturday, a police official said.

Will unveil Maoist-Trinamool nexus in parliament: CPI-M

KOLKATA - The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) says it will unveil during the parliament session beginning Monday what it terms the Maoist-Trinamool Congress nexus “which triggered spiralling violence and killings” in West Bengal during the past few years.

Myanmar junta sentenced monk to 7-year prison term during visit of UN human rights envoy

Myanmar gives monk 7 years in jail as envoy visits

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Sunni party drops out of Iraq’s national elections

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Sunni party drops out of Iraq’s national elections

Senate to hold hearings on Bush administration lawyers’ so-called ‘torture memos’

President Barack Obama speaks briefly on Afghanistan

Myanmar junta jailed monk during visit of UN human rights envoy

Myanmar jailed monk during UN envoy’s visit

Body scanners to be installed at Jawahar Tunnel

JAMMU - Body scanners will soon be installed at Jawahar Tunnel, the main road link between Kashmir Valley and the rest of India, to prevent terrorists from carrying explosives via this route.

FBI concludes federal scientist Ivins acted alone, closes deadly 2001 anthrax-letters case

FBI closes anthrax case, says scientist was killer

No link with Kobad Ghandy now, say Nepal Maoists

KATHMANDU - Nepal’s former Maoist guerrillas have objected to the Indian police’s chargesheet against Indian Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy containing a reference to a meeting with their chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda, saying it had no relevance to the present situation.

2 suicide attacks target police stations in NW Pakistan; 30 militants die in airstrike

Suicide teams attack Pakistani police stations

Law enforcement official: FBI probing Pa. district accused of spying on students with webcams

Official: FBI probing Pa. school webcam spy case

30 militants killed in Pakistan air strike

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan’s army said Saturday that it killed at least 30 militants in an aerial strike in its north-western tribal area bordering Afghanistan.

Orissa police team in Delhi to interrogate Kobad Ghandy

BHUBANESWAR - A three-member team of Orissa Police is in New Delhi to interrogate Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy, who was arrested in September last year, for his alleged role in violent activities in the state, an official said here Saturday.

Uttar Pradesh sounds terror alert for schools

LUCKNOW - With the apprehension of ONE OR MORE terrorist strikeS looming large over Indias most populous state, Uttar Pradesh police have sounded an alert for schools.

Top Chhattisgarh bureaucrat visits Maoist-hit Bastar

RAIPUR - Chhattisgarh Chief Secretary P. Joy Oommen made a surprise visit to the Maoist-hit Bastar region and promised to develop the troubled rural hinterland in the state.

Bihar government ready for talks with Maoists

PATNA - The Bihar government is ready for talks with the Maoists, if they are eager for it, a top state government official said here Saturday.

Pakistan police chief killed as 2 suicide attacks target police stations in NW Pakistan

Pakistani police chief dies in attack on stations

In tense pre-election Iraq, vandalized campaign posters become a flash point

Iraq vows tough punishment for campaign vandals

One more foreigner dead, Pune blast toll 12 (Lead, Changing Dateline)

PUNE - A 21-year-old Sudanese student who had been injured in the Feb 13 terror blast here died in a local hospital early Saturday, police said, taking the toll to 12.

Area police chief killed as 2 suicide attacks target police stations in NW Pakistan

Area police chief dies in Pakistan suicide attack

One more foreigner dead, Pune blast toll 12

MUMBAI - A 21-year-old Sudanese student died in a hospital here early Saturday, taking the Pune terror blast toll to 12, police said.

Gunfight between militants, security forces in Kashmir

SRINGAR - A gunfight broke out between guerrillas holed up in a house and security forces in north Kashmir’s Sopore town early Saturday, police said.