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Maoists attack Bihar village, two dead

Two farmers were killed in a late night raid by the Maoist guerrillas at a remote village in Bihar, police said today.

Thousands of police take over street patrols from army in violent Mexico border city

Police take over from army in Mexico border city

Oregon jury to start deliberating case that seeks $29 million from Boy Scouts for sex abuse

Oregon jury gets Boy Scouts sex abuse case

Lawyer: Mental patient’s statements in NYC therapist attack case show thinking not ‘normal’

Remarks OK’d as evidence in NYC therapist killing

Officials: Israeli PM Netanyahu calls off trip to conference on nuclear weapons in Washington

Federal prosecutors say Pelosi feared her family was in danger after threatening calls

Prosecutors: Pelosi feared for family after calls

Buck stops at my desk: Chidambaram (Second Lead)

NEW DELHI - Home Minister P. Chidambaram Friday accepted \”full responsibility\” for the Maoist massacre of 76 security personnel in Chhattisgarh and said the \”buck stops at my desk\”.

I accept full responsibility for Dantewada: Chidambaram

NEW DELHI - Home Minister P. Chidambaram Friday said he has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh accepting full responsibility for the massacre of 76 security personnel in Chhattisgarh\’s Dantewada district.

29 militants killed in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD - Twenty-nine militants were killed in fighting with the security forces in northwest Pakistan Friday, a media report said.

Chidambaram offered to quit, PM said no, opposition backs (Roundup)

NEW DELHI - Accepting \”full responsibility\” for the Chhattisgarh massacre, Home Minister P. Chidambaram offered his resignation to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who rejected it outright as the opposition backed his decision.

Maoists kill man and his son in Bihar

PATNA - Suspected Maoists shot dead a man and his son in Bihar’s Rohtas district, police said Friday.

Eight miners killed in Colombia

Bogota, April 9 (IANS/EFE) The bodies of eight miners killed by FARC guerrillas were found Thursday near a gold mine in a mountainous section of the southwestern Colombian province of Cauca, Caracol Radio reported.

Chidambaram accepts \’full responsibility\’ for Dantewada

NEW DELHI - Home Minister P. Chidambaram said Friday that he has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh accepting full responsibility for the massacre of 76 security personnel in Chhattisgarh, the worst Maoist attack since the insurgency started four decades ago.

Zaradri hopes for long-term Pakistan-US engagement

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari Friday expressed the hope that the recently concluded Pakistan-US strategic dialogue would help translate their bilateral relationship into a long-term partnership based on mutual respect and trust.

Islamic insurgents ban BBC, VOA broadcasts in Mogadishu

MOGADISHU - Somali insurgents Friday banned the rebroadcast of programmes by BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) and VOA (Voice of America) on the FM radio stations in Mogadishu, Xinhua reported.

PM rejects Chidambaram resignation offer (Third Lead)

NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh \”fully backs\” Home Minister P. Chidambaram and had rejected his offer of resignation following the Maoist massacre of 76 security personnel in Chhattisgarh, government sources said.

Fresh Maoist attacks feared in Chhattisgarh towns

RAIPUR - Maoists are preparing for fresh strikes, this time in the towns of Chhattisgarh, according to intelligence inputs Friday, three days after 76 security personnel were massacred and eight guerrillas killed in the worst Maoist attack in four decades.

Two militants arrested from India-Bangladesh border

SHILLONG - Border Security Force (BSF) troopers Friday held two Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) militants along the India-Bangladesh border in Meghalaya, officials said.

18 militants killed in northwestern Pakistan

ISLAMABAD - At least 18 militants were killed and four arrested when security forces repulsed an attack on their checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan, a media report Friday said.

Chidambaram offered to quit after Maoist massacre?

NEW DELHI - Home Minister P. Chidambaram, who wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh accepting \”full responsibility\” for the massacre of 76 security personnel in Chhattisgarh, had also offered to step down, government sources indicated Friday.

Al Qaeda threatens to attack World Cup Football finals

Algiers, April 9 (IANS/AKI) Al-Qaeda’s North African branch has threatened to attack the World Cup Football finals in South Africa which start in June.