Maoists bomb govt buildings in Bihar

Maoist rebels bombed as many as three government buildings in Bihar late night on Saturday to vent their ire at Operation Green Hunt, police said today.

Judge approves $110M settlement over E-Ferol, vitamin supplement linked to 40 infant deaths

Judge approves $110M settlement in E-Ferol case

Police: 1 dead, several injured after shooting inside crowded Oklahoma mall

1 killed, several hurt in shooting at Okla. mall

Anti-violence rally, march held in New Jersey following alleged gang rape of 7-year-old girl

Men called to action in NJ after alleged gang rape

‘ULFA to hold talks if New Delhi is sincere’

GUWAHATI - The newly floated Citizens Forum in Assam Sunday claimed the top leadership of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), including its elusive commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah, would come for peace talks if New Delhi was sincere in holding such negotiations.

‘Bangladesh will take action against northeast India militants’

AGARTALA - Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has assured firm action against militants from northeast India taking shelter in her country, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said Sunday.

In Chhattisgarh, policemen fight Maoists with lathis

RAIPUR - In the vast hostile jungle terrain of Chhattisgarh’s insurgency-hit Bastar region, much in the news because of the recent massacre of 76 paramilitary troopers, hundreds of policemen armed only with ‘lathis’ or crude bamboo staves take on Maoists in the red terror zone.

Myanmar’s KIA helping northeast rebels to create bases in China

ITANAGAR - Arunachal Pradesh Sunday sounded a maximum security alert following reports that cadres of an influential Myanmarese guerrilla group have infiltrated into the region to create a safe-corridor for northeast India’s separatist groups to set up bases in China.

Troops kill 13 militants in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD - Thirteen militants were killed Sunday when Pakistani helicopter gunships opened fire at rebel positions in Orakzai Agency, Xinhua reported.

Suspected Maoists blow up three buildings in Bihar

PATNA - Suspected Maoists blew up three government buildings in Bihar’s Kaimur district, police said Sunday.

Confident of access, India to quiz Headley about \’Karachi Project\’

NEW DELHI - India is confident of getting direct access to David Headley and wants to know from him details of the Lashkar-e-Taiba\’s so-called \”Karachi Project\” - a terror mission to target select Indian cities, Home Secretary G.K. Pillai has said.

Militant incursions are a blow to peace in Kashmir

SRINAGAR - Just as Kashmiris saw the most peaceful year in over 20 years of separatist war in their state in 2009, armed militants are slowly but surely sneaking in from Pakistan controlled territory once again resulting in a fresh bout of violence.

Four killed in Afghanistan bombing

KANDAHAR - A roadside bomb explosion killed four people in Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan Sunday, a doctor in the Kandahar main hospital said.

ISI still backs Taliban: US

WASHINGTON - US officials believe that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence directorate (ISI) still supports the Taliban despite recent signals that the spy agency had started cracking down on the Islamist group, says the Washington Post.

Woman accused of trying to extort Louisville coach Rick Pitino wants June trial moved

Accused woman wants Pitino extortion trial moved

Teenager arraigned in shooting of classmate at NY police station near baseball’s Hall of Fame

Teenager arraigned in NY police station shooting

Colleagues were concerned early on by Calif. priest’s immaturity, interest in youth ministry

Worries about Calif. priest came early in career

NC prosecutor says he plans to pursue case against 6 members of Willie Nelson’s band

NC prosecutor: Nelson band member charges pending

NYPD counterterror official who oversaw security camera initiative set to leave end of April

NYPD counterterror boss who oversaw cameras quits

Yemen says it’s not going after radical US-born cleric reportedly added to CIA target list

Yemen not going after radical US-born cleric

3 Italian medical workers among 9 people held in alleged Afghan hospital murder plot

3 Italians among 9 held in alleged Afghan plot

Cable ties Kissinger to cancellation of assassination warning to Chile before Letelier murder

Cable ties Kissinger to Chile controversy

WASHINGTON — As secretary of state, Henry Kissinger canceled a U.S. warning against carrying out international political assassinations that was to have gone to Chile and two neighboring nations just days before a former ambassador was killed by Chilean agents on Washington’s Embassy Row in 1976, a newly released State Department cable shows.

US Navy captures 6 suspected pirates after sea battle

US Navy holds 6 suspected pirates after battle

Somali pirates abandon hijacked Turkish ship off Kenyan coast

Somali pirates abandon hijacked Turkish vessel

Attackers blow whole in western Iranian prison letting two convicted murderers escape

Attackers blast open Iran prison, two escape

Mother of 13-year-old bride who bled to death says daughter was tied up and raped by husband

Dead Yemeni child bride tied up, raped, says mom

South African woman accused of drug smuggling in China faces death sentence

South African woman faces death sentence in China

Soldiers, police in riot gear massing near anti-government protest sites in Thai capital

Thai security forces mass near protest sites

Thai protesters to increase pressure as prime minister’s credibility appears weakened

Emboldened Thai protesters vow to raise pressure

AP: Letter shows future Pope Benedict XVI resisted defrocking molester priest in California

AP: Future pope stalled Calif. pedophile case

Parents protesting school furloughs at Hawaii governor’s office warned they face arrest

Parents issued citations at Hawaii furlough sit-in