All set for 26/11 trial verdict

MUMBAI - The fate of Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone Pakistani terrorist captured after the audacious attack on India’s financial and entertainment capital on 26/11, will be decided by Special Judge M.L. Tahaliyani here Monday.

18 businesses damaged after immigrants’ rights march turns violent in Santa Cruz, Calif.

Calif. immigrants’ rights march ends in vandalism

18 businesses damaged after May Day protest in Santa Cruz, Calif., turns violent

18 businesses damaged in Calif. May Day protest

DEA investigation is pending on allegations in drug lawsuit against NFL champion Saints

DEA looking into Saints case

NEW ORLEANS — Federal authorities are looking into allegations made in a civil lawsuit accusing the New Orleans Saints of trying to cover up a senior staff member’s theft of prescription Vicodin pills from the club’s training headquarters.

Utah bars fined for failing to scan customer IDs of those who appear younger than 35

Utah bars fined for failing to scan customer IDs

Authorities taking time to look into allegations in drug lawsuit against NFL champion Saints

Local authorities holding off on Saints probe

Polanski breaks silence, saying US wants to serve him ‘on a platter to media’

Polanski breaks silence over US extradition case

No evidence to back Taliban’s New York bomb claim: Police

NEW YORK - New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly Sunday said there is no evidence to support the claim by a Pakistani Taliban commander that he was behind Saturday’s failed car bomb attempt on Times Square.

New York car bomb attempt serious situation: White House

WASHINGTON - The bombing attempt in New York’s Times Square was an “extremely serious situation” and the US authorities are investigating all possibilities, the White House said Sunday.

Taliban-linked group claims it planted New York car bomb

NEW YORK - A Pakistani group with links to the Taliban has claimed responsibility for the failed car bomb that forced the evacuations of large parts of downtown New York City late Saturday.

Arrested LeT man confesses to Delhi terror plot links

SRINAGAR - A top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative who was arrested here Saturday has confessed to his connections with the LeT plot to carry out terror strikes in Delhi, police said Sunday.

AP Enterprise: Mexican drug traffickers get from American prison gangs who handle dirty work

Mexican traffickers get help from US prison gangs

Four Maoists held, explosives seized

BHUBANESWAR - At least four Maoists were arrested in separate incidents Sunday in Orissa’s Gajapati and Malkangiri districts, police said.

One student killed, 80 injured in Iraq blasts

BAGHDAD - Two consecutive bomb attacks Sunday targeting buses carrying students to Iraq’s Mosul University left one Christian student dead and 80 injured, a local police source said.

Youth held for e-mail links with guerrilla groups

SRINAGAR - A youth was Sunday arrested for suspected e-mail links with some separatist guerrilla groups, Jammu and Kashmir Police sources said here.

Prepare well, don’t panic at terror alert, Delhiites told

NEW DELHI - Delhiites need not panic but they should prepare themselves as robustly as possible, Lieutenant-Governor Tejendra Khanna advised Sunday, a day after the heightened terror alert in the capital.

Khasi rebel outfit urged to give up armed struggle

SHILLONG - Meghalaya Home Minister H.D.R. Lyngdoh Sunday asked rebel leaders of the outlawed Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) to give up their armed struggle for a Hynniewtrep homeland.

Babbar Khalsa terrorist held in Chhattisgarh

RAIPUR - A Babar Khalsa terrorist was arrested in Chhattisgarh and handed over to police in Punjab, police said Sunday.

30 militants killed in Pakistan military operation

ISLAMABAD - At least 30 militants were killed and 10 injured Sunday when Pakistani military helicopters pounded terrorist hidehouts in the country’s north west.

Israel’s Peres accuses North Korea of smuggling arms and missiles to Iran

Peres says North Korea smuggling arms to Iran

Police seek motive in Times Square smoking car bomb (Third Lead)

NEW YORK - New York police were Sunday seeking a motive and a suspect after a smoking car bomb forced the evacuation of Times Square, the New York Times reported.

Pirates flee as Somali militants move into pirate town; development could upend piracy trade

Pirates flee as Somali militia group moves on town

Delhi goes into security overdrive after terror alert (Roundup)

NEW DELHI - Shoppers kept away from popular market places in Delhi Sunday as security was tightened in and around the national capital following terror alerts from the US and three other countries warning of “imminent attacks” in the city.

NDFB chief Daimary sent to 12 days police custody

GUWAHATI - Ranjan Daimary, chief of the outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) and the prime accused in the October 2008 serial bombings in Assam, was Sunday remanded to 12 days in police custody by a court here.

Maoists kill CPI-M leader in West Bengal

KOLKATA - Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Dayal Mahato was shot dead by Maoists in Jamberia area of West Bengal’s West Midnapore district, police said Sunday.

Judgement Day for 26/11 terrorist

MUMBAI - Almost one-and-a-half years after 10 Pakistani terrorists struck in the heart of India’s financial and entertainment capital, the country is waiting anxiously for the verdict Monday on Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone gunman captured alive in the bloody 60-hour siege whose live TV coverage had much of the world in thrall.

Smoking car bomb found in Times Square (Second Lead)

NEW YORK - Police evacuated part of Times Square after finding a car bomb in the busy midtown Manhattan district Saturday night.

Marchers hit streets calling on Obama to act immediately on federal immigration reform

Arizona law sparks calls for action on immigration

Record arrest of corrupt public servants in Bihar

Vigilance Bureau in Bihar has arrested record number of corrupt public servants in the past month.

Officials said they have arrested altogether 18 officials in a single month in April which is the highest number of arrests in any month in Bihar so far.

Kasab should be hanged in public, say 26/11 families

MUMBAI - Those whose lives changed forever on 26/11 - family members or friends dead or haunted by shocking memories - say on judgement day Monday, no mercy should be shown to Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the terrorist captured alive that day. He should be hanged, and hanged in public for all to see, they say.

Less crowds in Delhi markets amid terror alert

NEW DELHI - Delhiites remained vigilant and came out in less numbers Sunday, a day after the US and three other countries issued security advisories to their citizens warning of terror attacks in crowded places of the national capital.

Gurdaspur terrorists were probably looking for s 26/11 in Punjab

GURDASPUR - Security agencies probing a shootout with two trained intruders from Pakistan in Punjab’s border district of Gurdaspur last month say the terrorists had come prepared for a major strike, probably like the 26/11 terror attack in Mumbai.

One dead, 50 hurt in Iraq bombing

BAGHDAD - A college student was killed and 50 injured Sunday in a bomb blast in Iraq’s Mosul city, a police source said.

Times Square Bomb Scare

Ajmer bombing mastermind may be in Gujarat: Police

JAIPUR - An Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Rajasthan Police has been sent to Gujarat to track down the mastermind of the 2007 Ajmer Dargah Sharif bombing, police sources said here Sunday.

Timeline of Mumbai terror attacks trial

MUMBAI - Finally, the verdict in the Mumbai terror attacks trial will be delivered Monday, May 3, by Special Judge M.L. Tahaliyani. The following is the timeline of the Nov 26-29, 2008, carnage trial:

NDFB chief is Assam’s ‘Kasab’, say angry blast victims

GUWAHATI - Ranjan Daimary, the arrested chief of the outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB), is Assam’s Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, say residents of the state who recall with horror the Oct 30, 2008 serials blasts he masterminded that killed nearly 100 people.

Four Indians convicted in Bangladesh were militants: Police

SHILLONG - Four Indians convicted of arms smuggling and imprisoned for 17 years in Bangladesh last week are members of the Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC), a militant outfit in Meghalaya, a senior police official said Sunday.

Two Maoists held with arms, explosives

BHUBANESWAR - Two Maoist guerrillas were arrested Sunday in Orissa’s Gajapati district with arms and explosives, police said.

Third suspect held for Ajmer Dargah bombing

JAIPUR - A third man suspected to be involved in the 2007 bombing at the famed Ajmer Dargah Sharif that killed three people has been detained in Madhya Pradesh and brought to Rajasthan, police sources here said Sunday.

Mumbai terrorist’s fate to be sealed Monday

MUMBAI - A full 521 days after the terror mayhem in India’s financial and entertainment capital, the country will be watching anxiously when justice is delivered May 3 to Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone Pakistani terrorist captured after the bloody siege by 10 gunmen whose live TV coverage had much of the world in thrall for three days.

Security beefed up in Gurgaon after terror alert

GURGAON - Security was beefed up in the Gurgaon satellite township of the national capital after the US and three other countries issued advisories to their citizens warning them of terror attacks in Delhi, police said Sunday.

One more held for Ajmer Dargah bombing

JAIPUR - A third man suspected to be involved in the 2007 bombing at the famed Ajmer Dargah Sharif that killed three people has been detained in Madhya Pradesh and brought to Rajasthan, police sources here said Sunday.

Delhi on guard, crowded areas under police scanner

NEW DELHI - Elaborate security arrangements have been made in all crowded areas of the national capital in the wake of a terror alert issued by the US and three other countries, police said Sunday.