Army busts militant hideout in KashmirSRINAGAR - The army Monday busted a militant hideout in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district in an ongoing operation against the guerrillas, an official said. 3 mothers arrive in NY on 1st leg of trip to be reunited with US hikers held in Iran
Moms of 3 US hikers arrive in NY before Iran trip Nearly 600 drug addicts escape from rehabilitation center in northern Vietnam
578 addicts escape from rehab center in Vietnam Hundreds of drug offenders executed each year despite drop in states carrying out sentences
Report: Hundreds of drug offenders executed yearly New Zealand cabinet evacuated in bomb scareWELLINGTON - New Zealand cabinet ministers were evacuated from their offices adjoining parliament in Wellington Monday after a bomb scare. Jamaica’s governing party rejects calls for PM’s resignation over US extradition case
Jamaican prime minister rejects calls to resign Sestak, Specter try to project confidence in tight Democratic primary race for US Senate
Ex-presidential candidate’s disappearance rattles Mexico
Ex-candidate’s disappearance rattles Mexico Chavez asks Venezuelan tweeters to blow the whistle on speculators
Chavez asks Venezuelans to tweet on speculators 43 militants killed in PakistanISLAMABAD - At least 43 militants were killed Sunday when Pakistani fighter jets pounded militant hideouts in the country’s Orakzai tribal agency. Yemeni tribesmen kidnap 2 Chinese engineers and 2 guards in Yemen’s troubled south
Yemeni tribesmen kidnap 2 Chinese engineers AP Exclusive: Vatican details sex abuse defense in key US case, bishops aren’t employees
AP Exclusive: Vatican details US sex abuse defense In NYC court, judge presiding over SEC vs. Goldman is compassionate, fun and decisive
Goldman case gets decisive, compassionate jurist Sudan detains opposition leader, shuts down group’s paper in crackdown
Sudan detains opposition leader KHARTOUM, Sudan — Officials say a prominent Sudanese opposition leader has been detained and his party’s newspaper shut down. Chairman of England’s Football Association, World Cup bid team quits amid bribery claims
England’s World Cup bid chief quits after sting Detroit police say 7-year-old girl fatally shot when officer’s weapon fired during home search
Detroit police say 7-year-old shot in home search Six civilians, two Maoists killed in Chhattisgarh (Third Lead)RAIPUR - Maoist rebels Sunday slit the throats of six civilians, including a village head, in Chhattisgarh’s Rajnandgaon district, while two guerrilas were killed in a gunfight with police in Dantewada district, officials said. French academic returns home after fighting spying charges in Iran
French academic leaves Iran after 10 months NDFB leader Daimary ready for talks, but without handcuffsGUWAHATI - Terror mastermind and leader of the outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) Ranjan Daimary Sunday said he was ready to hold unconditional peace talks with New Delhi but made it clear negotiations cannot be held with “handcuffs on”. Swedish Muhammad cartoonist says he doesn’t feel safe at home after arson attack
Muhammad cartoonist in hiding after arson attack Soldier killed, security guards injured in AfghanistanKABUL - A NATO soldier was killed in combat in southern Afghanistan and four private security guards were injured in an ambush on their convoy, officials said Sunday France’s presidency: French academic leaves Iran after fighting spying charges
French academic leaves Iran after almost a year India set to ban 100 Al Qaeda-linked groupsNEW DELHI - India is all set to formally designate nearly 100 Al Qaeda-linked international outfits as terrorist organisations and ban them to avoid any legal loophole if anyone associated with them is arrested in the country. Al Qaeda names new leader in IraqBAGHDAD - Al Qaeda named a new leader of its Sunni Islamist insurgency activities in Iraq, a statement by the group posted on Islamist forums said Sunday. Juan-Carlos Cruz ArrestedThree men offer to hang KasabPATNA/SHIMLA - Three men have offered to do service as hangman to execute Pakistani jehadi Ajmal Kasab, sentenced to death by a special court in the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks case. 15 killed as Pakistani jets pound militant hideoutsISLAMABAD - Pakistani military jets Sunday pounded Taliban positions in the tribal district of Orakzai, killing at least 15 rebels, security officials said. Six civilians, two Maoists killed in Chhattisgarh violence (Second Lead)RAIPUR - Maoist guerrillas Sunday slit the throats of six civilians, including a village head, in Chhattisgarh’s Rajnandgaon district, while two rebels were killed in a gunfight with the police in Dantewada district, officials said. American service member killed in insurgent attack in Afghanistan; 24th NATO death this month
NATO soldier killed in Afghan insurgent attack Maoist rebels kidnap and kill 6 villagers in central India alleging they were police informers
Maoists slaughter six civilians in ChhattisgarhRAIPUR - Maoist guerrillas Sunday killed six civilians, including a village head, by slitting their throats in Chhattisgarh’s Rajnandgaon district, police said. Stay away from terrorism, says Pakistani-origin rock starLONDON - Long-haired Salman Ahmad, a Pakistani-origin rock star whose band Junoon has sold over 30 million albums, is Britain’s latest effort to combat terrorism — as he wants to counter radicalisation among students “and if that comes from the power of a guitar” then so be it. US spy ring at work in Pakistan, AfghanistanWASHINGTON - US military officials are still using private detectives to track Taliban guerrillas in Pakistan and Afghanistan in defiance of defence department norms, The New York Times has reported. Top Meghalaya militant leader arrested in SiliguriSHILLONG - Founder and general secretary of militant outfit Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) Novembirth Ch Marak has been arrested from Siliguri railway station in West Bengal, dealing a blow to the group’s network, a senior Meghalaya police official said Sunday. Two Bihar men offer to hang KasabPATNA - Two men from Bihar’s Samastipur district have offered to work as hangmen to hang Pakistani jehadi Ajmal Kasab, who was sentenced to death by a special court in the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks case. Maoists kill six civilians in ChhattisgarhRAIPUR - Maoist guerrillas have killed six civilians, including a village head, in Chhattisgarh’s Rajnandgaon district on charges of spying, police said Sunday. |
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