LAHORE - Seven people were arrested in Lahore Sunday after a shooting incident near the Data Ganj Baksh shrine where two suicide bombers killed at least 42 people and injured 175 on July 1, police said.

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ATLANTA — A person familiar with the decision says Damon Evans is out as Georgia’s athletic director.

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Chestnut wins 4th hot dog eating title; Kobayashi taken into custody after jumping on stage

NEW YORK — A Japanese eating champion who sat out this year’s Coney Island Fourth of July hot dog contest apparently couldn’t resist the temptation to hotdog afterward.

Maoists kill three in Chhattisgarh

RAIPUR - Maoists hacked to death three civilians they termed “police informers” in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district Sunday, a police officer said.

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Mystery deepens over identity of ‘journalist’ killed with Azad

HYDERABAD - The mystery over the identity of a “journalist” killed along with top Maoist leader Azad in the alleged exchange of fire with police Friday deepened with the the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist issuing contradictory statements.

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Maoists blow up key bridge in Chhattisgarh

RAIPUR - Maoists blew up Sunday a bridge on a national highway connecting Chhattisgarh to Andhra Pradesh in the state’s worst insurgency-hit Dantewada district, police said.

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Would eliminate terrorism in 90 days if PM: Imran

LAHORE - Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan Sunday claimed that if he was the prime minister of Pakistan, he would have eliminated the menace of terrorism within 90 days.

10 Afghans, 80 Taliban killed as Petraeus takes command (Roundup)

KABUL - Ten Afghan civilians and more than 80 Taliban insurgents were killed in the latest violence in Afghanistan, officials said Sunday as US General David Petraeus formally took command of NATO-led forces in the country.

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Bodies of two Maoist victims yet to be recovered

KOLKATA - The bodies of two people killed by suspected Maoists were found on the banks of the Tarafeni river on the border between West Bengal’s West Midnapore and Bankura districts Sunday, but are yet to be recovered by the police due to differences over jurisdiction.

‘Maoists may trigger Dantewada-like attacks to avenge Azad’s killing’

KOLKATA - Maoist rebels may trigger Dantewada-style revenge attack in eastern India to avenge the killing of their top leader Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad, intelligence reports suggest, said a senior police official Sunday.

Night passenger trains suspended

KOLKATA - Movement of passenger trains during the night on the Kharagpur-Rourkela and Kharagpur-Adra sections of South Eastern Railway (SER) will remain suspended till July 9 due to security reasons following the May 28 Gyaneshwari Express disaster.

Security stepped up in China’s Xinjiang region ahead of anniversary of ethnic violence

Afghan gov’t: 63 drug smugglers, terrorists killed, tons of drugs destroyed in south

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Afghan, NATO forces kill 80 Taliban fighters

KABUL - Afghan and NATO forces killed more than 80 suspected Taliban militants in separate clashes and airstrikes in southern and central Afghanistan, officials said Sunday.

Pakistan plans national conference on terrorism

ISLAMABAD - The Pakistani government is planning a national conference next week to build consensus on dealing with terrorism, even a former prime minister has called for talks with militants who are willing to turn a new leaf.

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Pillai to visit Chhattisgarh Monday

NEW DELHI - Union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai will visit Chhattisgarh Monday for a two-day trip to review the security situation in the state following the frequent Maoist attacks that have left nearly 150 people, mostly security personnel, dead in the last three months.

Revolutionary songs, slogans mark Maoist leader Azad’s last rites

HYDERABAD - The last rites of top Maoist leader Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad were performed here Sunday amid revolutionary songs, slogans and red salutes by sympathisers, former extremists and civil liberties activists.

Petraeus takes command, vows victory in Afghan war

KABUL - US General David Petraeus vowed victory over Taliban militants Sunday as he formally took command of NATO-led forces in a ceremony in Kabul.

Maoists call two-day strike to protest Azad’s killing

KOLKATA - The outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist has called for a two-day strike across the country from Wednesday to protest the gunning down of their senior politburo member Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad, top Maoist leader Kishenji said Sunday.

Pakistan PM agrees to hold terrorism conference after opposition calls for Taliban talks

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Revolutionary songs mark Maoist leader Azad’s last rites

HYDERABAD - Sympathisers, former extremists and civil liberties activists Sunday sang revolutionary songs and paid their respects to top Maoist leader Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad, whose last rites were performed in Panjagutta here.

Afghan forces kill 14 militants

KABUL - Afghan forces killed 14 militants including their commander in Wardak province, 40 km west of Kabul, an official spokesman said Sunday.

Pakistani PM agrees to hold terrorism conference after opposition calls for Taliban talks

Mexico’s old ruling party seeks momentum in elections besieged by drug gang hits, scandals

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Chinese court sentences US geologist tortured by state security agents to 8 years in jail

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