JAMMU - A top ranking Hizb-ul-Mujahadeen militant was gunned down in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district Monday, a defence official said.

Son of murdered NYC Irish mobster Mickey Spillane has fatal fall from window: police, uncle

Maoists blow up mobile tower control room

BHUBANESWAR - Armed Maoists blew up a mobile tower control room of a private telecom company in Orissa’s Malkangiri district, police said Sunday.

10 Al Qaeda men held in Yemen

SANAA - Ten suspected Al Qaida members have been arrested in Yemen for planning suicide attacks on oil facilities in the country, Xinhua reported Sunday.

Oregon city settles with man arrested for using cell phone to record arrest of friend

11 Hell’s Angels members indicted in brawl with rival gang at Las Vegas wedding chapel

Man charged with 1998 murder of 10-year-old Anna Palmer extradited to Utah

Police: 9-year-old boy accidentally kills 2-year-old brother as he plays with gun in LA home

National psych group takes first-ever step in backing CIA detainee abuse claim against doctor

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California police fatally shoot 15-year-old suspected of driving a stolen vehicle

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Maoists open fire at police station

RAIPUR - Maoist rebels Saturday night fired at a police station in a remote pocket of Chhattisgarh’s restive Bastar region, police said. No casualty has been reported.

The one who got away: Missing piece to the US-Russia spy swap puzzle is fate of Cyprus suspect

Cuban church officials reveal names of 5 more prisoners Castro’s gov’t has promised to free

National psych board takes first-ever step in backing CIA detainee abuse claim against doctor

Records show LA Grim Sleeper suspect had long arrest record, but slipped through cracks

2 UGA football players charged with alcohol offenses, days after DUI arrest brings down AD

Six NATO soldiers killed in Afghan attacks

KABUL - Six soldiers of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were killed in separate insurgent attacks and an accidental explosion in Afghanistan Saturday, the military alliance said.

Terrorists’ arms cache recovered in Assam

HAFLONG - A large cache of arms and ammunition, including 28 AK-47 rifles belonging to separatist outfit Dima Halam Daogah’s Jewel Gorolsa faction (DHD-J), has been recovered by security personnel in southern Assam, police officials said here Saturday.

Maoists kill two in Jharkhand

RANCHI - Maoist guerrillas killed two people in Jharkhand’s Simdega district Saturday, police said.

Indian Muslims are not terrorists, says US official

WASHINGTON - India’s 160 million Muslims are not terrorists and are tired of their community being defined as terrorists just because someone of their faith “does something bad”, says a top Indian-American official who is charged with reaching out to the community.

In spy swap, Russian agents were pawns in a practiced game of Moscow-Washington machinations

Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama

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British tabloid journalist Simon Wright fined by South African court during World Cup

British journalist Wright fined by SAfrican court

Indian Muslims are not terrorists: Farah Pandith

WASHINGTON - India’s 160 million Muslims are not terrorists and are tired of their community being defined as terrorists, asserts a top Indian-American official of the Obama Administration charged with reaching out to the community.

More than 30 cold cases get fresh look in Los Angeles after arrest in ‘Grim Sleeper’ case

New look for cold cases after arrest in LA murders

Gunmen kill Pakistanis in Afghanistan

KABUL - Unidentified armed men Saturday attacked a civilian vehicle in Afghanistan’s Paktia province, killing two Afghan and 11 Pakistani commuters, an official said.

Website that posted recording of Mel Gibson’s racist, vulgar rant says more audio to come

Website says Gibson rant audio not the last word

British fugitive kills himself in standoff with police after weeklong manhunt

UK fugitive kills himself after police move in

17th Australian soldier killed in Afghanistan

SYDNEY - Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Saturday an Australian soldier was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, making him the 17th Australian casualty since 2001.

Spy swap defuses thorny diplomatic problem as US seeks better relations with Russia

President Barack Obama speaks briefly on Afghanistan

Pakistan suicide attack toll mounts to 100

ISLAMABAD - The toll in Friday’s suicide attack in northwest Pakistan’s Mohmand tribal region has risen to over 100 with more bodies recovered from the debris, a media report said Saturday.