WASHINGTON - Amid efforts at a political settlement with Afghan Taliban, the new American military commander in Afghanistan is pushing to have top leaders of the Pakistani Haqqani network designated as terrorists, according to the New York Times.
JAMMU - A major of the Indian Army was killed and a colonel injured in a fierce gun battle between the security forces and a group of four to six terrorists in Mendhar forest area of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday night.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A Guantanamo Bay prisoner has been transferred to his homeland of Yemen, the U.S. Defense Department announced on Tuesday, after a U.S. district court ordered the longtime detainee’s release.
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FORT WORTH, Texas — A federal bankruptcy judge decided Tuesday that the Texas Rangers will be auctioned off after all, despite angry creditors’ claims that the bidding process is unfair and still favors Major League Baseball’s preferred buyer.
12th person detained in Russian spy case deported
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Man convicted of stealing Polson house
POLSON, Mont. — A Lake County jury convicted a transient of stealing a house in foreclosure by removing “for sale” signs, changing the locks and filing strange paperwork with the county claiming he purchased the house from Yahweh.
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RAIPUR - Maoist guerillas resorted to simultaneous firing at camps of police and the anti-Maoist Salwa Judum activists at six places in Chhattisgarh Tuesday night, police said. No casualty was reported so far.
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RAIPUR - Three Maoists, including a woman, were arrested Tuesday in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region, police said.
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RAIPUR - NMDC Ltd, India’s largest iron ore miner, Tuesday restored production to its full capacity from its key mining facility in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district, a day after Maoists opened fire at the the complex, an official said.
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