Maoists kill tribal for being ‘police spy’

RAIPUR - Maoists shot dead a tribal civilian Saturday in Chhattisgarh’s troubled Bastar region, police said.

After 42-year legislative career marked by shooting, Soles leaves NC General Assembly quietly

Longest-serving NC lawmaker leaves after shooting

Vatican spokesman defends revised rules on clerical sex abuse, but says law ‘not everything’

Vatican defends revised abuse rules

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican spokesman defended on Saturday a revised set of rules on clerical sex abuse as an essential and lasting response to abuse cases, but acknowledged the church will need to show long-term commitment if it wants to eradicate the crime.

Fla. man indicted on charges he falsely claimed he had dynamite aboard trans-Atlantic flight

Fla. man charged with lying about dynamite on jet

Top LeT terrorist held in Kashmir

JAMMU - A top ranking militant of the outlawed Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) was arrested Saturday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, police said.

Maoists free abducted cop in Orissa

BHUBANESWAR - Maoist rebels Saturday freed a police officer whom they kidnapped earlier this month after attacking a security post in Orissa’s Keonjhar district, police said.

Eight hurt in Lahore blasts

ISLAMABAD - Eight people were injured in two low-intensity bomb blasts in Pakistan’s eastern Lahore city Saturday, a media report said.

Pakistan lost $43 bn fighting terrorism: Qureshi

ISLAMABAD - Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Saturday that his country lost $43 billion fighting terrorism in the past nine years and urged the global community to help rebuild its economy.

Three CPI-M activists killed by Maoists in West Bengal

KOLKATA - Maoists killed three activists of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in three separate incidents in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district Saturday.

18 militants die in Pakistani air raid

ISLAMABAD - Eighteen militants were killed and 10 others wounded Saturday when Pakistani fighter jets pounded rebel hideouts in the northwestern part of the country, officials said.

Britain to help in probe into BP’s Lockerbie link

LONDON - The British government has promised to “engage constructively” with Washington over claims that the release of the terminally-ill Lockerbie bomber last year was linked to possible BP oil deals with Libya, British media reported Saturday.

Silence and boom of guns alternate in Kashmir gunfight

JAMMU - There is silence during the nights and the mornings erupt with the boom of guns in Beri Rakh forests in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district where a gun battle between the Indian Army and terrorists has been on for the past four days, and claimed the life of a major and injured 11 other army personnel.

40 arrested for Iran suicide bombings

BERLIN - Police have arrested 40 suspects over two bombings at a mosque in south-east Iran which killed 27 people and injured over 160, Fars news agency reported Saturday.

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18 killed in militant attack in Pakistan

PESHAWAR - Eighteen Shiite Muslims were killed and four injured Saturday when Sunni militants opened fire on a vehicle convoy escorted by security forces in Pakistan’s restive tribal region, officials said.

CPI-M member killed by Maoists in West Bengal

KOLKATA - Maoists killed a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) member early Saturday in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district, police said.

Two soldiers hurt in Kashmir gun battle

JAMMU - Two soldiers were injured in a gun battle between security forces and a group of terrorists that entered its fifth day Saturday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, army sources said.