US embassy attack: 94 Tunisians to face trial
September 21st, 2012 - 8:18 am ICT by IANS
Tunis, Sep 21 (IANS) At least 94 people arrested for their involvement in an attack on the US embassy here in the capital of Tunisia will be tried in a ... Read more...
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US envoy to Libya killed in Benghazi consulate attack (Third Lead)
September 12th, 2012 - 7:31 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 12 (IANS) US ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens and three other American diplomats were killed Tuesday in a rocket attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, ... Read more...
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Tension in Assam’s Udalguri after youth’s body found
September 6th, 2012 - 11:40 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Sept 6 (IANS) Tension gripped the Udalguri district in troubled Bodo areas of Assam Thursday after police recovered the body of a youth missing since last month.Police also had ... Read more...
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Three robbers lynched in UP village
September 6th, 2012 - 6:03 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 6 (IANS) Three robbers were lynched by an angry mob of villagers late Wednesday in Sambha, 370 km from here, police said.The incident took place in the Hyatnagar ... Read more...
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Man killed in east Delhi firing was family’s sole provider
September 3rd, 2012 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) While the police denying any role in his death, Vinod Singh Negi's widowed mother and married sister in Uttarakhand have lost their sole breadwinner in ... Read more...
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Shops shut in violence-hit east Delhi area; situation under control (Second Lead)
September 3rd, 2012 - 4:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) The roads were mostly deserted, wary shopkeepers kept the shop shutters down and at least two schools in the area remained shut Monday, a day ... Read more...
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Two dead in Mumbai protest against Myanmar violence (Third Lead)
August 11th, 2012 - 8:48 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 11 (IANS) Two people were killed and over 40 injured as a protest by several Muslim organisations to condemn the alleged attacks on Muslims in Myanmar and the ... Read more...
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Two dead as Mumbai protest against Myanmar killings turns violent (Second Lead)
August 11th, 2012 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 11 (IANS) Two people were killed and over 40 injured as a protest by several Muslim organisations to condemn the alleged attacks on Muslims in Myanmar and the ... Read more...
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Mumbai protests against Myanmar killings turn violent (Lead)
August 11th, 2012 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 11 (IANS) A protest by several Muslim organisations Saturday at the Azad Maidan here to condemn the alleged attacks on Muslims in Myanmar and the Assam riots ... Read more...
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Tension at mosque site, few arrested for stoning police
July 22nd, 2012 - 5:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) A number of people have been arrested following the late Saturday night clash at an excavated site near the Jama Masjid when a mob pelted ... Read more...
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Three men beaten to death in Maharashtra
May 9th, 2012 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, May 9 (IANS) Three men were killed Wednesday by an angry mob that took them for thieves who robbed homes in Nagpur, police said.The incident took place at Bharat ... Read more...
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Driver burnt alive by angry mob in Bihar
April 26th, 2012 - 12:57 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, April 26 (IANS) In another case of street justice, a jeep driver was burnt alive by angry mob in Bihar's Gopalganj district Thursday after an accident in which a ... Read more...
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Saudi killed in Bangladesh
April 11th, 2012 - 12:19 am ICT by IANS
Dhaka, April 10 (IANS) A 35-year-old Saudi national was killed Tuesday in an accident in Bangladesh.Kamal Gazi, son of Md. Abdul Motaleb Gazi, went out for a stroll along the ... Read more...
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Mewat tense after mob fury
March 29th, 2012 - 11:50 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 29 (IANS) Tension prevailed in Mewat district of south Haryana after an angry mob Thursday evening torched two state transport buses and damaged other property to protest Haryana ... Read more...
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Man lynched for killing wives
November 7th, 2011 - 7:51 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Nov 7 (IANS) A man was lynched in Ranchi Monday by an angry mob that suspected he had killed his three wives, police said.According to police, Montu Tirkey, a ... Read more...
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Mumbai-Howrah route traffic resumes after train accident
October 23rd, 2011 - 12:47 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Oct 23 (IANS) Rail traffic resumed early Sunday on the busy Mumbai-Howrah route in Chhattisgarh, nearly 10 hours after a speeding train mowed down 12 people at a manned ... Read more...
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Telangana agitation trips power supply in Maharashtra
October 10th, 2011 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 10 (IANS) The ongoing agitation for a separate Telangana state in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh has had a fallout in Maharashtra - massive power cuts since the past ... Read more...
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Lucknow anti-encroachment drive protest turns violent
May 7th, 2011 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 7 (IANS) Residents of a locality in this Uttar Pradesh capital fought pitched battles with police, resorted to arson and targeted several government vehicles while protesting an anti-encroachment ... Read more...
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Two suspected criminals lynched in Bihar
April 27th, 2011 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, April 27 (IANS) In another case of street justice in a Bihar village, two suspected criminals were lynched as they tried to escape after demanding money from a local ... Read more...
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‘Religious sentiments lead to massive violence in Afghanistan over Koran burning issue’
April 3rd, 2011 - 4:02 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, Apr 3 (ANI): The Koran burning issue has created a massive protest leading to deaths of many in Afghanistan compared to the incident of US soldiers posing with dead Afghan civilians ... Read more...
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Kate Middleton to arrive at wedding venue in car damaged by protests
March 22nd, 2011 - 11:56 am ICT by ANI
London, Mar 22 (ANI): Kate Middleton will arrive at Westminster Abbey on her wedding day next month in the same Rolls-Royce car that was attacked and damaged by student protesters last ... Read more...
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Cop burnt alive by mob in Rajasthan
March 18th, 2011 - 12:03 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, March 17 (IANS) A police officer was burnt alive by a mob in Sawai Madhopur district of Rajasthan Thursday after protests against police inaction in a murder case turned ... Read more...
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Gulf forces intervene in Bahrain after violent clashes
March 14th, 2011 - 6:32 pm ICT by ANI
Manama, Mar.14 (ANI): The Crown Prince of Bahrain has asked neighbouring Gulf States to intervene after violent clashes broke out between police and anti- government protestors in Manama.An advisor to the royal ... Read more...
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Five injured in police firing in Bihar
February 22nd, 2011 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Feb 22 (IANS) Five people, including two journalists, were injured in Bihar's Kaimur district Tuesday when police opened fire to disperse a mob that was protesting against the killing of a ... Read more...
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Charlie Sheen wants to star in a Major League sequel
February 22nd, 2011 - 8:55 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Feb 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Charlie Sheen has explained his decision to fly in some baseball stars for a party during the weekend.During an interview with the celebrity website TMZ.com, Sheen ... Read more...
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Violence erupts after truck runs over a child in Delhi (Lead)
February 18th, 2011 - 11:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) A child was crushed to death and a youth injured when they came under the wheels of a truck here Friday morning, triggering tension in the area ... Read more...
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Stratfor warns of ‘mob fury against Americans’ in Pak if Davis is released from detention
February 18th, 2011 - 6:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 18(ANI): There is a "very real possibility" that double murder-accused US official Raymond Davis's release from detention in Lahore can spark mob violence in Pakistan, a US-based Global Intelligence Forecast ... Read more...
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Papua New Guinea man eats son during sorcery initiation ceremony
February 5th, 2011 - 2:02 pm ICT by ANI
Brisbane, Feb 5 (ANI): A man in a Papua New Guinea mining town was caught by residents allegedly eating his screaming, newborn son during a sorcery initiation ceremony.Police said locals on the ... Read more...
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CNN Anchor Anderson Cooper Attacked While Reporting In Cairo
February 3rd, 2011 - 6:01 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Feb 3, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Veteran journalist and CNN anchor Anderson Cooper and his crew were attacked on Wednesday when the angry pro-Government supporters flocked the streets of Cairo. The journalist ... Read more...
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Truck rams 10 vehicles, eight people killed
January 29th, 2011 - 1:29 am ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 29 (IANS) In a ghastly accident, a truck spun out of control and hit 10 vehicles, crushing eight people to death at Nagole on the outskirts of Hyderabad Friday night, ... Read more...
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Two Christian women beaten, humiliated in Pakistan over ‘false’ blasphemy allegations
January 15th, 2011 - 6:17 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Jan 15(ANI): Two Christian women were beaten and publicly humiliated by an angry mob in Pakistan over apparently frivolous blasphemy allegations, and subsequently, the duo, along with the family, has gone ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh cops accused of rape inside police station complex
November 12th, 2010 - 1:25 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Nov 12 (IANS) In a shocking crime that has shaken Chhattisgarh's Dharmjaigarh town, two girls, including a minor, have alleged that they were raped by four policemen in the police station ... Read more...
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Oakland Resident Recalls Riot Scene
November 7th, 2010 - 9:48 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Nov 7, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Philip Means, a resident of Oakland spoke to the media about the riots that broke out after the Johannes Mehserle sentencing on Friday. In what can ... Read more...
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Ashley Cole caught in nightclub scuffle
November 5th, 2010 - 5:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 05 (ANI): English footballer Ashley Cole was caught in a scuffle as he left a club with two short-skirted WAG wannabes.As pals screamed at onlookers outside London's trendy Alto ... Read more...
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Ehsan Jafri’s widow breaks down as she recalls Gulberg Society carnage
October 23rd, 2010 - 12:31 am ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, Oct 22 (IANS) Ehsan Jafri was dragged out of his house by a murderous mob, that stripped him, chopped off his limbs before burning him alive, a sobbing Zakia Jafri told ... Read more...
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