Shot Marine plugged bullet holes with fingers in Craigslist robbery attempt
January 3rd, 2012 - 1:13 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Deerfield Beach, Jan 2 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Marine who was shot in the recent Craigslist robbery attempt revealed that he used his fingers to plug the wounds caused by the bullets that ... Read more...
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53 Gaddafi supporters found executed in Sirte
October 25th, 2011 - 12:38 am ICT by BNO News
SIRTE (BNO NEWS) -- The bodies of more than 50 people who are believed to have been supporters of ousted Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi were found at a hotel in Sirte ... Read more...
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Temple attacked in Australia
March 30th, 2011 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, March 30 (IANS) One of Australia's oldest Hindu temples located here was attacked by two men in balaclavas who fired eight bullets, a media report said Wednesday.Sydney Morning Herald ... Read more...
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6 policemen kidnapped in Mexican city
March 12th, 2011 - 12:06 pm ICT by IANS
Monterrey (Mexico), March 12 (IANS/EFE) Six police officers have been kidnapped in this northern Mexican metropolis by men armed with assault rifles, authorities said.Witnesses said several SUV-loads of men armed ... Read more...
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Canadian-based artist ‘paints’ portraits of Gandhi, Lennon with bullet holes!
December 11th, 2010 - 3:36 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 11 (ANI): An 'gun' artist has created portraits of Gandhi and Lennon by 'painting' their pictures with bullet holes.Viktor Mitic has created a controversial portrait of India's ideological leader ... Read more...
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Marine Corps Marathon Enhances It Security Measures
October 31st, 2010 - 6:49 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Oct 31, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Organizers of today's much awaited event, "Marine Corp Marathon", has assured a more stringent security system and better safety measures, during the course of the race. ... Read more...
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McKinney, TX Campus of Collin College on Lockdown: Active Shooter Incident, Possible DOA
August 17th, 2010 - 10:47 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Aug 17 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A community college which is located about thirty miles north of Dallas, Texas has been placed on lockdown after reports of gunfire in what reports are calling ... Read more...
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Three held with leopard skins
July 7th, 2010 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
Dehradun, July 7 (IANS) Three people were arrested with leopard skins and bones in Dehradun in Uttarakhand, an official said Wednesday.
In a joint operation of the Uttarakhand Forest Department and the ... Read more...
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Two arrested with animal hides
April 26th, 2010 - 1:02 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, April 26 (IANS) Two people were arrested with 13 skins of wild animals during a joint operation launched by police and forest officials in Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh, an official ... Read more...
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Walking in the crystal footsteps of Indira Gandhi (25 years after Indira Gandhi’s assassination) (With Images)
October 28th, 2009 - 5:14 pm ICT by IANS
By Minu Jain
New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) This is where she sat poring over files late into the night, here is where she slept, that is where she greeted visitors and ... Read more...
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Pakistani Army officer with UN shot dead in Islamabad (Second Lead)
October 22nd, 2009 - 6:37 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 22 (IANS) A senior Pakistani Army officer, who was the head of the UN peacekeeping mission in Sudan, was gunned down along with another soldier Thursday, as the military ... Read more...
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Firing in Islamabad: two dead, suicide bomber flees (Lead)
October 22nd, 2009 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 22 (IANS) Terror struck Islamabad again Thursday with a suicide bomber and police exchanging fire at a court here while two army personnel, including a brigadier, were shot dead in ... Read more...
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Senior army officer, driver shot dead in Islamabad
October 22nd, 2009 - 11:45 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 22 (IANS) A Pakistan Army brigadier and his driver were shot dead while another soldier sustained injuries Thursday morning when two men opened fire at their jeep here.
It was the ... Read more...
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Pak minister injured, driver killed in Islamabad firing
September 2nd, 2009 - 5:41 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Sep.2 (ANI): Pakistan's Religious Affairs Minister Hamid Saeed Kazmi was seriously wounded on Wednesday when unidentified gunmen open indiscriminate firing on his car near his office here.Kazmi was hit in his ... Read more...
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A journalist recalls the horror of Operation Bluestar (Lead)
June 5th, 2009 - 1:54 pm ICT by IANS
By Ritu Sharma
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) A quarter century later, a journalist who covered the Indian Army operation to flush out Sikh militants from the Golden Temple in Amritsar still remembers ... Read more...
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‘I was not Sikh but damage to Akal Takht horrified me’
June 5th, 2009 - 11:53 am ICT by IANS
By Ritu Sharma
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) A quarter of a century has passed since Operation Bluestar, the Indian Army operation in the Golden Temple that not only killed hundreds of Sikhs ... Read more...
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Sri Lankan Aussie coach shaken but not scared by terror attack, says wife
March 3rd, 2009 - 5:34 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Mar.3 (ANI): The terror attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team on Tuesday in which six Lankan players were injured, also had the Australian coach of the team, Trevor Bayliss ... Read more...
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Bangladesh goes numb after learning about mass grave horror
February 28th, 2009 - 9:11 pm ICT by ANI
Dhaka, Feb.28 (ANI): The discovery of a mass grave on Friday, which included the mutilated body of the Bangladesh Rifles Director General among 38 other officers in a small ditch at ... Read more...
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Newly appointed Director General visits BDR headquarters
February 28th, 2009 - 6:44 pm ICT by ANI
Dhaka, Feb 28 (ANI): Newly appointed Director General of the BDR, Brigadier General Moinul Hossain, visited the BDR headquarters on Saturday.During his visit, he supervised the search and rescue opeartions at ... Read more...
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Funeral of 33 Bangladesh Army officers postponed
February 28th, 2009 - 6:15 pm ICT by ANI
Dhaka, Feb 28 (ANI): The funeral or the Namaz-e-janaza of the 33 Bangladesh army officers, whose bodies were found during a rescue operation at the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) headquarters, was postponed ... Read more...
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The moonlit road mystery murder
February 28th, 2009 - 5:44 pm ICT by David M N James
On a Friday Dateline feature, a young woman was shocked to find out that a close friend was going to jail after being connected to the death of her father. Actually, ... Read more...
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Funeral of 33 Bangladesh Army officers today
February 28th, 2009 - 3:30 pm ICT by ANI
Dhaka, Feb 28 (ANI): The funeral or the Namaz-e-janaza of the 33 Bangladesh army officers, whose bodies were found during a rescue operation at the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) headquarters, will take ... Read more...
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10 more bodies found at BDR headquarters
February 28th, 2009 - 1:48 pm ICT by ANI
Dhaka, Feb 28 (ANI): Ten more bodies have been found after two more mass graves were opened during a rescue operation at the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) headquarters on Saturday.
On Friday, ... Read more...
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Peace observers come under fire near South Ossetia: reports
December 11th, 2008 - 3:28 am ICT by IANS
Tbilisi/Moscow, Dec 11 (DPA) Unarmed observers of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) were fired at in the buffer zone near the breakaway republic of South Ossetia Wednesday, Georgian ... Read more...
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Mumbai’s Taj hotel was warned of terrorist attack
November 30th, 2008 - 11:04 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 30 (DPA) The Taj Mahal Palace and Tower Hotel in Mumbai had been warned of a possible terrorist attack and had temporarily beefed up security, but nothing could have stopped ... Read more...
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Sarah Palins gun-totting Rambo effigy to be burnt for Bonfire Night celebrations!
November 1st, 2008 - 12:41 pm ICT by ANI
London, November 1 (ANI): U.S. Republican Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palins effigy will be loaded with explosives and torched at the site of the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex when Britons ... Read more...
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Bhutto’s former bodyguard shot dead
July 22nd, 2008 - 8:17 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Islamabad, July 22 (DPA) Unidentified assailants gunned down a senior bodyguard of Pakistan's slain former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and her widower Asif Ali Zardari in the port city of Karachi on ... Read more...
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A Hindu temple in Cambodia steeped in history
June 18th, 2008 - 9:22 am ICT by IANS
By Peter Janssen
Preah Vihear (Cambodia), June 18 (DPA) Preah Vihear, a millennium-old temple dedicated to the Hindu God Shiva - the divine destroyer - has been a magnet for conflicts in its ... Read more...
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Gunmen kidnap seven tourists in Mexico
May 18th, 2008 - 9:49 am ICT by admin
Xinhua
Mexico City, May 18 (Xinhua) Seven Mexican tourists have been kidnapped by some gunmen on a highway in southern Mexico, the police have said. According to the police, the kidnapping was occurred ... Read more...
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