After beheading two, seven Assam tribesmen surrender
May 16th, 2012 - 7:42 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 16 (IANS) Carrying two severed heads of men, seven people from a tea-tribe community Wednesday surrendered at a police station in Jorhat district, saying they had hacked two ... Read more...
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Briton faces death for killing 13 Africans
May 9th, 2012 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 9 (IANS) A 24-year-old Briton is facing the death penalty after being charged with the murder of 13 people in a jungle in the Central African Republic.David Simpson, ... Read more...
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Indonesia deploys Navy ships after second death in Tiaka riots
August 24th, 2011 - 6:02 pm ICT by BNO News
PALU, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) -- The Indonesian government on Tuesday deployed two Navy ships to the northeastern island of Tiaka after a second death was reported due to ongoing riots.The ships will ... Read more...
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Assam forest ranger rescues leopard, gets injured
July 26th, 2011 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS
Kaziranga (Assam), July 26 (IANS) A forest ranger in Assam Tuesday was injured while saving a leopard from being lynched by villagers.Tarun Gogoi, a ranger of the Wildlife Rescue Centre ... Read more...
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Two British women gang raped in the Caribbean
May 18th, 2011 - 3:57 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 18 (IANS) Two British women - university students working on a wildlife conservation project - have been gang raped by six masked men on a remote beach in ... Read more...
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Family robs gas station - of chocolates, cigarettes
May 16th, 2011 - 11:44 am ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, May 16 (IANS) It was an armed robbery with a difference. An entire family raided a petrol station in Johor Baru - only to rob cigarettes and chocolates.A ... Read more...
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Gaddafi’s son warns of ‘civil war’ in Libya if father’s regime toppled
February 21st, 2011 - 11:53 am ICT by ANI
Tripoli, Feb 20 (ANI): The son of Libyan leader, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, has warned the protestors that their country would come under the purview of a civil war, and even renewed Western ... Read more...
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Six people killed in religious clash in Indonesia
February 6th, 2011 - 10:20 pm ICT by BNO News
BANTEN, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) -- Six followers of a minority sect declared heretical by the government died after clashing with about 1,000 Muslims in Indonesia's West Java province of Banten on Sunday, ... Read more...
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British teenager’s murder plan hatched on Facebook
January 26th, 2011 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 26 (IANS) A 15-year-old schoolboy in Britain was killed in a merciless attack with samurai swords and machetes that was apparently planned on social networking website Facebook.Sofyen Belamouadden was ... Read more...
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45 voodoo priests lynched in Haiti for cholera deaths
December 24th, 2010 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
Port Au Prince (Haiti), Dec 24 (IANS) At least 45 people - most of them voodoo priests - have been lynched by angry mobs blaming them for the spread of the cholera ... Read more...
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Indian martial art forms dazzle at CWG closing ceremony
October 14th, 2010 - 8:50 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct. 14 (ANI): As the curtains were drawn on the XIX Commonwealth Games held for 11 days, the impressive closing ceremony held today will also be remembered by people who ... Read more...
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Moving Sale At The Residence Of ‘Amityville Horror’ Is Attended By Numerous Individuals
August 22nd, 2010 - 9:41 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
The possessor of the residence in New York, which was propelled to famousness in the 1979 movie, ‘The Amityville Horror’, had organized a moving sale on Saturday.
The aforementioned residence, prominent ... Read more...
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Three Indian U.N. peacekeepers killed in D.R. Congo attack
August 19th, 2010 - 2:09 am ICT by BNO News
UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) -- United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday condemned Tuesday night's ambush of a UN peacekeeping base in the troubled far east of the Democratic Republic of ... Read more...
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13 Journalists Kidnapped By Indigenous Group In Mexico
June 19th, 2010 - 7:34 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey,
Morelia, June 19, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Indigenous landowners of the southwestern Mexico got upset recently when Grupo Modelo, the Corona beer making company did not seek their permission before filming ... Read more...
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Several injured and two killed reported after violent clashes in Jakarta
April 15th, 2010 - 12:14 am ICT by BNO News
JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) – Hundreds of protesters clashed violently with local security forces in Jakarta on Wednesday, local media said.A local hospital said at least 100 were injured, and a local ... Read more...
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Almost 400 people buried in mass grave after Nigeria massacre
March 9th, 2010 - 12:54 pm ICT by IANS
Nairobi/Abuja, March 9 (DPA) Almost 400 people who were slaughtered when Muslim herdsmen raided Christian villages near Nigeria's restive central town of Jos have been buried in a mass grave.
The massacre was ... Read more...
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Nigerian army on alert after sectarian massacre
March 8th, 2010 - 2:56 pm ICT by IANS
Nairobi/Abuja, March 8 (DPA) The Nigerian army was on alert Monday after Muslim herdsmen raided a Christian village near the restive city of Jos, hacking to death over 200 people.
Witnesses in the ... Read more...
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UN: Search and rescue phase in Haiti over, 132 saved
January 23rd, 2010 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
Geneva, Jan 23 (DPA) The government of Haiti has declared the search and rescue phase of the relief efforts over, the United Nations said Saturday.
The focus would shift to helping the survivors ... Read more...
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Haiti’s underbelly seethes after earthquake
January 21st, 2010 - 9:53 am ICT by IANS
By Anindita Ramaswamy
Port-au-Prince, Jan 21 (DPA) To comprehend the deathly power of a machete you only need to see it raised in the air, attached to an arm, and then in fierce, ... Read more...
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Six killed in Assam group clash over road work
December 11th, 2009 - 10:39 am ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Dec 11 (IANS) At least six people were killed and three injured in a group clash over road construction work in Assam, officials said Friday.
A police spokesperson said hundreds of ... Read more...
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Rebels overrun paramilitary camp in Assam, loot armoury
November 13th, 2009 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Nov 13 (IANS) About 200 tribal militants armed with guns and machetes overran a paramilitary post in Assam Friday, injuring four troopers and decamping with more than 20 automatic weapons, officials ... Read more...
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Assam village limps back to normal after militant attack
October 6th, 2009 - 11:34 am ICT by IANS
Biswanath Chariali (Assam), Oct 6 (IANS) Army personnel continued to patrol villages in Assam's violence-hit Sonitpur district after tribal separatists killed 12 villagers, officials said Tuesday.
"Heavy deployment of army personnel backed by ... Read more...
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Army called out after NDFB mows down 12 Assam villagers (Lead)
October 5th, 2009 - 5:04 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Oct 5 (IANS) The army was called out in Assam's violence-hit Sonitpur district Monday after tribal separatists attacked a village and gunned down 12 people, officials said.
Twelve locals were massacred ... Read more...
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Military operation after militants kill 11 in Assam village
October 5th, 2009 - 12:13 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Oct 5 (IANS) A massive military operation was launched Monday after tribal separatists gunned down 11 people and wounded 15 in an Assam village, officials said.
The incident took place late ... Read more...
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‘Neo-nazis plotting racial terror attack against British Muslims’
July 8th, 2009 - 2:13 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 8 (ANI): British police chiefs have warned that neo-Nazi sympathisers could be plotting a terror attack against Muslims, aimed at sparking a race war in the UK.The surveillance has been ... Read more...
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Weeds season 5 episode 2: Machetes Up Top
June 16th, 2009 - 7:41 pm ICT by GD
The title of the second episode of the fifth season of the show, "Weeds" on Showtime, had the title "Machetes Up Top". The June 15 episode, which was aired at 10 p.m ... Read more...
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Cyclone Aila’ claims 35 lives in West Bengal, Kolkata limps back to normal
May 26th, 2009 - 2:25 pm ICT by ANI
By Ajitha MenonKolkata, May 26 (ANI): West Bengal capital Kolkata is limping back to normal a day after `Cyclone Aila' brushed past it at a distance of 50 km.The size of ... Read more...
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24 killed in Kenya clashes
April 22nd, 2009 - 8:46 am ICT by IANS
Nairobi, April 22 (Xinhua) At least 24 people have been killed in clashes between the members of a banned group and villagers in central Kenya, police confirmed on Tuesday.
The clashes, initially confined ... Read more...
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‘Tamil Tiger British chief was police informant’
January 29th, 2009 - 6:54 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 29 (IANS) The alleged head of the Tamil Tigers in Britain bought bomb-making equipment for terrorists in his native Sri Lanka despite holding regular meetings with Special Branch police officers, ... Read more...
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Tamil Tiger’’s British head ”conspired to supply terrorists”
January 29th, 2009 - 5:04 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan.29 (ANI): The head of the Tamil Tigers in Britain conspired to supply military equipment to the Sri Lankan terrorist organisation, a court has heard. Arunachalam Chrishanthakumar, 52, a "very ... Read more...
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Archaeologists find lost city of cloud people in Peru
December 4th, 2008 - 12:47 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 4 (ANI): Archaeologists have discovered a lost city carved into the Andes Mountains in Peru by the mysterious Chachapoya tribe, which is also known as the cloud people.According ... Read more...
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Cuba to restructure food marketing
April 16th, 2008 - 6:15 pm ICT by admin
Havana, April 16 (IANS) Cuba is moving to restructure the system for marketing food products to revitalize the farm sector, Spain's EFE news agency reported Wednesday. "We are working hard on the ... Read more...
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Kenyan government must meet reforms to avoid violence: Rights group
March 17th, 2008 - 7:15 pm ICT by admin
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Nairobi, March 17 (DPA) Kenya's coalition government must move to reconcile the nation after a frightening wave of post-election violence or else face a reign of chaos that gripped the country after ... Read more...
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