Gurdwara shooting gunman identified as ex-soldier (Fourth Lead)
August 7th, 2012 - 12:39 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 6 (IANS) A bald white man, with a 9/11 tattoo on one arm, who killed six worshippers at a Sikh gurdwara in Wisconsin has been identified as a ... Read more...
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49 mutilated bodies found on Mexican highway (Lead)
May 14th, 2012 - 12:48 pm ICT by IANS
Monterrey (Mexico), May 13 (IANS/EFE) At least 49 mutilated bodies were found on the side of a highway in Cadereyta, a city in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, ... Read more...
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Afghanistan, US sign deal on night raids
April 9th, 2012 - 12:17 am ICT by IANS
Kabul, April 8 (IANS) The Afghan government and the US forces signed an agreement here Sunday to hand over all special operations, including the controversial night raids, from US and ... Read more...
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13 die in Mexico shootout
May 16th, 2011 - 11:12 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, May 16 (IANS/EFE) At least 13 people, including four police officers, were killed in a shootout on a highway in Guerrero, a state in southern Mexico, officials said ... Read more...
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Petraeus orders probe into use of ‘psych ops’ to manipulate US senators for Afghan war
February 25th, 2011 - 2:33 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, Feb 25(ANI): International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) chief General David Petraeus has ordered an investigation into claims that an army unit trained in psychological operations was told to manipulate American senators ... Read more...
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“CIA spy” Davis was giving nuclear bomb material to Al-Qaeda, says report
February 20th, 2011 - 1:39 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 20(ANI): Double murder-accused US official Raymond Davis has been found in possession of top-secret CIA documents, which point to him or the feared American Task Force 373 (TF373) operating in ... Read more...
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Inter-school painting contest winners get UN awards
December 18th, 2010 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) Winners of an inter-school painting competition, which aimed at promoting awareness of hunger and malnutrition issues among the youth, were awarded by the UN in the capital ... Read more...
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Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa Rescued By Armed Forces
October 1st, 2010 - 8:11 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Quito, Oct 1, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa was rescued by loyalist troops from a hospital late Thursday from police officials who had besieged the president and threw the ... Read more...
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Israel names new army chief
August 23rd, 2010 - 3:11 am ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, Aug 23 (IANS) Maj. Gen. Yoav Galant was named Sunday as Israel's next army chief of staff, Xinhua reported.
Current Army Chief Of Staff Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi will step down in ... Read more...
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Police station attacked, cars torched in Brazilian city
August 2nd, 2010 - 11:12 am ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 2 (IANS/EFE) The headquarters of the Sao Paulo state police's special operations unit was attacked, while at least 10 vehicles were torched in Sao Paulo, Brazil's largest city, ... Read more...
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ULFA admits it is using China as a base
November 19th, 2009 - 3:00 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, Nov 19 (IANS) The outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has set up bases in China and other foreign countries with the help of money extorted in ... Read more...
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Top ULFA leaders, held in Bangladesh, now in Assam police custody (Lead)
November 6th, 2009 - 9:17 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Nov 6 (IANS) Two senior separatist leaders of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), arrested in Bangladesh, are now in the custody of Assam Police, officials Friday said. ... Read more...
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Indian Navy commandos rescue 200 foreigners including Taj’’s Managing Director
November 28th, 2008 - 3:14 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Nov.28 (ANI): Two hundred foreigners along with the Managing Director of the Taj Hotel have been rescued in a Indian Navy-led operation at the new Taj building and at least ... Read more...
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‘Bush in final bid to capture bin Laden, hiding in Pakistan’
June 15th, 2008 - 4:04 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 15 (IANS) George W. Bush has sanctioned a final attempt to capture Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden before he leaves office, a newspaper said as the American president arrived ... Read more...
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Bush wants Osama captured before he leaves office
June 15th, 2008 - 1:53 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 15 (ANI): US President George W Bush has enlisted British special forces in a final attempt to capture Osama Bin Laden before he leaves the White House.Defence and ... Read more...
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Arcelor Mittal plant in Trinidad closed after worker’s death
May 15th, 2008 - 12:55 pm ICT by admin
By Paras Ramoutar
Port of Spain, May 15 (IANS) All operations at the Arcelor Mittal steel plant here came to a halt as government officials began investigations into the death of an Indo-Trinidadian ... Read more...
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