Five years on, Nandigram feels forgotten and betrayed
January 3rd, 2012 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS
Nandigram (West Bengal), Jan 3 (IANS) Five years after a movement that catapulted it into the national spotlight and spelt the beginning of the end of the 34-year Left ... Read more...
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Justice still eludes Nepal’s civil war rape victims
October 1st, 2011 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Oct 1 (IANS) Five years after a decade of violent Maoist insurgency ended with the former guerrillas now heading the transitional government, hundreds of silent victims who suffered rape ... Read more...
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Afghan insurgent believed to be ringleader of attack on U.N. Office over Koran burning issue
April 2nd, 2011 - 1:58 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, Apr 2 (ANI): An Afghan insurgent from one of the militants' strongholds in the country is believed to be the ringleader of a bloody attack at a United Nations compound that ... Read more...
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US pastor who burned Koran says violent attack in Afghanistan ‘proves his point’ about Islam
April 2nd, 2011 - 1:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 2 (ANI): Terry Jones, the Florida pastor who oversaw the burning of a Koran last month, has said that he does not feel responsible for a violent protest at a ... Read more...
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Senior cop, four others arrested for rape and torture of Libyan woman
March 28th, 2011 - 11:46 am ICT by ANI
Tripoli (Libya), Mar. 28 (ANI): A senior police officer and four other men have been arrested for viciously raping and torturing a Libyan woman whose shocking claim of abuse made international headlines ... Read more...
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Outrage after ‘dungeon dad’ Fritzl gets go-ahead to build houses
November 8th, 2010 - 6:36 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 08 (ANI): Josef Fritzl, who raped his daughter for 24 years, has sparked a fresh round of outrage after being granted planning permission to build houses despite serving life in ... Read more...
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Parents seek CBI enquiry into murder, rape of daughter
October 29th, 2010 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 29 (IANS) Parents of a school girl who died after being sexually assaulted in Uttar Pradesh met Governor B.L. Joshi here Friday and sought a CBI enquiry into the rape ... Read more...
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Crime Branch to probe Kanpur schoolgirl’s rape
October 23rd, 2010 - 11:06 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 23 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh police chief Karamveer Singh Saturday announced a probe by the Crime Branch into the brutal rape of a minor schoolgirl in Kanpur, which led to her ... Read more...
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Demand to probe post-poll 2001 violence in Bangladesh
December 10th, 2009 - 11:36 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Dec 10 (IANS) A lawyer in Bangladesh Thursday served a notice on the government to constitute an inquiry commission within seven days to investigate atrocities on religious minorities immediately after ... Read more...
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Iranian regime accused of using torture, murder and rape to suppress opposition
September 18th, 2009 - 3:38 pm ICT by ANI
Tehran, Sep. 18 (ANI): The father of an Iranian student, who died in jail after being arrested for protesting against President Ahmadinejad's disputed re-election, has claimed that his son was beaten, got ... Read more...
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Dhaka wants to restore 1972 constitution
January 8th, 2009 - 1:43 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Jan 8 (IANS) The Bangladesh government wants to "restore the constitution" framed in 1972, a year after independence, to reinforce the spirit of secularism, rule of law, human rights and democracy, ... Read more...
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Pakistani female terror suspect appears in US court (Lead)
August 6th, 2008 - 1:21 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Washington, Aug 5 (DPA) A Pakistani woman suspected of plotting to blow up targets in the US was to appear in a New York court Tuesday to face charges of attempted murder, ... Read more...
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Pakistani terror suspect’s family accuses US of detention, rape
August 5th, 2008 - 11:00 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Karachi, Aug 5 (DPA) The family of a Pakistani woman extradited to the US on terror charges Tuesday sought her repatriation, terming the accusations an attempt to "cover up" her five-year illegal ... Read more...
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