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November 18th, 2009 - 8:04 am ICT by IANS
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Tehran, Nov 18 (DPA) The Iranian judiciary has issued death sentences against five more dissidents, state media reported.
The judiciary announced in a statement that death sentences had been issued against five and ...
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November 14th, 2009 - 5:23 pm ICT by ANI
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Imphal (Manipur), Nov.14 (ANI): Kin and employees of provincial electricity department staged a protest here on Friday demanding the release of the engineers, who were abducted by suspected rebels.
Some unidentified gunmen abducted ...
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November 14th, 2009 - 4:20 pm ICT by IANS
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Manila, Nov 14 (DPA) US President Barack Obama has sent a letter to the leader of the main Muslim rebel group in the Philippines, an official of the group said Saturday.
The ...
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November 13th, 2009 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANS
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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 ...
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November 12th, 2009 - 4:38 pm ICT by ANI
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Peshawar, Nov.12 (ANI): Unidentified gunmen shot dead an official of the Iranian Consulate in Peshawar on Thursday.
According to sources, Abul Hasan Jaffri, director Public Relations at the Iranian Consulate, was attacked near ...
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November 12th, 2009 - 11:16 am ICT by IANS
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Manila, Nov 12 (DPA) An abducted Irish Catholic priest was freed unharmed Thursday after one month in captivity in the southern Philippines, officials said.
Father Michael Sinnott, 79, was turned over to authorities ...
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November 12th, 2009 - 8:13 am ICT by IANS
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Manila, Nov 12 (DPA) An abducted Irish Catholic priest was freed unharmed Thursday after one month in captivity in the southern Philippines, officials said.
Father Michael Sinnott, 79, was turned over to authorities ...
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November 10th, 2009 - 12:49 pm ICT by IANS
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Agartala, Nov 10 (IANS) At least six villagers were killed and another injured by tribal separatists in a daring raid Tuesday in India's northeastern state of Tripura, officials said.
A police spokesperson ...
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November 9th, 2009 - 1:25 pm ICT by IANS
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Zamboanga City (The Philippines), Nov 9 (DPA) A kidnapped state school principal was beheaded by his abductors on a southern Philippine island, a regional military spokesman said Monday.
The head of Gabriel Canizares, ...
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November 7th, 2009 - 4:05 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Nov 7 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today claimed that the political crisis in the State has been resolved.
Talking to reporters here before leaving for Vaishno Devi ...
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November 7th, 2009 - 2:26 am ICT by IANS
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Tehran, Nov 7 (DPA) Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards accused Pakistan Friday of releasing the leader of a Sunni rebel group ahead of a deadly attack it carried out in southeast Iran, state ...
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November 7th, 2009 - 12:54 am ICT by IANS
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Sana'a (Yemen), Nov 6 (DPA) Saudi air force jets resumed shelling positions of Shia rebels on the country's southwestern border with Yemen for the third day Friday, the rebel group said in ...
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November 4th, 2009 - 5:54 pm ICT by ANI
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Quetta (Pakistan), Nov.4 (ANI): Iran has closed down its border with Pakistan in the Taftan area of Balochistan, which has affected thousands of daily labourers in the region.
According to sources, over 25,000 ...
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November 4th, 2009 - 2:09 am ICT by IANS
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Tehran, Nov 4 (DPA) Iran hanged a member of a Sunni rebel group blamed for deadly attacks in the predominantly Shia Muslim state, the semi-official Fars news agency reported Tuesday.
"Abdol-Hamid Rigi was ...
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November 3rd, 2009 - 11:55 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Nov 3 (DPA) Thirteen opposition parties, including the main opposition faction, led by former prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, formed an alliance Tuesday to contest the presidential and parliamentary elections expected to ...
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November 1st, 2009 - 10:41 pm ICT by ANI
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Srinagar, Nov 1(ANI): A policeman was killed and another wounded when gunmen opened fire on them in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday.
Head constable Manzoor Ahmad and constable Abdul Kabir were on patrol ...
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November 1st, 2009 - 12:13 pm ICT by ANI
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Karachi, Nov.1 (ANI): Iran's Ambassador to Pakistan Mashallah Shakiri has said that his country has handed over evidence regarding the devastating Sistan bomb blast, in which 42 persons were killed, to Pakistan, ...
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October 21st, 2009 - 12:33 pm ICT by ANI
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Tehran, Oct.21 (ANI): Iran has once again blamed Pakistan for Sunday's terror attack on the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRG) in which 42 people were killed, saying there is specific information that ...
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October 10th, 2009 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
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Tehran/London, Oct 10 (DPA) Iran's judiciary Saturday confirmed that three death sentences had been handed down to dissidents, even as Amnesty International (AI) warned of the prospect of a wave of death ...
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October 5th, 2009 - 12:13 pm ICT by IANS
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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 ...
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October 5th, 2009 - 1:25 am ICT by IANS
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Guwahati, Oct 4 (IANS) At least 11 people were killed and 15 wounded, seven of them critically, in a daring attack by tribal separatists in Assam late Sunday, officials said.
A police ...
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October 5th, 2009 - 12:39 am ICT by IANS
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Guwahati, Oct 4 (IANS) At least 10 people were killed and 12 wounded, three of them critically, in a daring attack by tribal separatists in Assam late Sunday, officials said.
A police ...
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October 3rd, 2009 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
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Guwahati, Oct 3 (IANS) An influential tribal separatist group in Assam Saturday for the first time openly admitted to using Bangladesh as a base to carry out their hit-and-run guerrilla strikes in ...
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October 3rd, 2009 - 11:49 am ICT by IANS
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Jammu, Oct 3 (IANS) Rukhsana, the teenager who had killed a Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist last Sunday, and her family have shifted to safer environs in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri town after police confirmed ...
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September 30th, 2009 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
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Imphal, Sep 30 (IANS) Sixteen militants of the separatist outfit Dima Halam Daogah (Jewel faction) have surrendered to the security forces, the paramilitary Assam Rifles said Wednesday.
"At the initiative of the Assam ...
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September 18th, 2009 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
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Imphal, Sep 18 (IANS) A car bomb was detected parked in the Manipur Raj Bhawan Friday, foiling a well-planned terror attack that could have blown up the governor's office-cum-residence.
A police spokesperson said ...
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September 14th, 2009 - 11:21 am ICT by IANS
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Guwahati, Sep 14 (IANS) Hopes for an end to long years of violent bush war brightened in Assam with an influential tribal separatist group deciding to surrender en masse and hold ...
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September 12th, 2009 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
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Imphal, Sep 12 (IANS) Four paramilitary troopers were killed and six injured, two of them critically, in Manipur Saturday after an ambush by separatists with rocket launchers, officials said.
A police spokesperson said ...
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September 7th, 2009 - 1:45 pm ICT by ANI
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Jerusalem, Sep. 7 (ANI): A Gaza Strip based pro-al Qaeda terrorist organization has revealed that it tried to kill former British prime minister and Quartet Middle East envoy Tony Blair and former ...
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September 7th, 2009 - 12:25 am ICT by IANS
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Islamabad, Sep 6 (DPA) Pakistani security forces killed 36 militants in the northwestern region near the Afghan border, officials said Sunday.
Troops aided by gunship helicopters and artillery fire targeted two militant ...
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