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20 dead in Iraq attack, gunbattle with police
TIKRIT - Gunmen wearing military uniforms and suicide vests were locked in a shoot-out with security forces on Tuesday after storming a Tikrit building in an attack that left at least 20 dead and 65 injured, Iraq officials said.
The gunmen swarmed into the building in the city of Tikrit, about 160 kilometres north of Baghdad, immediately after a suicide bomber detonated his payload and cleared the way, a police official said.A car bomb exploded shortly afterwards as police
The gunmen swarmed into the building in the city of Tikrit, about 160 kilometres north of Baghdad, immediately after a suicide bomber detonated his payload and cleared the way, a police official said.A car bomb exploded shortly afterwards as police
Afghan asylum seeker found dead in Australia
SYDNEY - An Afghan man seeking asylum in Australia has been found dead in a detention centre, officials said Tuesday, in what refugee advocates said was the fifth suicide in the past seven months.
The man, a 20-year-old Afghan who came to Australia by boat, was found Monday in his room at the remote Curtin Immigration Detention Centre on Western Australia's north coast, the government said in a statement.
The immigration department said it would not release further details
The man, a 20-year-old Afghan who came to Australia by boat, was found Monday in his room at the remote Curtin Immigration Detention Centre on Western Australia's north coast, the government said in a statement.
The immigration department said it would not release further details
Two more shot dead in Karachi, death toll reaches 8
KARACHI - Two more persons were shot dead in the city early Friday morning.
According to reports, a 25 -year- old man was killed in Landhi when unknown gunmen opened fire on him. He died on the spot.
Another man Adnan was killed in Azizabad. Nazar Muhammad was shot dead in Sohrab Goth and an unknown man was killed in the journalist society.
The death toll has reached 8 since last night and 18 in last 24 hours.
According to reports, a 25 -year- old man was killed in Landhi when unknown gunmen opened fire on him. He died on the spot.
Another man Adnan was killed in Azizabad. Nazar Muhammad was shot dead in Sohrab Goth and an unknown man was killed in the journalist society.
The death toll has reached 8 since last night and 18 in last 24 hours.
11 more dead in Karachi killings
KARACHI - The wave of violence in Karachi continued on Thursday as another 11 people, including an activist of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) and a member of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, were killed across the city.
Imran Akhtar, 28, son of Akhtar Ali, a JI activist, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen near Sindhi Hotel in New Karachi as he was sitting near his brother's shop. In a similar incident, an MQM activist was gunned down and another was injured near Qasba Morr in the Orangi
Imran Akhtar, 28, son of Akhtar Ali, a JI activist, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen near Sindhi Hotel in New Karachi as he was sitting near his brother's shop. In a similar incident, an MQM activist was gunned down and another was injured near Qasba Morr in the Orangi
Taliban shoot four ‘US spies’ dead
MIRANSHAH - Taliban militants shot dead four tribesmen, including one Afghan national, on Monday after accusing them of spying for the United States in two scattered places of North Waziristan, officials said. Three bullet-riddled bodies were dumped on a roadside in Datta Khel village, 35 kilometres (21 miles) west of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan tribal district, local administration official Wahab Khan said, adding that the body of another tribesman was found in Mir
48 miners feared dead in Balochistan
QUETTA - The entire night shift comprising 48 mine workers was believed to have been killed when a government coal mine caved in, in the Sorange area, some 40 kilometres east of Quetta in the early hours of Sunday. Nineteen dead bodies were recovered from the collapsed mine and efforts were underway to recover the rest.
Balochistan Home and Tribal Affairs Secretary Akbar Hussain Durrani told Pakistan Today that the chances of survival of the rest of the 29 workers trapped in the
Balochistan Home and Tribal Affairs Secretary Akbar Hussain Durrani told Pakistan Today that the chances of survival of the rest of the 29 workers trapped in the
Three dead, four injured in separate incidents
KARACHI - Three men were killed and four other injured in separate violent incidents in the city on Friday. A man identified as Muhammad Ali, 35, was gunned down by unidentified armed men in the Dhobi Ghat area. The body of the victim was shifted to the Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK). The Sir Syed police found the bullet-riddled body of a rickshaw driver near the Anda Mor. The victim was identified as 22-year-old Rabnawaz. An FIR of the case was registered for further investigation.
Bahrainis bury dead, as govt tears down democracy statue
MANAMA - Bahrain on Friday demolished a monument at the capital's Pearl Square which had come to symbolise the kingdom's pro-democracy movement, as thousands of Bahrainis buried an activist killed in a crackdown on mainly Shia protesters that has angered Iran and raised tension in the world's largest oil-exporting region.
Mourners carrying pictures of activist Ahmed Farhan, killed on Wednesday, followed a car carrying his flag-covered coffin. No security forces were present, but
Mourners carrying pictures of activist Ahmed Farhan, killed on Wednesday, followed a car carrying his flag-covered coffin. No security forces were present, but
Tsunami town’s crematorium struggles to cope with dead
RIKUZENTAKATA - Life is brutally hard for survivors of last week's earthquake and tsunami, as is the business of death. Rescue missions have ended in the small coastal town of Rikuzentakata where nearly 1,800 people are missing, many undoubtedly buried under the rubble of cars, houses, boats and factories which lie strewn around in one giant heap. From Saturday, workers are focusing on clearing that heap. The bodies that have been found so far have been laid out in schools and halls
Man shot dead over old enmity
SAHIWAL - A shopkeeper was shot dead when he was sitting at his shop.
Reportedly, Muhammad Anwer, a resident of Chak No 90-6, was sitting at his cloth shop when Naeem, along with his two accomplices, entered the shop and started firing.
As a result, Muhammad Anwer was injured and was taken to a hospital but he could not survive. According to police sources, the murder was committed due to an old enmity.
Reportedly, Muhammad Anwer, a resident of Chak No 90-6, was sitting at his cloth shop when Naeem, along with his two accomplices, entered the shop and started firing.
As a result, Muhammad Anwer was injured and was taken to a hospital but he could not survive. According to police sources, the murder was committed due to an old enmity.
Japan disaster dead, missing toll nears 15,000: police
TOKYO - The official number of dead and missing after a devastating earthquake and tsunami that flattened Japan's northeast coast is approaching 15,000, police said on Thursday. The number of confirmed dead from Friday's twin disasters rose to 5,457 while the official number of missing increased to 9,508, the National Police Agency said in its latest update. A total of 2,409 people were injured in the disaster. But reports have indicated that the final toll could be much higher.
Seven dead in Hyderabad jail
HYDERABAD - At least seven prisoners were killed while 30 people, including policemen, injured when the inmates at the Central jail Hyderabad clashed with the prison's administration on Tuesday. The violence started after police launched an operation to recover arms, mobile phones and drugs from the prisoners.
The prisoners resisted the move by started rioting and climbed onto the rooftops of the barracks besides setting their belongings on fire. Officials said six TT pistols and
The prisoners resisted the move by started rioting and climbed onto the rooftops of the barracks besides setting their belongings on fire. Officials said six TT pistols and
Mill owner shot dead in Gulberg
LAHORE - Two unidentified armed motorcyclists gunned down the owner of a local sugar mill on Ghalib Road in Gulberg police precincts on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Shakil Bhatti, the managing director of Chishtian Sugar Mills. Gulberg police Station House Officer Abid Rasheed told Pakistan Today that Bhatti was at a furniture shop on Ghalib Road alone when the two assailants arrived at the site.
He said one of them held up all the people outside the shop at gunpoint,
He said one of them held up all the people outside the shop at gunpoint,
More than 42 fighters dead in raid on South Sudan town
JUBA - More than 40 militiamen and two soldiers died when rebel militias raided the capital of south Sudan's oil-producing Upper Nile state and took more than 100 children hostage in an orphanage, the southern army said. Renegade fighters attacked Malakal on Saturday in the latest violence to stoke fears for the stability of the south ahead of its independence from the north, due to take place on July 9.
Just short of 99 percent of southern voters chose to declare independence
Just short of 99 percent of southern voters chose to declare independence
Two girls shot dead in separate incidents
MURIDKE - A youth killed his sister while an uncle gunned down his niece in the Sadar police areas.
Ghulam Mustafa of Fatah Puri asked his elder sister Samra to wash his clothes. On her refusal, he opened fire and killed her instantly. The police have registered a case against the accused on the report of her father M Abbas.
In another incident, Sanaullah of Chak No 33 killed his niece Tabassum over illicit relations, and fled away. Sadar police have registered a case and
Ghulam Mustafa of Fatah Puri asked his elder sister Samra to wash his clothes. On her refusal, he opened fire and killed her instantly. The police have registered a case against the accused on the report of her father M Abbas.
In another incident, Sanaullah of Chak No 33 killed his niece Tabassum over illicit relations, and fled away. Sadar police have registered a case and
Japan tries to avert N-meltdown as 10,000 feared dead
FUKUSHIMA - Japan fought on Sunday to avert a meltdown at three earthquake-crippled nuclear reactors and more than 10,000 people were feared dead in the nation's biggest crisis since World War Two.
In the small port town of Minamisanriku alone some 10,000 people were unaccounted for - more than half the population of the town, which was practically erased, public broadcaster NHK reported.
"The earthquake, tsunami and the nuclear incident have been the biggest crisis Japan
In the small port town of Minamisanriku alone some 10,000 people were unaccounted for - more than half the population of the town, which was practically erased, public broadcaster NHK reported.
"The earthquake, tsunami and the nuclear incident have been the biggest crisis Japan
Lahore cop shoots two robbers dead
LAHORE - Two robbers were shot dead by a 50-year-old constable in an alleged encounter in the Baghbanpura Police precincts on Thursday. According to the police, two robbers carried out a robbery bid in a house one Naveed resident of Rasheedpura located in Harbanspura Police precincts. The police said that the two robbers looted valuables including gold ornaments, cash and mobile phones worth thousands of rupees on gun point and later tried to escape but locals of the area chased them
