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LAHORE - As many as three people died and another four injured when a car turned turtle after colliding with the pavement in Gulberg Police precincts late on Tuesday.
Police said the car carrying the five men was at a signal near Main Market when the driver decided to race with another car on the same signal. In doing so, he lost control and as a result the car hit the pavement and overturned. All the men sustained serious injuries and were rushed to Services Hospital where

MINGORA - Six militants were killed while security forces' three personnel were injured during their clashes with each other at three different places in Swat Valley, the officials said.
They said that a group of militants attacked the personnel of security forces at Utroor Kalam and injured two personnel of the security forces. They added that personnel of the security forces repulsed the attack and shot dead two militants.
The killed militants were identified as Shams Ur

KARACHI /LARKANA - President Asif Ali Zardari, who is also the co-chairman of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), on Monday held Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan leader Baitullah Mehsud responsible for the assassination of his wife and party leader Benazir Bhutto, while calling the UN probe into the assassination "incomplete".
Addressing a gathering at the Naudero House near Garhi Khuda Bux on Benazir's third death anniversary, Zardari said, "Baitullah Mehsud is our (leader's)

KHARTOUM - Clashes between government forces and fighters from an alliance of Darfur rebel groups have left 40 rebels dead, Sudan's army said Saturday, announcing a figure contested by the insurgents.
The fighting occurred on Friday in the Shangil Tobaya region, about 65 kilometres (40 miles) south of El-Fasher, historic capital of Darfur in western Sudan which has been gripped by civil war since 2003, the army said.
"The army attacked and defeated an alliance of the

PESHAWAR: At least 24 militants and 12 security personnel were killed and several others injured in clashes in Baizai area of Mohmand Agency on Friday.
The clashes erupted when a group of militants attacked five checkposts in Baizai late on Thursday. Officials said around 150 militants attacked the checkposts at Ghanam Shah, Badmani and Sar Kandaw.
Subsequently, 12 security personnel were killed and another 12 injured. There were reports that several personnel went missing,

QUETTA: A bicycle bomb exploded Friday in the city of Quetta, killing a policeman and wounding four others, police said. The bomb exploded as a police vehicle passed in the suburbs of Quetta, senior police official Hamid Shakil told AFP.
"At least one policeman was martyred and three others and a passer-by were injured in the bomb blast," Shakil said. Police station officials also confirmed the attack and casualties. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.

OKARA - A person was killed while two others were injured in separate road accidents. Reportedly, Pervez Qayyum, a resident of Zia-ud-Din Colony, was going to Okara on his bike with his friend when a speedy van driven by Muhammad Akram hit him, killing him instantly.
His friend also got injured.
In another incident, Abdul Jabbar, a resident of Chak 48/SP was going home from Haveli Lakha when a tractor driven by Muhammad Younas hit him, injuring him seriously.
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KUNDUZ - Militants were occupying an army recruitment centre in northern Afghanistan Sunday, officials said, in one of two attacks against Afghan military personnel that killed 13 people.
The building in Kunduz was being held by two rebels who survived an attack on the centre that had been carried out by four militants armed with suicide vests and automatic rifles, an official said. The attackers killed four Afghan soldiers and four police officers in a gunfight before two of

LONDON: An 18-year-old girl was facing jail on Thursday after being found guilty of a homophobic attack which one witness described as being like something out of the film "A Clockwork Orange".
Former public schoolgirl Ruby Thomas was convicted of the manslaughter of 62-year-old Ian Baynham, who died 18 days after the drink-fuelled assault in London's Trafalgar Square.
The court heard she smiled as she "put the boot into" Baynham after he was knocked to the ground by

ABUJA: Soldiers and civilians were killed during an assault by Nigeria's armed forces on militant camps in the oil-producing Niger Delta two weeks ago, the army chief said late Tuesday, highlighting the intensity of the violence.
Army chief of staff Onyeabo Ihejirika said eight soldiers and six civilians were killed during the army, navy and air force raids against camps believed to belong to notorious gang leader John Togo in Delta state on Dec 1. The Nigerian military rarely

PESHAWAR: One person was killed and another five injured when a school bus hit a roadside explosive device in Bhana Mari area of Peshawar on Monday.
According to details, the explosives planted in the area went off when the school bus, carrying schoolchildren of Islamia Model School, was passing by. A passer-by was killed and five people, including two students were injured. The deceased was identified as 14-year-old Farooq. The injured were rushed to Lady Reading Hospital, with

PESHAWAR: At least 15 people were killed and over 20 injured on Friday when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into the building of an under-construction hospital in Pass Keley village near Hangu district.
A number of houses, the under-construction hospital and an Imambargah in the vicinity were razed to the ground.
Kohat Commissioner Khalid Omarzai said the bomber drove his explosive-laden pick up into the boundary wall of the hospital in Pass Keley. The

PESHAWAR: A suicide bomb attack near an under-construction hospital on the outskirts of Hangu in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa killed at least 15 people and injured several, private television channels reported on Friday.
Quoting Kohat Commissioner Khalid Omarzai and other police and security officials, the channels reported that the bomb exploded in explosion-laden vehicle. "We cannot say if it was a suicide attack. The blast took place near a hospital," Kohat Commissioner Khalid Omarzai

GUJRANWALA: Three students were killed when their motorcycle collided with a van coming from Sheikhupura. Reportedly, Asad, Saif and Salman were on their way back from school on a motorcycle when it collided with a wagon and died instantly.
Four passengers were also injured in the collision and were hospitalised. Human trafficker arrested: Gujrawnala FIA circle has succeeded in arresting a human trafficker, Raja Sajjad, and his accomplice Mian Gulfam from Sambrial.
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PESHAWAR: Amidst continued high alert in violence-hit Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA, another suicide attack killed 15 and injured 25 in Kohat on Wednesday.
The bomber blew himself up close to a warehouse owned by an anti-Taliban militia leader and a bus stop in Tirah Bazaar.
Police said the bomber blew himself up at the door of a bus carrying passengers to the nearby Orakzai Agency. Kohat Commissioner Khalid Khan Omarzai confirmed to Pakistan Today that 15 people were killed

KARACHI: A young man was killed and another injured on Wednesday in a firing incident, as a Rangers' search operation in Kunwari Colony continued for a second consecutive day.
The incident took place in the wake of a protest staged by residents of Kunwari Colony, who were demonstrating against what they claimed was a farcical operation. Pirabad police said during the protest, unidentified persons opened fire at a Rangers vehicle parked near Ibrahim Masjid on Manghopir Road.