China says North Korean border guard shot and killed 3 Chinese last week

China says NKorean guard killed 3 Chinese
BEIJING – China says a North Korean border guard shot and killed three people and injured a fourth on the Chinese side of the border last week, prompting a formal complaint from Beijing.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said a North Korean border guard last Friday shot four Chinese residents … Read more >>>.

LeT commander feels the heat, seeks Pakistan return

SRINAGAR – Wireless intercepts between militants in Kashmir and their Pakistani handlers reveal that Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Abdullah Ooni is making desperate attempts to run away from the valley as Indian security forces turn the heat on cross-border militants.

Widely considered to be behind the resurgence of insurgency in Kashmir, Ooni is believed to have given the …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : LeT commander feels the heat, seeks Pakistan return.

Swiss nationalist and leftist lawmakers block deal with US over UBS tax evasion dispute

Swiss lawmakers reject deal with US in UBS tax row

GENEVA – Nationalist and left-wing lawmakers in the Swiss parliament have blocked a treaty with the United States in which Switzerland would hand over files on thousands of suspected tax cheats to U.S. authorities.
A majority of 104 lawmakers in Switzerland’s lower house have voted against the …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Swiss nationalist and leftist lawmakers block deal with US over UBS tax evasion dispute.

Irate villagers lynch five robbers

Angry villagers have lynched five robbers in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, police said today.
Police said the villagers found some masked men aimlessly loitering near Chakpahad village in Bihar’s Samastipur district this morning and inquired about their whereabouts.

But they began fleeing which made the villagers more suspicious.
“Angry villagers then gave them a hot chase, …. Original source  : Irate villagers lynch five robbers.

Israeli military sets up panel to examine deadly raid on Gaza-bound flotilla

Israel military investigating deadly flotilla raid

JERUSALEM – Israel’s military has appointed an internal team of experts to examine last week’s deadly commando raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla.
The military said on Tuesday the team will review various internal investigations already going on. It says results are expected by July 4.
The military probe is in addition to … Read : Israeli military sets up panel to examine deadly raid on Gaza-bound flotilla.

Colombian Army rescues woman abducted by rebels

Bogota, June 8 (IANS/EFE) The Colombian Army has rescued a woman kidnapped by leftist guerrillas in the country’s northeastern Saravena city a week ago.

The woman was rescued when the vehicle in which the rebels were carrying her was stopped at a military checkpost Monday in Caname city of Arauca province. The insurgents were arrested.
The …. Original article  : Colombian Army rescues woman abducted by rebels.

Gunfight in south Kashmir, one guerrilla killed

SRINAGAR – One separatist guerrilla was reportedly killed in an ongoing gunfight in south Kashmir Tuesday.

A senior police officer said here that troopers of the counter-insurgency force Rashtriya Rifles and the special operations group of the local police cordoned off Aharbal village in Kulgam district, 68 km from here, Tuesday morning following specific information about … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Gunfight in south Kashmir, one guerrilla killed.

Five Maoists held in Jharkhand

RANCHI – Five Maoist guerrillas were arrested from Jharkhand’s Gumla district Tuesday, police said.

Four Maoist rebels belonging to the People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI) were held from Silamkot jungle area of Gumla, around 140 km from Ranchi, while a Maoist commander was arrested from Visunpur village of the district.
Two rifles, live cartridges, Maoist …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Lawmakers crack down on prepaid cell phones that abet criminal and terror suspects

Lawmakers crack down on prepaid cells, cite terror

NEW YORK – Alarmed by the use of hard-to-track prepaid cell phones by terror suspects, New York Sen. Chuck Schumer and Texas Sen. John Cornyn have introduced legislation requiring consumers to produce identification before buying such phones.
The bill has been praised by law enforcement and has bipartisan support, …. Source article  : Lawmakers crack down on prepaid cell phones that abet criminal and terror suspects.

Flamboyant, star Chicago attorney to take center stage at Blagojevich corruption trial

Star attorney to take stage at Blagojevich trial
CHICAGO – Rod Blagojevich’s fiery attorney will assume center stage at his corruption trial Tuesday, when both the defense and prosecutors are set to give their version of events that saw the former governor charged with trying to sell or trade President Barack Obama’s former Senate …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

NJ terror arrests showcase NYPD undercover unit that infiltrates extremists’ inner circles

NYPD undercover unit key in NJ terror arrests

NEW YORK – The undercover investigator credited with helping stop two would-be terrorists had sought to begin his New York Police Department career like nearly everyone else – as a rookie patrolman.
But when police officials learned he spoke Arabic and noticed his calm demeanor, they soon had other …. Original source  : NJ terror arrests showcase NYPD undercover unit that infiltrates extremists’ inner circles.

Woman poisons four kin to death

A middle-aged woman in Bihar poisoned four of her relatives to death following a family feud, police said today.

Police said the angry woman, a resident from Samastipur district in north Bihar, mixed pesticide with pulses and then served the food to her entire family members.
Four persons, including her father-in-law, husband and two children died … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Woman poisons four kin to death.

Car bomb blast in Kathmandu over derailed constitution

KATHMANDU – A car bomb explosion ripped through a busy area in the heart of the Nepal capital Tuesday, 11 days after the country’s ruling parties failed to promulgate a new constitution and narrowly averted a dire constitutional crisis.

Within hours of the explosion that left four people injured, a never-heard-of organisation, the Swatantra Nepal Dal, … Read : Car bomb blast in Kathmandu over derailed constitution.

Police say Joran van der Sloot, suspect in Holloway case, confesses to killing Lima woman

Police: Dutchman confesses to killing Lima woman

LIMA, Peru – Dutchman Joran van der Sloot, long the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of a U.S. teen in Aruba, has confessed to killing a young Peruvian woman in his Lima hotel room last week, a police spokesman said.
Peru’s chief police spokesman, Col. Abel Gamarra, told The … Read more >>>.

Peru police say Joran van der Sloot, suspect in Holloway case, confesses to killing Lima woman

Police: Dutchman confesses to killing Peru woman

LIMA, Peru – Peruvian police say the Dutchman Joran van der Sloot has confessed to killing a young woman in his Lima hotel room last week.
Police Colonel Abel Gamarra told The Associated Press early Tuesday that van der Sloot confessed during an interrogation.
Van der Sloot was also the prime …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

‘US pressing Pakistan to act against anti-India terror groups’

WASHINGTON – Asserting it would never be soft on terrorism, the United States says it continues to press Pakistan to act against the terror syndicate operating from its soil, including anti-India groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).

“The United States will never be soft on terrorism,” US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia Robert Blake told reporters …. Source  : ‘US pressing Pakistan to act against anti-India terror groups’.

‘US wanted to make sure Headley would talk’

WASHINGTON – The United States says it took so much time to provide India access to Pakistani American David Headley to make sure that the key Mumbai terror attack plotter would be willing to talk.

“I mean, these are very sensitive matters, that we wanted to make sure that Headley would be willing to talk, and …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : ‘US wanted to make sure Headley would talk’.

Two Australian soldiers killed in Afghanistan

SYDNEY – Two Australian soldiers have been killed in a bomb blast in southern Afghanistan, the Defence Force said Tuesday.

The soldiers are the first Australians to die in Afghanistan in 11 months.
Their deaths bring campaign deaths to 13. The two were among 10 NATO soldiers killed on Monday.
Australia, which joined the US-led … Original article on : Two Australian soldiers killed in Afghanistan.

California man convicted of using crossbow to randomly kill man; prosecutor called it bravado

California man convicted of murder with a crossbow

LANCASTER, Calif. – An ex-convict has been found guilty of using a crossbow to kill a man in what a prosecutor said was a random attack intended to show his stepdaughter he was someone not to be messed with.
A Los Angeles Superior Court jury deliberated three hours Monday …. Read the original article  : California man convicted of using crossbow to randomly kill man; prosecutor called it bravado.

California man gets 4 months in prison for smuggling songbirds, hiding them in pants

Calif. man gets prison for smuggling songbirds

LOS ANGELES – A man who smuggled Asian songbirds into the country by hiding them under his pants during a flight from Vietnam to Los Angeles was sentenced Monday to four months in prison.
Sony Dong, 46, of Garden Grove, was also ordered to pay $4,000 in restitution to federal … Original article on : California man gets 4 months in prison for smuggling songbirds, hiding them in pants.