Avoid wells in Maoist areas, security forces told

RANCHI – Security forces who have expanded their drive against Maoists in Jharkhand have been told not to drink water from wells because they may have been poisoned, official sources said Monday.

The advisory came as authorities widened the scale of a massive anti-Maoist offensive in the state, from the initial three districts to several parts …. Read the original article  : Avoid wells in Maoist areas, security forces told.

Egyptian officials say an Israeli arrested along border

Egypt arrests Israeli along border
RAFAH, Egypt – Egyptian security and medical officials say an Israeli citizen was arrested along the fence between Egypt and Israel as he attempted to sneak across the barbed wire with African migrants.

A medical official in Rafah said Monday the 30-year old Israeli was wounded in his hand from the wire. … Original article on : Egyptian officials say an Israeli arrested along border.

Man who stalked, shot nude video of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews to get sentence in Los Angeles

ESPN’s Erin Andrews’ stalker to get sentence in LA

LOS ANGELES – The man convicted of stalking ESPN reporter Erin Andrews and shooting nude videos of her through a hotel room peephole facing sentencing in a Los Angeles courtroom.
Michael Barrett, a 48-year-old Chicago-area insurance executive, has pleaded guilty to interstate stalking and agreed to a 27-month …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Man who stalked, shot nude video of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews to get sentence in Los Angeles.

Seven killed in Iraq car bombing

BAGHDAD – At least seven people were killed and 13 wounded Monday in a car bomb explosion in Iraq’s western Anbar province, police said.

The blast took place when a booby-trapped car parked at a main road blew up in Fallujah, some 50 km west of Baghdad, a police source told Xinhua.
The attack occurred at … Read more >>.

China gov’t official who allegedly kept lurid diary arrested on suspicion of taking bribes

China arrests man who allegedly kept graft diary

BEIJING – A Chinese government official has been arrested on suspicion of taking bribes a month after a series of steamy diary entries he allegedly wrote appeared online describing casual sex, drinking parties and under-the-table payments.
Han Feng, 53, was arrested for allegedly taking 482,000 yuan ($71,000) in bribes … Read more »»».

Drug gang blamed for killings of 3 with ties to US consulate in violent Mexican border city

Narcos blamed for killings of 3 with US consul tie
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico – Suspected drug gang hit men separately ambushed two cars carrying families with ties to the U.S. consulate in this violent border city, killing an American couple and a Mexican man. Three young children survived, although two suffered wounds.
The slayings came …. Source  : Drug gang blamed for killings of 3 with ties to US consulate in violent Mexican border city.

Thai government rejects ultimatum by protesters to dissolve Parliament

Deadline for Thai Parliament dissolution passes

BANGKOK – Thailand’s prime minister, backed by a formidable military force, rejected an ultimatum to dissolve Parliament on Monday as tens of thousands of red-shirted protesters vowed to continue their push to oust the government.
In the first reported violence of the protests, two soldiers were wounded when four grenades exploded … Read : Thai government rejects ultimatum by protesters to dissolve Parliament.

US diplomat accused of swindling SKorean widow flees country for Philippines amid probe

US diplomat flees South Korea amid fraud probe

SEOUL, South Korea – An American diplomat based in South Korea fled to the Philippines after facing charges that he swindled a local woman out of nearly $200,000, police in the southern city of Busan said Monday.
The suspect, a 50-year-old official with the Department of Homeland Security, is …. Source  : US diplomat accused of swindling SKorean widow flees country for Philippines amid probe.

Woman, 92, charged with killing 98-year-old husband in Australia

Woman, 92, charged in death of 98-year-old husband

SYDNEY – Police in Australia have charged a 92-year-old woman with killing her 98-year-old husband.
Clare Tang is due to appear in court Tuesday on a murder charge after her husband was found dead in their apartment in downtown Sydney on Friday night.
New South Wales state police said in …. Source  : Woman, 92, charged with killing 98-year-old husband in Australia.

Backlash from Taliban attacks pushes Pakistan to act, says US

WASHINGTON – The backlash from Taliban attacks on places from Kashmir to Karachi has led to greater Pakistani cooperation with the US in the Afghanistan war, says the US special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan.

“We feel clearly that we’re working more closely together with them. And I think that’s a very big step forward,” Richard …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Thai protesters march on army headquarters ahead of ultimatum to dissolve Parliament

Thai protesters march on army headquarters

BANGKOK – Army reinforcements were rushed into Thailand’s capital as tens of thousands of anti-government demonstrators marshaled around a key military headquarters demanding that the government dissolve Parliament by midday Monday.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, the key target of the massive demonstration, said he could not give in to the protesters’ …. Read the original article  : Thai protesters march on army headquarters ahead of ultimatum to dissolve Parliament.

Thai protesters prepare march on army headquarters ahead of ultimatum to dissolve Parliament

Thai protesters to march on army headquarters

BANGKOK – Army reinforcements were rushed into Thailand’s capital as tens of thousands of anti-government demonstrators prepared to march Monday on a key military headquarters demanding that the government dissolve Parliament.
Some 100,000 Red Shirt protesters who have been camped out along a boulevard in the old part of Bangkok … Read more »».

3 with ties to US consulate slain, 2 children wounded in Mexican city plagued by drug violence

3 with ties to US consulate killed in Mexican city
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico – Gunmen killed a U.S. consulate employee and her husband as they drove in this violent border city with their baby in the back seat, minutes after the husband of another consular … Original source on Gaea Times at : 3 with ties to US consulate slain, 2 children wounded in Mexican city plagued by drug violence.

Two Al Qaeda men killed in Yemen airstrike

SANA’A – At least two senior members of Al Qaeda were killed in an airstrike by the Yemeni Air Force in a remote village in the south of the Arab country late Sunday, the Defence Ministry said.

The air raid targeted a gathering of Al Qaeda members in the Moudiya district of Abyan province, according to …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Two Al Qaeda men killed in Yemen airstrike.

Yemen says it launched airstrike on al-Qaida members thought to be preparing ‘imminent attack’

Yemen launches airstrike on al-Qaida hideout

WASHINGTON – Yemen’s embassy in Washington says its nation’s air force launched an airstrike on an al-Qaida hideout ahead of a likely terror attack.
The airstrike was carried out Sunday in Yemen’s Abyan province. Yemen’s ministry of defense, in a statement released by the embassy, said the al-Qaida group was planning …. Source  : Yemen says it launched airstrike on al-Qaida members thought to be preparing ‘imminent attack’.

3 with ties to US consulate killed in Mexican border city, including couple with baby in car

3 with ties US consulate killed in Mexican city
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico – Three people with ties to the American consulate were killed in a drug-plagued Mexican city, including a U.S. couple shot to death within sight of the border with their baby in their back seat, officials said Sunday.
President Barack …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : 3 with ties to US consulate killed in Mexican border city, including couple with baby in car.

Family identifies slain US consular employee in Mexico; Obama says outraged at death

Family names slain US consular employee in Mexico

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico – A relative has identified a U.S. consulate employee and her husband who were killed in a drug-plagued Mexican border city.
Robert Cason says consular employee Lesley A. Enriquez and her husband Arthur H. Redelf of El Paso, Texas, were killed in Ciudad Juarez. Cason is [..] Read the original article: here.

High school soccer player stabbed to death at birthday party for 200 teens in Mass. restaurant

School soccer player killed at Mass. birthday bash

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – A high school soccer player has been stabbed to death outside a Massachusetts restaurant where more than 250 teenagers had gathered for a birthday party.
Police say 17-year-old Conor Reynolds died after being stabbed in the neck late Saturday. Reynolds was a senior at Cathedral High …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

US mom worries for grandson after daughter’s arrest, release over alleged assassination plot

No word from woman freed in alleged plot, mom says

LEADVILLE, Colo. – A Colorado woman who says she is the mother of an American held and later released in Ireland over an alleged plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist said Sunday she does not know where her daughter or grandson may be.
Christine Mott, of Leadville, … Read : US mom worries for grandson after daughter’s arrest, release over alleged assassination plot.

16 Taliban militants killed in Pakistani airstrikes

ISLAMABAD – Pakistani fighter jets pounded several Taliban hideouts Sunday, killing 16 militants and injuring several more in north-western tribal region near Afghan border, security officials said.

An intelligence official said the airstrikes destroyed eight positions of the Islamist insurgents and one ammunition depot in various areas of Orakzai tribal district.
“According to the information we …. Read the original article  : 16 Taliban militants killed in Pakistani airstrikes.