Maoists kill supervisor in Orissa

BHUBANESWAR – Maoists Tuesday shot dead a 33-year-old construction supervisor after dragging him out of his home in Nabrangpur district in Orissa, police said.

Four men killed Gadadhar Singh Rajput in Sambalpur village, Superintendent of Police P.C. Barik told IANS.
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Taliban runs schools to brainwash us: suicide bomber

ISLAMABAD – The Taliban have established schools on the outskirts of Pakistan’s Karachi city where sermons are delivered to woo youths, said a teenaged would-be suicide bomber arrested Monday.

Sixteen-year-old Mohammad Salaam, a student of Class IX, had met Tehreek-e-Taliban leader Zahir Shah at one of these schools.
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Child soldier pleads guilty to killing US medic in Afghanistan

TORONTO – Toronto-born Omar Khadr, the only child soldier and last western prisoner held at Guantanamo, Monday pleaded guilty to killing an American in Afghanistan and all other terror charges.

Twenty-four-year-old Khadr, whose father was a close aide of al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, was 15 when he was arrested in a gunbattle with …. Read the original article  : Child soldier pleads guilty to killing US medic in Afghanistan.

“Hiccup Girl” Jennifer Mee Arrested

ST. PETERSBURG (GaeaTimes.com)- Jennifer Mee a.k.a. “Hiccup Girl” who hogged limelight in 2007 with her non-stop hiccupping and landed herself in the NBC’s “The Today Show” has again made headlines, but this time for all the wrong reasons. The 19-year-old Florida girl and her other two associates are charged with first-degree murder of Shannon …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Taliban killed Benazir Bhutto: Probe

ISLAMABAD – Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was responsible for the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, concluded a probe carried out by the country’s Federal Investigation Agency.

The agency is likely to submit its report before an anti-terrorism court Oct 30, Dawn reported Tuesday.
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Mass-murder terror plotter in Canada gets 16-year jail

TORONTO – Canada Monday sentenced to 16 years the main leader in the country’s first Al Qaeda-inspired mass-murder plot unearthed in 2006. Known as the Toronto-18 terror plot, it was uncovered with the arrest of 18 Muslims, mostly of Pakistani origin, in June 2006.

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Four Maoists held in Chhattisgarh

RAIPUR – Four cadres of the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were arrested Monday in Chhattisgarh, police officials said.

The rebels, who are village-level cadres of the banned outfit, were picked up from a forested village, Hallur, under Bhairamgarh area of Bijapur district, a part of restive Bastar region.
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Court seeks details on boat hijacked by 26/11 terrorists

MUMBAI – The Bombay High Court Monday sought details about the probe relating to the fishing vessel ‘Kuber’ which was used by the 10 Pakistani terrorists to sail to Mumbai and carry out the Nov 26, 2008 terror attacks.

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Maoist threat forces RBI to use choppers to ferry currency

RAIPUR – The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the country’s apex bank, has been using helicopters for remitting currency notes to banks located in the restive pockets of Maoist-insurgency hit Chhattisgarh, official sources said.

“About 150 branches of different commercial banks are located in the Maoist violence-hit areas of Bastar region, and due to Maoist …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

15 killed in NATO strikes in Afghanistan

KABUL – At least 15 suspected insurgents were killed Monday by NATO air and ground operations in southern Afghanistan, officials said.

But the Taliban and local residents claimed that 25 civilians were killed in the strikes.
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Don’t make hasty claims after terror strike: Pakistani daily

ISLAMABAD – The government must restrain itself from revealing the names of suspects every time there is a terror attack, a Pakistani daily said in an editorial after a man, named as suspected suicide bomber, returned home.

The government and the law enforcement officials need to seriously rethink their habit of immediately jumping to …. Read the original article  : Don’t make hasty claims after terror strike: Pakistani daily.

US drones kill 1,863 in Pakistan since 2004

ISLAMABAD – More than 1,800 people have been killed in missile strikes by US unmanned aircraft targeting militants in Pakistan since June 2004, a media report said Monday.

A total of 1,863 people, including civilians, were killed in 184 attacks by US drones, The News International reported quoting sources.
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