Crime Watch – Newsletter for November 23, 2010

Kashmir blast: Injured girl dies in hospital

SRINAGAR – An eight-year-old girl, critically injured in a grenade blast in south Kashmir Sunday, died in hospital here Monday, police said.

Arifa, who had received multiple splinter injuries in the powerful blast at Bijbehara in Anantnag district, succumbed to her injuries in the Soura medical institute, a police spokesman said.
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Drone attack kills five in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD – At least five suspected militants were killed Monday in a US drone attack in Pakistan’s North Waziristan tribal region bordering Afghanistan.

Security officials confirmed the attack in which a US drone fired four missiles at a vehicle in Mir Ali area.
This was the third drone attack in Mir Ali area within a …. Original source  : Drone attack kills five in Pakistan.

Suspected Maoists kill two CPI-M supporters

KOLKATA – Suspected Maoists gunned down two supporters of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district, police said Monday.

“We were informed that two bodies of CPI-M supporters were found in Dhangori village of Jhargram sub-division Monday morning,” said Additional Superintendent of Police (Operations) Mukesh Kumar.
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Pakistan may delay Taliban operation

ISLAMABAD – A military offensive in Pakistan’s North Waziristan tribal region bordering Afghanistan could be delayed due to “the widening role of India in the Afghan affairs” and the “differences in perceptions” over the scheduled withdrawal of NATO forces from that country, a media report said Monday.

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