Suspected rebels free train with hundreds of passengers in eastern IndiaPATNA, India — Suspected communist rebels freed nearly 300 train passengers unharmed after keeping them hostage for almost five hours at a railway station in eastern India on Wednesday, a day before the second phase of national elections that the guerrillas have vowed to disrupt. Police say suspected communist rebels free train passengers in India, ahead of crucial pollsPATNA, India — Police say suspected communist rebels have freed more than 250 train passengers after keeping them hostage for nearly five hours at a rail station in eastern India. Suspected rebels hijack train with hundreds of passengers in eastern IndiaPATNA, India — Communist rebels hijacked a train and briefly held 300 passengers before melting away into surrounding forests in one of a series of attacks in India that threatened to mar elections Thursday in the world’s largest democracy. Suspected rebels stop train with hundreds of passengers in eastern IndiaPATNA, India — Police say nearly 250 suspected Maoist rebels have stopped a train with hundreds of passengers aboard in eastern India, a day ahead of parliamentary polling that the guerrillas have vowed to disrupt. Iran sends mixed signals to US: jailing American reporter and saying it wants warmer tiesTEHRAN, Iran — The Obama administration is reaching out to Iran. In return, Iran is — well, it’s complicated. The Islamic republic sentenced an American journalist to eight years in prison and launched a fervent new campaign to brand U.S. ally Israel as racist. And in the middle of all that, it said it was ready for a new beginning in relations with the U.S. after three decades of diplomatic stalemate. |
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