Al-Qaida’s No. 2 says death of Pakistan Taliban leader will fuel jihad in regionCAIRO — Al-Qaida’s deputy leader says the death of the Pakistani Taliban chief will only add fuel to the fighting against Western forces in the region. Police say 27 people die after 2 boats capsize in flooded rivers during Indian festivalPATNA, India — Two boats capsized in flooded rivers in eastern India’s Bihar state during a major Hindu festival, killing at least 27 people and leaving around 24 missing, police said Tuesday. NYC terrorism suspect Zazi pleads not guilty to charges he plotted terrorist bomb attackNEW YORK — An Afghan immigrant has pleaded not guilty to plotting a terrorist attack on New York City using common chemicals. Police says church building collapse in east Nepal kills 24, injures 62KATMANDU, Nepal — A church dormitory collapsed on attendees of a Christian conference in eastern Nepal as they slept early Wednesday, killing at least 24 people and injuring an additional 62, police said. Hundreds of civilians flee Pakistan region, signaling anti-Taliban offensive may beginDERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Pakistani soldiers traded rocket and mortar fire with militants on Monday as hundreds of civilians fled the Taliban and al-Qaida’s main stronghold in the northwest. A suicide car bomber killed five people including a prominent tribal elder. Indian investigators exhume bodies of women whose rape, killing angered KashmirSHOPIAN, India — Government investigators were exhuming the bodies Monday of two women whose unsolved rape and murder sparked weeks of enraged protests in Indian-run Kashmir and exposed the deep tensions plaguing this turbulent region. Afghan immigrant pleads not guilty to plotting NYC terror attack with beauty-supply chemicalsNEW YORK — As a suspected al-Qaida operative pleaded not guilty Tuesday to plotting a bomb attack in New York, the city’s police commissioner pronounced the threat neutralized and said there is nothing to fear from the defendant’s three alleged accomplices. Officials: Suspected US missile strike on Taliban base kills 6 militants in NW PakistanDERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — A missile killed six Taliban fighters in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, intelligence officials said, apparently the latest strike in a covert U.S. program that American officials are considering intensifying. Suspected US missile kills 6 in Pakistan, third attack in 24 hoursISLAMABAD — A suspected U.S. missile attack killed six alleged militants in Pakistan just over the border from Afghanistan on Wednesday, intelligence officials said, the third such strike on the al-Qaida and Taliban stronghold in 24 hours. Suicide blasts that killed 17 in NW Pakistan a reminder of the Taliban’s ability to strikeISLAMABAD — The suicide blasts that rocked northwest Pakistan over the weekend signal the Taliban remain a threat despite intensified military operations and unmanned drone attacks targeting the group’s leaders, analysts said Sunday. In a plum presidential nod, India wins the honor of Obama’s first state dinner in NovemberWASHINGTON — And the first state dinner of President Barack Obama’s administration goes to … India. Feds charted struggling NYC immigrant’s path from coffee cart vendor to terrorism plot suspectNEW YORK — It was midsummer in suburban Denver when an unassuming, bearded man pushed a red shopping cart between shelves stacked with hair coloring and nail polish remover. Nepal promises probe into assassinations and “disappearances”UNITED NATIONS — Nepal’s Maoist-dominated government promised Saturday to establish a “disappearance commission” to investigate political killings that the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights says were perpetrated by communist insurgents fighting to overthrow the monarchy. Dig along the Hudson: Excavation at old NY fort site opens window into 18th-century historyFORT EDWARD, N.Y. — A mistake made along the Hudson River is offering archaeologists a rare glimpse into how colonial military engineers built wooden forts, including the key stronghold constructed here by the British during the French and Indian War. AP Exclusive: UN assembly president cites rules fight in Madagascar speech shut-outUNITED NATIONS — U.N. General Assembly President Ali Abdessalam Treki said he was only following the rules when he tried to let Madagascar’s coup leader Andry Rajoelina speak. Analysis: In US Senate, in global conferences, Obama faces nuclear challenges in 2010UNITED NATIONS — In the afterglow of success at his one-day U.N. nuclear summit, a satisfied Barack Obama was also realistic. Suicide car bombings rock northwest Pakistan, killing at least 16 and wounding about 150PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Two suicide attacks killed 16 people and wounded more than 150 in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, showing Taliban militants are still able to strike despite heightened military operations and the slaying of their leader last month. 2 suicide car bombings rock northwest Pakistan, killing at least 14 and wounding scores morePESHAWAR, Pakistan — Two suicide car bombs killed 14 people and wounded scores more in separate attacks in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, just days after the Taliban warned suicide strikes were coming if the military pressed forward with an offensive. 2 suicide car bombings rock northwest Pakistan, killing at least 12 and wounding scores morePESHAWAR, Pakistan — Two suicide car bombs killed at least 12 people and wounded dozens in separate attacks in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, just days after the Taliban warned more suicide strikes were coming if the military pressed forward with an army offensive. 2 car bombings rock northwest Pakistan, killing at least 12 and wounding scores morePESHAWAR, Pakistan — Two car bombs killed at least 12 people and wounded dozens in separate attacks in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, just days after the Taliban warned more suicide strikes were coming if the military pressed forward with an army offensive. Suicide car bombing hits Pakistan’s main northwestern city; 4 killed, dozens woundedPESHAWAR, Pakistan — Police say a car bomb has detonated in a commercial district in Pakistan’s main northwestern city, killing four people and wounding dozens of others. Suicide car bomber hits police station, killing at least 6, wounding 67 in NW PakistanPESHAWAR, Pakistan — A suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden car into a police station Saturday, killing at least six people and wounding almost 70, a sign that insurgents still have the power to strike despite a major military offensive in Pakistan’s northwest. Suicide car bomber targets police station in NW Pakistan, killing at least 2, wounding dozensPESHAWAR, Pakistan — A suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden car into a police station in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least two people and wounding 40 others just days after a militant spokesman warned of more attacks. Ascension of G-20 trades 20th-century alignment for the priorities of a new centuryPITTSBURGH — For the world, apparently, eight is no longer enough. Pakistan’s president gives UN speech alongside portrait of slain wife BhuttoUNITED NATIONS — Pakistan is beginning to claw its way out of the clutches of terrorists and religious extremists after decades of violence, President Asif Ali Zardari said Friday, with a portrait of his assassinated wife, Benazir Bhutto, by his side. Indictment alleges terror suspect Zazi shopped beauty stores for bomb supplies in US plotNEW YORK — Najibullah Zazi went from Pakistan to suburban Denver beauty shops in a hunt for the supplies and skill to make hydrogen peroxide bombs for al-Qaida, authorities charged in papers describing one of the most significant post-9/11 terror threats to the United States. Militant says Pakistani Taliban stronger than ever, warns of suicide attacksMIR ALI, Pakistan — Pakistan’s Taliban movement is stronger than ever despite the killing of its top commander and will stage more suicide attacks if the army launches another offensive against it, a top militant told The Associated Press. Intelligence officials say suspected US missile attack kills 12 in northwestern PakistanMIR ALI, Pakistan — A suspected U.S. missile strike killed 12 people in northwestern Pakistan, intelligence officials said — the latest in a spate of attacks close to the Afghan border that have squeezed al-Qaida and the Taliban. Obama administration applauds Senate passage of Pakistan aid bill as Taliban concerns riseNEW YORK — Alarmed by persistent anti-American sentiment and rising Taliban influence in Pakistan, the Obama administration hailed Thursday’s Senate vote to triple foreign aid to the country. Analysis: Pakistan unlikely to cooperate with stepped-up US missile strikes against militantsISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s doubts about U.S. commitment to the Afghan war make it less likely to cooperate in targeting Taliban commanders said to be directing the insurgency across the border. |
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