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Two cops killed, one injured in Kashmir ambush

SRINAGAR - Three policemen were injured Tuesday evening when separatist guerrillas ambushed a police patrol in Kashmir’s Pampore town, a police official said. Two of them succumbed to their injuries in hospital.

Three cops wounded in south Kashmir ambush

SRINAGAR - Three policemen were injured Tuesday evening when separatist guerrillas ambushed a police patrol in Kashmir’s Pampore town, a police official said.

Maoists warn of action against corrupt Bihar officials

PATNA - Maoist guerrillas in Bihar have warned of action against dishonest officials if rampant corruption is not curbed in the implementation of government sponsored welfare shemes, police said Tuesday.

Kashmiri braveheart Rukhsana gets job in police

JAMMU - Nineteen-year-old Rukhsana, who killed a Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Abu Osama in September this year, will be awarded Rs.2.5 lakh and a job with the Jammu and Kashmir Police for her bravery, authorities said Tuesday.

Suicide bombing at Peshawar Press Club kills four (Third Lead)

ISLAMABAD - At least four people were killed and 17 injured in the Pakistani frontier city of Peshawar Tuesday when a teenaged suicide bomber blew himself up outside the Press Club packed with journalists.

Pakistan in terrible trouble: Farooq Abdullah

BANGALORE - Pakistan was in “terrible trouble this time” due to unabated violence, terror attacks and suicide bombings, union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah said here Tuesday when three people were killed in a blast outside the Peshawar Press Club.

2010 will be bloodier if offensive is launched: Maoist leader Kishanji (IANS Interview)

NEW DELHI - If 2009 was bad, 2010 would be “bloodier” if the government goes ahead with its planned offensive against the Maoist jungle bases, a top guerrilla leader has vowed while warning of more retaliatory violence in the months to come.

Three killed in blast outside Peshawar Press Club (Second Lead)

ISLAMABAD - A suicide bombing outside the Press Club in the Pakistan provincial capital of Peshawar Tuesday killed at least three people and injured many, including several reporters.

Suicide bombing outside Peshawar Press Club, one killed

ISLAMABAD - A suicide bombing outside the Press Club in Peshawar Tuesday has killed at least one person and injured many, including several reporters.

Four cops injured in West Bengal landmine blast

KOLKATA - Four police personnel were injured in a landmine blast in West Bengal’s Maoist-stronghold of West Midnapore district, police said Tuesday.

Jihadists mourn death of top Al Qaeda leader’s mother

Cairo, Dec 22 (IANS/AKI) Jihadist websites were flooded with messages of condolences to Al Qaeda’s second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahiri over his mother’s death. Umayma Azzam, died Sunday from a heart complaint in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, at the age of 75.

Jihadists mourn death of top Al Qaeda leader’s mother

Cairo, Dec 22 (IANS/AKI) Jihadist websites were flooded with messages of condolences to Al Qaeda’s second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahiri over his mother’s death. Umayma Azzam, died Sunday from a heart complaint in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, at the age of 75.

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Five killed in Iraq suicide bombing

MOSUL - Five people were killed and seven injured in a suicide bombing in a northern Iraqi town Monday, police said.

3 militants killed as Taliban storm Afghan police unit

KABUL - Afghan security forces killed three militants Monday after a group of Taliban fighters attacked a police station in eastern Afghanistan, officials said.

Now police unsure about Goa blast links to Sadhvi, Purohit

PANAJI - Police here Monday refused to acknowledge that the Diwali-eve blasts in Goa had any links with Sadhvi Pragya Singh and Col. Shrikant Purohit, accused in the September 2008 blast in Malegaon.

Less cross-border terror, but India saw Maoist surge (Flashback 2009)

NEW DELHI - After the horror and shame of 26/11, India had a relatively terror-free year in 2009, attributed largely to the covert and overt measures the government undertook. But even as the country was spared cross-border terrorism, Maoist guerrillas emerged as a big security threat.

Children in Bihar appeal to Maoists not to target schools

PATNA - Hundreds of poor school children in Bihar’s Aurangabad district have appealed to Maoist guerrillas not to damage or target their schools as it impacts their education badly.

Maoists blow up building in Jharkhand

RANCHI - Maoist guerrillas blew up a community building in Jharkhand’s Bokaro district as it was used by the security personnel in the recently concluded elections, police said Monday.

Two killed in police firing in West Midnapore district

KOLKATA - Two people were killed when security forces opened fire on suspected Maoists at Kalaboni village in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district Sunday night.

Maoists abduct two cops, kill two CPI-M workers

KOLKATA - Suspected Maoist rebels killed two Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) workers and abducted two policemen in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district Sunday, police said.

Mumbai-style attack on London feared next year

LONDON - Islamist terrorists are planning a Mumbai-style attack on London early next year with handguns, bombs and hostage-taking, senior security officials have told city authorities, while admitting commandos are unprepared to cope with such an assault.

Maoists damage Orissa’s power generation unit

BHUBANESWAR - Maoist guerrillas damaged a part of Balimela power generation unit in Malkangiri district of Orissa, police said Sunday.

Scotland Yard warns of Mumbai-style terror strike on London

LONDON - A Mumbai-style terror attack could take place in London, Scotland Yard has warned business houses in the city, a media report said Sunday.

Incredulity over Kasab’s claim that Headley interrogated him (Superseding earlier story deleting words from para 10)

CHICAGO - Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab’s claim that he was interrogated by accused Mumbai terror plot planner David Coleman Headley has been dismissed with mild incredulity here.

Three BSF men injured in Pakistani firing

JAMMU - Three troopers of the Border Security Force (BSF) were injured Saturday when Pakistani troops fired at a forward Indian border post in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, an official said.

Incredulity over Kasab’s claim that Headley interrogated him

CHICAGO - Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab’s claim that he was interrogated by accused Mumbai terror plot planner David Coleman Headley has been dismissed with mild incredulity here.

AGP questions government on handcuffing ULFA chairman

GUWAHATI - Assam’s main opposition Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) has questioned the government for allowing Arabinda Rajkhowa, the arrested chairman of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), to be handcuffed, saying such a move would take the peace process to nowhere.

Policeman killed in Maoist attack

RANCHI - A policeman was killed and two othes were injured when Maoist guerrillas exploded a landmine in Palamau district of Jharkhand, police said Saturday.

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