Thursday 12 September 2013

Kidnapped


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Kidnapped boy rescued with iPad and 'Find My iPhone' app www.wgst.com
Kidnapped boy rescued with iPad and 'Find My iPhone' app ... A quick-thinking Texas dad was able to help cops track down his kidnapped 5-year-old son with ...
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'Kidnapped' student returns home Kashmir Times
JAMMU, Sep 10: A 16-year-old student of RN Tagore Public School, Gandhi Nagar who was allegedly kidnapped by unidentified persons in a black coloured ...
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Kidnapped Hindu boys of Sindh yet to return home Newstrack India
Islamabad, Sept. 11 (ANI): Two Hindu boys, who have been missing from the Ghotki district in the northern part of Pakistan's Sindh Province, are yet to be traced ...
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Kidnapped by a parent Aljazeera.com
Kidnapped by a parent. What are the challenges of solving international child abductions? Tweet · Pin It · Email. A parent and child on November 5, 2012, ...
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Inquest details kidnapped QS's death Building.co.uk
A quantity surveyor from Oldham was repeatedly shot by kidnappers in Nigeria as a rescue bid got under way, an inquest has heard. Chris McManus, aged 28, ...
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Renowned trader kidnapped in Killa Saifullah Pakistan Daily Times
CHAMAN: A renowned trader Haji Rah Muhammad Achakzai was abducted by unknown men from Nation Highway near Killa Saifullah town on Tuesday.
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Two-year-old girl kidnapped, raped, left bleeding on roadside in ... NDTV
Ludhiana: On a day four men were convicted of the brutal gang-rape of a 23-year-old girl that horrified the nation, a two-year-old girl was hospitalized after being ...
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Two Children Kidnapped In Tulkarem International Middle East Media Center
Tuesday evening [September 10, 2013] Two Palestinian children have been kidnapped by Israeli soldiers invading the Ar-Ras village, south of Tulkarem, in the ...
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Primary school teacher, 2 children kidnapped in Edo Nigerian Tribune
THE raid by kidnappers on teachers in Edo State continued on Monday as a public primary school teacher in Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Area of ...
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Kidnapped Italian journalists expose truth about Syrian "rebels" RenewAmerica
Journalist Pierre Piccinin created a furor lately, testifying in a videotaped interview that, while kidnapped, he had overheard conversations indicating that it was ...
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Firing


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Pistols firing at wrong target Enid News & Eagle
ENID, Okla. — The Oklahoma State athletic department knew this week was going to be a stomach-churner. And after Sports Illustrated ran the first of its planned ...
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Second test firing of Agni-V on Sept 15 Times of India
HYDERABAD: Nearly 17 months since the first test firing of the 5,500 kilometre range Inter Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Agni V on April 19, 2012, the ...
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Firing range will be 'quiet as a washing machine' Swindon Advertiser
NORTH Wiltshire MP James Gray has welcomed clarification on the firing range and noise levels at the new military training facility at the former RAF Lyneham ...
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UPDATE: Williams speaks about firing from GSU Monroe News Star
Longtime Grambling player and coach Doug Williams was fired by the University on Wednesday morning, Williams confirmed to The News-Star. Williams ...
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Oracle's Australian skipper in firing line for calling America's Cup ... Brisbane Times
Day on the Bay: Team New Zealand leads Oracle Team USA as they pass in front of the San Francisco skyline during race 5 of the America's Cup Finals.
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ZTBL hold mis-firing PAF to draw The News International
ZTBL hold mis-firing PAF to draw. our correspondent. Wednesday, September 11, 2013. From Print Edition. KARACHI: A series of missed chances deprived ...
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Syria in the firing line Pakistan Observer
Thursday, September 12, 2013 - Having forcibly changed Kadhafi's regime in Syria, the US and its western allies are now fully focused towards Syria since early ...
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Falling dominoes: Firing of Brown, Kiffin would have ripple effect CBSSports.com
Two of the most storied programs in college football are under the microscope in this, the opening month of the 2013 season. Texas and USC have followed the ...
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Parolee arrested after firing shots into ground in Redlands Redlands Daily Facts
REDLANDS>> A man arrested Tuesday night after gunshots were fired into the ground is a parolee who has given different spellings of his name and multiple ...
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Businessman held for firing during Ganesh procession Times of India
SURAT: Police on Wednesday arrested the 63-year-old businessman, who allegedly fired in the air during Ganesh Chaturthi procession, leaving a woman ...
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Tuesday 3 September 2013

79 killed, 202 injured in bomb blasts across Pakistan in August

ISLAMABAD, At least 79 people were killed and 202 others got injured in 19 bomb blasts including one suicide attack that took place across Pakistan during the month of August, according to official statistics.
The official data revealed that the suicide blast that targeted police in southwest of Pakistan killed 39 and injured 40 others.
August was the only month this year, in which less than one hundred killings took place in the bomb attacks by the militants.
Since the Pakistan's incumbent government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif hinted to hold peace talks with militants, especially Pakistani Taliban, a drop was seen in the number of lethal attacks in the country.
Out of 19 attacks, only three were of serious nature that targeted security forces, police and civilians.
The worst one of them was witnessed on Aug. 8, when a suicide bomber attacked a mosque located in the Police Lines in the southwestern provincial capital of Quetta where hundreds of policemen and civilians were gathering to attend the funeral of their colleague who was shot dead by militants. At least 39 people including 16 policemen and five police officers were killed and 40 others injured in the attack that was later claimed by the Pakistani Taliban.
One day before the Quetta blast, a remote controlled bomb explosion targeted the spectators who were leaving a football stadium after watching a match in the southern port city of Karachi, killing 11 and leaving 26 others injured.
During the period, 16 occasions civilians were the direct target of the militants' bomb attacks in 16 occasions that killed 40 people and injured 154 others.
Security personnel and policemen came under attack three times directly in which 25 personnel lost their lives while 48 others sustained injuries.
Militant conducted two direct attacks at security forces during the month and killed four personnel besides leaving eight others injured.
On Aug. 22, at least four security personnel were killed when a roadside bomb blast targeted an army convoy when security personnel were returning to their unit after conducting peaceful by-elections in Karachi.
Pakistan's northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa that was always the soft target of the militants remained unhurt as there was no causality reported in any blast.
South Western province of Balochistan was the worst hit province with nine attacks followed by five blasts in northwestern tribal regions and four in southern province of Sindh.
The country's most populated eastern province of Punjab, that contains 60 percent of total population, was hit once when a bomb ripped through a train cabin in the Toba Tek Singh district of the province.
Majority of the bomb blasts were carried out with Improvised Explosive Device (IED) by planting it on roadsides or fixing it in vehicles.
Most of the attacks remained unclaimed.
Experts believed that less number of bomb attacks would be seen in September as the government has postponed the execution of Taliban prisoners and has been working to start dialogue with militants. In August, Pakistani government ordered a temporary stay of executions of prisoners days before they were due to be hanged and the decision was welcomed by Taliban.
by Jamil Bhatti