Pak: Blasts rock music show, 9 hurt
Lahore, May 2: Two low-intensity blasts occurred near a popular cafe here today, at a time when a musical performance was underway, injuring nine people. A director of the theatre group that operates the cafe, told PTI the two devices exploded within 20 minutes of each other.
PTI
The Asian Age, May 3, 2010
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Terror bid foiled at Times Square
New York, May 2: The police today foiled a major terror attack by defusing an “amateurish” but potentially powerful crude car bomb in the heart of the New York city’s famous tourist hub of Times Square, averting what could have been a “very deadly event” in the US. Pak Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attempt.
PTI
The Tribune, May 3, 2010
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Maoists block supplies to CRPF
Raipur, May 2: Essential supplies have been airdropped to a CRPF contingent in Naxal-hit Dantewada region after Chhattisgarh Police is believed to have dragged its feet in ensuring safe passage of rations due to heavy Maoist presence blocking supplies by road.
PTI
The Tribune, May 3, 2010
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Maoists blast Orissa School
Koraput (Orissa), May 2: Armed Maoists triggered explosions at a government-run residential school for tribal girls, barely few metres away from a BSF camp in the district, the police said on Sunday. About 200 ultras stormed the school premises at Dhepaguda under Narayapatna area and set off at least three blasts last night, causing extensive damage to furniture and other goods.
PTI
The Tribune, May 3, 2010
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Afghan suicide attack outside CIA base kills 1
A suicide attack killed one civilian on Monday outside a CIA base in eastern Afghanistan where the agency suffered one of the worst attacks in its history in December, an Afghan official said. Two security guards were wounded in the blast outside Camp Chapman in Khost province. The suicide bomber in the attack was in a vehicle packed with explosives.
The Times of India, May 4, 2010
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Another gas attack on Afghan girls’ school, 22 ill
Kabul, May 4: Twenty-two Kabul schoolgirls and three teachers fell suddenly ill and were hospitalised on Tuesday in what Afghan authorities described as the fourth suspected poison gas attack on a girls’ school in weeks. The incident was the first in the comparitively secure capital after three suspected poison attacks on girls’ schools in the northern city of Kunduz over the past few weeks and several at provincial schools last year.
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The Indian Express, May 5, 2010
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ISI-backed bombing plot by Khalistan group foiled
New Delhi: Security agencies have unearthed yet another ISI-scripted terror plot with the arrest of Khalistan Commando Force (KCF) terrorist Nirmal Singh alias Nimma, who was tasked to attack Adampur Air Force station in Punjab and recruit locals from villages along Indo-Pakistan border to set up a terror network.
Times News Network
The Times of India, May 5, 2010
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LeT plot to target IT hub of Hyderabad foiled
New Delhi, May 4: A massive crackdown on sleeper cells of Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) was being carried out nationwide and three such modules were busted so far which included the terror group’s nefarious design to target Hyderabad Information Technology Engineering Consultancy City (HITEC city). Raids were being carried at nearly a dozen places throughout the country following reports of sleeper cells of LeT mushrooming in suburban and urban areas, government sources said.
PTI
The Tribune, May 5, 2010
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Major, jawan killed in Kashmir gunbattle
Srinagar: An Army major and a rifleman were killed on Tuesday in a five-minute exchange of fire with a militant in Kashmir, in the midst of darkness and a heavy downpour. The incident took place on mountainous and forested terrain in the village of Chittibandi, Bandipora, 60 km north of Srinagar.
Peerzada Ashiq
Hindustan Times, May 6, 2010
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Taliban suicide squad targets Afghan govt compound
Kabul — Taliban suicide bombers disguised as police attacked a government compound Wednesday in southwestern Afghanistan in an assault that left 13 people dead, including a provincial council member and all nine attackers, authorities said.
The Indian Express, May 6, 2010
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Maoists kill three more
Kolkata: Suspected Maoists gunned down three persons in three separate incidents in the Lalgarh region of Paschim Medinipur district late on Tuesday. While one of the victims was a local Congress leader, the other two were supporters of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). Unidentified assailants raided the house of Bikash Mahato, working president of the Congress' Baghmuri block, in Baghmuri village late on Tuesday. His bullet-riddled body was found lying on a road near his house on Wednesday. Maoist posters were found near the body claiming that he had been awarded capital punishment for spying on behalf of the police.
Staff Reporter
The Hindu, May 6, 2010
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Six militants, two jawans killed in Baramulla
Srinagar, May 7: Six militants and two jawans were killed in two encounters in the forest area in Baramulla district since yesterday. The spokesman said five more militants and two jawans also lost their lives in another gunfight.
Tribune News Service
The Tribune, May 8, 2010
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Pirates hijack tanker with 19 Indian crew
Nairobi: Somali pirates armed with rocket- propelled grenades and automatic guns hijacked a chemical tanker off East Africa with 22 crew members, a majority of them Indians, on board, the European Union Naval force said.
AP
The Asian Age, May 9, 2010
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Now, Naxal posters appear in Bathinda
Bathinda, May 8: Just days after controversial posters motivating people to join the Naxalite movement were found pasted in Zira town of Ferozepur district, the same were witnessed here today. The incident created a flutter among the people of the Malwa belt, which had already witnessed the stirrings of the Naxalite movement in the early 1970s. Unidentified persons, who pasted the posters, opted for selective spots as most of them were witnessed at the entrance of the district courts complex, the Multania road and the grid sub-station of the electricity department, located on the Power House road.
Rajay Deep / Tribune News Service
Sunday Tribune, May 9, 2010
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Taliban threaten new attacks in Afghanistan
Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan — The Taliban say they will launch new attacks this coming week against “foreigners and their surrogates” across Afghanistan. The threat was e-mailed to reporters on Saturday from an address used by the militants. It is said the offensive starting Monday will include assassinations, roadside bombs and suicide attacks.
AP
Sunday Pioneer, May 9, 2010
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Maoists hit CRPF in Chhattisgarh
Raipur: Maoists killed eight Central Reserve Police Force jawans in a mine blast in Chhattisgarh on Saturday. This was the first major attack on the CRPF since the massacre of 76 men from the force little more than a month ago. A bulletproof vehicle carrying the CRPF men was returning to their camp in Bijapur with rations, after a road-opening mission, when it hit the landmine. It was blown into a mangled heap, and its occupants died on the spot.
Ejaz Kaiser
Sunday Hindustan Times, May 9, 2010
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Maoists gun down CPI-M leader
Jhargram (WB): In a midnight attack, armed Maoists dragged out a local CPI-M leader from his house and gunned him down at Lodhasoli in West Midnapore's Jhargram area, the police said on Saturday.
ENS & PTI
The Sunday Express, May 9, 2010
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Terror attack wave hits Iraq
Baghdad: A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a textile factory on Monday in a crowd that gathered after two car bombings at the same spot in the worst of a series of attacks that killed at least 84 people across Iraq, the deadliest day this year. The violence added to fears that political uncertainty could further destabilize the country. More than two months after the March 7 elections, there is still no new government in sight and the negotiations to form one could drag on for months more as US troops prepare to withdraw.
AGENCIES
The Times of India, May 11, 2010
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Pak: 4 killed in 2 separate explosions
Islamabad- Four people, including two minor girls were killed in terrorism related incident on Wednesday in Pakistan, the official said.
The Asian age, May 13, 2010
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Maoists kills 2 village guards
Bhubaneswar: Suspected Maoists on Wednesday killed two village guards (chowkidars) at Katma Village in Gajapati district, nearly 300km from here, even as a group of CRPF jawans was engaged in a fierce gun battle with the rebels in the Serenda forest in Sundergarh districts.
The Asian Age, May 13, 2010
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Cops shot dead in Andhra, terror attack suspected
Hyderabad: A police constable was killed and two of his colleagues injured when three masked motorcycle-borne assailants pumped bullets at a police party on picket duty in the communally sensitive Old City of Hyderabad on Friday.
HT Correspondent
Hindustan Times, May 15, 2010
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Bombers attack soccer game in north Iraq, 8 dead
Mosul, Iraq (Reuters) - Insurgents attacked players and spectators at a soccer match on Friday in volatile northern Iraq, killing eight and wounding 120 as al Qaeda warned of "dark days colored in blood" for the country's Shi'ite majority. One attacker drove a pick-up truck full of explosives onto the soccer pitch, targeting athletes, while two suicide bombers strolled into the crowd of onlookers, the police and witnesses said.
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The Tribune, May 15, 2010
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Mumbai-Style Assassination Plot Foiled In Indonesia
Ali Kotarumalos
Jakarta: Indonesian police announced Friday they had uncovered and foiled a plot to assassinate the president and other top officials, massacre foreigners in Mumbai-style attacks and declare an Islamic state. The plot also included taking over hotels and killing foreigners, especially Americans, in violence that would have been reminiscent of the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
AP
The Indian Express, May 15, 2010
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60 govt officials abducted in Pakistan
Islamadab: Armed militants on Saturday abducted over 60 government employees, working for the state-owned Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA), in Pakistan’s lawless tribal areas. “The latest information we have is that no less than 60 men have been kidnapped. The exact figure can be a bit more as we are looking for some missing WAPDA workers,” a government official told this newspaper. He said the militants were dressed as policemen when they stopped the vehicles of the abductees in the Kurram Agency.
Shafqat Ali
The Asian Age, May 16, 2010
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Naxals kill 6 in Chhattisgarh, 2 shot by cops
Raipur /Malkangiri, 16 MAY: Maoist guerrillas killed six civilians, including a village head, in Chhattisgarh’s Rajnandgaon district on Sunday, accusing the villagers of being police informers, while two rebels were killed in a gunfight with police in Dantewada district, officials said.
SNS & Agencies
The Statesman, May 17, 2010
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Suspected Maoists kill CPI(M) supporter
Kolkata: A supporter of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) was killed in West Bengal's Paschim Medinipur district on Sunday, even as the joint security forces deployed in the region were put on alert ahead of a 48-hour bandh called by the Maoists from Tuesday in five States — West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa and Chhattisgarh. The bandh is in protest against security operations against them and on issues including the Centre's policies on the Indian Premier League and the alleged scam involving the auction of 2G spectrum.
Ananya Dutta
The Hindu, May 17, 2010
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Maoists kill 7 ‘informers’
Raipur: Maoists have again demonstrated that they believe in torturous killing as the only way of dispensing ‘justice’. The red brigade executed seven suspected police informers in two separate incidents in Chhattisgarh and West Bengal since Saturday night. Six persons, including a village headman, were killed in Chhattisgarh’s Teregaon, Rajnandgaon district, about 150 km west of Raipur, after trying them in a Maoist ‘court’.
Ejaz Kaiser
Hindustan Times, May 17, 2010
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Naxals kill cop in Orissa
Suspected Maoists gunned the down a police constable in Orissa's Malkangiri district on Sunday, the police said. Ramachandra Rao, who was posted at the police outpost at Padia, was on duty at the weekly tribal haat (market) when three ultras shot him dead.
PTI, MALKANGIRI
Hindustan Times, May 17, 2010
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Four Colombian Soldiers killed, 7 wounded in Guerrilla Ambush
Bogota – At least four Colombian soldiers were killed and seven others were wounded, including a colonel, in an ambush by leftist rebels in the western jungle province of Choco, officials said. A military operation is underway in the region to try to locate the fighters with the FARC’s 54th Front who ambushed the army patrol. The FARC, which is Colombia’s main leftist insurgency and is classified as a terrorist group by the United States and the European Union, has fought a succession of Colombian governments for decades.
Latin American, Herald Tribune
Email from Mr. Mayer Nudell dated May 17, 2010
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44 killed as Maoists blow up bus in Dantewada
Dantewada / Khammam / Bhopal : Just over a month after the Maoists gunned down 76 CRPF personnel in Chintalnar, the red extremists struck again, blowing up a bus carrying around 50 people, including 18 special police officers (SPO), around 4:15pm on Monday near Sukma in Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. Only six people -- all seriously injured -- are learnt to be alive, with the rest, including women and children, killed. Among those admitted to hospital are four civilians and two SPOs, said a senior police officer. The Maoists triggered an improvised explosive device (IED) on a black-top road at Chingavaram between Dantewada and Sukma as the bus winded through a 40-km stretch of dense forest. The massive explosion, which left a 10-feet deep crater, took place within two days of Maoist spokesman Azad issuing a statement -- first reported in TOI -- congratulating the Maoist `army' for "wiping out 80 CRPF mercenaries" and promising more such attacks.
Times News Network
The Times of India, May 18, 2010
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Naxals kill local Cong leader in Jharkhand
Ranchi: Maoists shot dead a local Congress leader inside his vehicle and set it on fire, the police said on Monday, in what is being suspected as a target killing by the rebels to avenge anti-Naxalite operations. The rebels have been bringing out posters and banners threatening Congressmen to put pressure on the Congress high command to halt anti-Naxalite operations in the Maoist-hit states.
Manoj Prasad
The Indian Express, May 18, 2010
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2 jawans killed in ambush near LoC
Jammu : Two Armymen were killed and three injured as suspected militants ambushed an Army vehicle near the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district on Tuesday evening. The jawans were taken unaware by the militants who were hiding and opened fire from the front, killing driver of the vehicle and the jawan sitting by his side on the spot.
Express news service
The Indian Express, May 19, 2010
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Taliban hit NATO convoy, 18 killed
Kabul: A Taliban suicide bomber drove his minivan into a NATO convoy on Tuesday, killing 18 people, including five US soldiers and 12 civilians in the deadliest strike on the capital in over a year. The attacker detonated the car bomb during rush hours, unleashing blood and chaos on a street running along parliament and a few government ministries. Women and children in a bus caught in traffic were among the victims.
The Times of India, May 19, 2010
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Fidayeen attack leaves 13 dead in northwest Pak
Peshawar: A suicide bomber blew himself up near a police vehicle in Pakistan's troubled northwest on Tuesday, killing 13 people, including a senior police officer, and injuring 15 others. The bomber, who was riding a bicycle, exploded his explosive vest as the police van passed through Kachi Paind Khan neighbourhood on the outskirts of Dera Ismail Khan city in Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa province, the police said.
The Times of India, May 19, 2010
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Maoists kill 5 CRPF men in Lalgarh
Kolkata: A high-intensity blast triggered by Maoists killed five CRPF personnel, including an officer of the rank of deputy commandant, near Lalgarh in West Midnapore district of West Bengal on Wednesday. Another CRPF man was severely injured. The attack came just a day after Union home minister reiterated his offer of unconditional talks if the Maoists observed a ceasefire for 72 hours. The Maoists chose to strike on the second day of their five-state bandh in West Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh.
Monalisa Chaudhuri
The Asian Age, May 20, 2010
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Maoists play with fire
Patna: Causing disruption of railway services at many places, the Maoists in the wee hours of Thursday set on fire as many as 14 diesel train tankers and damaged a railway track during their two-day bandh call. The rebels targeted oil tankers of a goods train near Pipra railway station in Motihari and set them afire after blasting off the railway track. The incident occurred at around 3 am at Chintamani village of the district.
Amarnath Tewary
The Pioneer, May 21, 2010
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Pak Taliban blow up two 'American spies'
Islamabad: Taliban militants blew up two men, accusing them of spying for the US, with explosives at a public place in Pakistan's lawless North Waziristan tribal region, intelligence and local sources said on Friday.
The Times of India, May 22, 2010
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Five killed by Maoists in Bihar
Sheohar (Bihar): Maoists raided a village in Bihar's Sheohar district and shot dead five persons late last night. Around 150 armed Maoists raided Ramban Bazaar and shot dead the villagers and burnt 15 shops, the deputy inspector general of police (Tirhut) Pankaj Darad said today.
The Sunday Express, May 23, 2010
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25 Kg RDX seized from militant hideout in Kishtwar
Jammu, May 22 An arms cache, including 25 kg of RDX and two improvised explosive devices, was seized by security forces from a militant hideout in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday. On a tip-off, Rashtriya Rifle (RR) troops assisted by police launched a search operation and smashed a militant hideout in Dachan area, about 270 kms from here, police said.
The Sunday Express, May 23, 2010
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Maoists attack CRPF patrol
Kolkata: Maoists again attacked a CRPF patrol in Jangalmahal area of West Midnapore district in West Bengal yesterday prior to the gunning down of two CPM cadres at nearby Jhargram town. One CRPF personnel was also injured. Maoist posters and literature were strewn around, with one poster carrying the warning of “more such attacks if the joint action force was not withdrawn and innocent villagers of Lalgarh-Jangalmahal area not released”.
Subhrangshu Gupta / TNS
The Tribune, May 24, 2010
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Maoists kill 3 C’garh villagers, 6 missing
Raipur: Suspected Maoists on Tuesday killed three of the 20 villagers abducted by them on May 23 from Gopalpatnam police station area in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district. According to the reports, 11 hostages, including a woman, were released by the rebels in the morning, while six others still remained untraced. The police confirmed the reports of the killing of three villagers by the ultras. “We have received reports that Maoists killed three villagers and set free 17 others held captive by them,” Bijapur district superintendent of police (SP) told this newspaper.
Rabindra Nath Choudhury
The Asian Age, May 26, 2010
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Maoists on rampage in West Midnapore
Kolkata : On the second day of the 48-hour-long bandh called by the PCAPA, the Maoists went on a rampage in West Midnapore district. The rebels shot at a noted social activist, Debashish Banerjee, in a market at Manikpara under Jhargram Police Station. According to an eyewitness, five Maoists riding two bikes fired six rounds at him. His cousin Babloo tried to save him and was shot at by the rebels.
Express News Service
The Indian Express, May 26, 2010
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Naxal attack
Raipur: A BJP leader was today shot dead by Maoists in Chhatisgarh’s Dantewada district, the police said.
PTI
The Statesman, May 27, 2010
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80 dead as Taliban storm Lahore mosques
Lahore, May 28: Terror struck Pakistan's heartland of Punjab today as heavily-armed Taliban gunmen wearing suicide vests stormed two mosques packed with Friday worshippers from minority Ahmadi sect here, killing over 80 people and injuring scores in the fist major attack in Lahore since March. Among the dead in attacks on the mosques located in the upscale Model Town and the heavily-congested area of Garhi Shahu was a retired Lt General and a journalist, officials said.
The Tribune, May 29, 2010
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Maoists target train, 140 dead
Kolkata,Jhargram (WB), May 28: In the worst-ever train accident caused by Maoists, at least 76 passengers were killed and over 200 injured at the wee hours last night in the Maoists-infested west Midnapore district near Kharagpur. The death toll may go up further since some passengers were still trapped inside the fallen bogies and the condition of several injured passengers in the hospitals was stated to be critical, the state home secretary told media persons at Writers’ Buildings. The accident occurred following the derailment of 13 passengers-packed bogies of the Mumbai-bound Lokmanya-Gyanashari superfast train, while it was running between Sardia and Khemaguri around 1-20 am. After the derailment, three bogies jumped over to the adjacent track when a goods train coming from the opposite direction hit and smashed them, with all the passengers trapped inside.
Subhrangshu Gupta / PTI
The Tribune, May 29, 2010
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Maoists blow up panchayat office
Behrampur: Maoists blew up buildings of a panchayat office and a warehouse attached to it at Kangurkonda village under Kalimela police station in Malkangiri district in the wee hours of Sunday. It was the third panchayat building damaged by Maoists in Malkangiri district in May.
Staff Reporter
The Hindu, May 31, 2010
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Food for Thought
Fear Nothing
You already have the courage to "Face, Explore, Accept and Respond" to fear. All you have to do is move beyond inertia and discover your true potential. Then, courage will enable you take action in spite of fear.
Email from Sysman dated May 7, 2010
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