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  Gunmen Assassinate Army General In Damascus

  World | February 11, 2012 22:57 IST

  Beirut, Feb 11: Gunmen assassinated an army general in Damascus on Saturday in the first killing of a high ranking military officer in the Syrian capital since the uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime began

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  26 Shiites Killed In Pakistan By Gunmen

  World | September 20, 2011 22:55 IST

  Islamabad, Sep 20: Bike-borne unidentified gunmen today shot dead at least 26 Shia Muslim pilgrims in cold-blood in southwest Pakistan's Balochistan province after forcing them out of a bus.A bus carrying Shia pilgrims, which was

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  5 School Children Killed By Taliban Militants In Northwest Pak

  World | September 13, 2011 22:04 IST

  Islamabad, Sep 13: Taliban militants today ambushed a school van on the outskirts of Peshawar city in northwest Pakistan, killing five children and the driver and injuring 18 others in an attack directed against members

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  Gunmen Ambush Police Van In Karachi; 4 Personnel Shot Dead

  World | August 20, 2011 11:34 IST

  Karachi, Aug 20:   Four elite police commandos were killed and around 35 others injured when their van was ambushed by unidentified gunmen in a troubled area of this Pakistani port city which has witnessed 70

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  Gunmen Take Swiss Couple To Pakistani Tribal Area

  World | July 03, 2011 18:24 IST

  Quetta, July 03: Gunmen who kidnapped two Swiss tourists in a volatile southwestern Pakistani province have taken them to a neighboring tribal area that was once a Taliban stronghold, a senior government official said Sunday.The

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  Pak Minority Affairs Minister Killed

  World | March 02, 2011 15:35 IST

  Islamabad, Mar 2: Pakistan's Minority Affairs Minister Shahbaz Bhatti, a Christian who had sought changes in the controversial blasphemy law, was today assassinated in a gun attack here, the second top leader of the ruling