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  Militants seize Iraq border post, kill 30 troops

  World | June 21, 2014 17:19 IST

  Baghdad: Sunni militants have seized an Iraqi crossing on the border with Syria after a daylong battle in which they killed some 30 Iraqi troops, security officials said today.The capture of the Qaim border crossing

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  BSF kills Pakistani intruder near Amritsar

  India | May 22, 2014 17:00 IST

  Amritsar: The Border Security Force (BSF) said Thursday it had gunned down a Pakistani national trying to sneak into India.The incident happened Wednesday night near a border outpost Naushera Dhalla in the Amritsar sector of

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  Protesters force Thai PM to flee meeting after 3 killed

  World | May 15, 2014 15:59 IST

  Bangkok: Anti-government protesters today forced acting Thai premier to flee a meeting, hours after a grenade and gun attack on their camp left three persons dead even as the army warned of using force to

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  Nine killed in tempo-truck crash near Mysore

  India | May 14, 2014 15:44 IST

  Bangalore: Nine people, among them three children and three women, were killed early Wednesday in a road accident near Mysore, a police official said.The people were travelling in a tempo (mini bus), which collided with

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  'Smart'device that engineers cells to kill cancer

  April 19, 2014 22:54 IST

  New York : In a path-breaking discovery, biologists have created a new technology for modifying human cells to create therapeutics that could travel the body and selectively target and kill cancer cells without disrupting healthy

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  Twitter may kill hashtags,at-replies

  March 23, 2014 17:55 IST

  New Delhi: Microblogging website Twitter is planning to get rid of the hashtags and the @replies, according to a report on BuzzFeed. The BuzzFeed claims that its report is based on the comments of Vivian Schiller,

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  Nigeria: Attacks on Christians kill at least 100

  World | March 16, 2014 21:19 IST

  Kano: Officials say Fulani Muslim herders attacked three Christian villages and killed more than 100 civilians. Hundreds of thatched-roof huts were set ablaze.Thousands have been killed in recent years in competition for land and water

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  Mortar attacks kill 10 in Syria

  World | February 20, 2014 8:42 IST

  Damascus: A total of 10 people, including two children, were killed and many wounded Wednesday in mortar attacks, state media reported.Five people, including two kids, were killed in separate mortar attacks against areas in the

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  Government airstrikes kill at least 32 in Syria

  World | December 22, 2013 23:32 IST

  Beirut: Syrian aircraft pummeled an opposition neighborhood in the northern city of Aleppo on Sunday, killing at least 32 people and extending the government's furious aerial bombardment of the rebel-held half of the divided city

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  Syrian activists: Airstrike death toll rises to 76

  World | December 16, 2013 18:07 IST

  Beirut: Syrian government aircraft pounded opposition areas near the southern border with Jordan and in the northern city of Aleppo on Monday, a day after a series of airstrikes on the contested city killed at

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  Air raids kill at least 22 in Syria's Aleppo

  World | December 15, 2013 18:48 IST

  Beirut: Syrian activists say government air raids have killed at least 22 people, including 14 children, in the northern city of Aleppo.The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the aircraft dropped barrel bombs on

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  17 militants killed in Afghanistan, 10 surrender

  World | November 04, 2013 20:29 IST

  Kabul: Seventeen Taliban militants have been killed while 10 others have surrendered in two days of counter-insurgency operations in conflict-ridden Afghanistan, officials said Monday."Personnel of national police in conjunction with the national army and the

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  CISF jawan kills inspector in Kolkata, arrested

  India | October 20, 2013 21:49 IST

  Kolkata: A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) jawan on Sunday gunned down his senior officer here following a heated argument and was remanded to 14 days police custody.The incident happened inside the CISF camp in

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  Pak troops kill Indian army jawan in LoC firing

  India | October 15, 2013 23:00 IST

  Jammu:  An Army jawan was killed Tuesday night when Pakistani troops opened fire at Indian forward posts in Balakote sub-sector along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district in what is stated to be

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  Porsche Supercup Championship: British racer Edwards killed in crash

  Other Sports | October 15, 2013 17:38 IST

  Brisbane: Porsche Supercup Championship leader Sean Edwards died Tuesday in a crash during a training drive in Australia.   Porsche Motorsport said on its website that the 26-year-old Edwards, the son of former Formula One driver

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  Another car bomb explosion in Iraq kills 17

  World | October 13, 2013 19:46 IST

  New Delhi: The surge of violence continues in Iraq as a car bomb explosion hit the vegetable market in Samarra city killing 17, yesterday.Atleast 35 were wounded, when a   pickup truck packed with explosives blew

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  15 killed in suicide attack in Pakistan on pro-government warlord

  World | October 03, 2013 23:45 IST

  Peshawar: A Taliban suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into the headquarters of a pro-government militant commander in northwest Pakistan today, killing at least 15 people.The bomber targeted the office of warlord Mullah Nabi Hanafi

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  Wave of car bombs across Baghdad kills 51

  World | September 30, 2013 18:26 IST

  Baghdad: A wave of car bombs struck mainly in Shiite neighbourhoods of Baghdad today morning, killing at least 51 people and wounding dozens more, officials said, the latest in relentless violence roiling Iraq in recent

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  50 students killed as militants storm college in Nigeria

  World | September 29, 2013 20:26 IST

  Abuja: At least 50 students were killed in their sleep by suspected Boko Haram militants as they opened fire in a college dormitory in northeast Nigeria, in the latest violence blamed on the dreaded Islamist

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  Car bomb kills 30 in town north of Syrian capital

  World | September 27, 2013 23:40 IST

  Beirut: A car bomb exploded near a mosque north of the Syrian capital as worshippers emerged from Friday prayers, killing at least 30 people, causing part of the building's roof to collapse and littering the