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  Wave of car bombings in Iraq kills at least 58

  World | July 29, 2013 23:47 IST

  Baghdad, Jul 29: More than a dozen explosions, mainly from car bombs, ripped through marketplaces, parking lots, a cafe and rush-hour crowds in Iraq on Monday, killing at least 58 people and pushing the country's

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  Hindus, Shias, other minorities worse off in Pakistan: US report

  World | July 18, 2013 16:12 IST

  Washington, July 18: The already poor religious freedom environment for Christians, Ahmadis and Hindus has continued to deteriorate in Pakistan over the last eighteen months, according to a US body monitors violations of religious freedom

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  22 killed, 60 injured in twin blasts at Shia mosque in Quetta

  World | June 30, 2013 23:44 IST

  Islamabad, Jun 30: Two bomb blasts near a Shiite mosque killed at least 22 people in Pakistan's southwestern city of Quetta today. The blasts near Abu Talib Imambargah at the Shiite- majority Hazara town also

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  The how and why of Shia killings in Pakistan

  World | January 29, 2013 15:23 IST

  Lahore: On Jan 10, over 100 people were killed and 200 injured in a spate of bombings in Quetta that were clearly targeted against the Shia Hazara community. Just 10 days earlier, a convoy of

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  Shias in Quetta refuse to bury victims; demand Army control

  World | January 13, 2013 7:30 IST

  Islamabad, Jan 13: As a protest by Hazara Shias at Quetta in southwest Pakistan entered its second day yesterday, leaders of the vulnerable community said they would not bury over 80 victims of bomb attacks