Shia
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Wave of car bombings in Iraq kills at least 58
World | Jul 29, 2013, 11:47 PM ISTBaghdad, 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 | Jul 18, 2013, 04:12 PM ISTWashington, 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 | Jun 30, 2013, 11:44 PM ISTIslamabad, 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 | Jan 29, 2013, 03:23 PM ISTLahore: 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 | Jan 13, 2013, 07:30 AM ISTIslamabad, 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