Clashes interrupt Kyrgyz trial over April killings

BISHKEK: Relatives of protesters killed in an April revolt clashed with police in a Kyrgyz court on Wednesday, calling for the execution of those accused of killing scores in the uprising that toppled President Kurmanbek Bakiyev.

Dozens of relatives of the dead broke through police lines at the trial held in a Bishkek sports palace, trying to reach the 22 accused, who include Bakiyev’s former defence minister, before the defendants were evacuated.

“They must be shot!” the attackers cried, some grabbing microphone stands and wielding them to fight police a few hours after the start of the first trial stemming from the killings.

“Death for death! We will burn down your homes!” some shouted as the trial began. “You are damned. We will pluck your eyes,” yelled others.

The April uprising in the capital Bishkek triggered a wave of violence in the

Swabi: One Cop killed, 4 Hurt in Police Lines Suicide Attack

News Trends: A police personnel got killed while four others injured in a suicide attack at Police Lines in Swabi.

According to DIG Mardan, the attack was a suicidal attack; the attackers were trying to barge into Police Lines, when he was intercepted by a police positioned there.

At least four cops including an inspector are injured in the attack, the police official said.

One attacker has also been killed in the exchange of fire between the police and unidentified miscreants that ensued after grenade attack.
The police put security cordon off the area while the wounded have been shifted to nearby hospitals.

Swabi: 2 cops killed, 6 hurt in Police Lines suicide attack

Two police personnel got killed while six others injured in a suicide attack at Police Lines in Swabi, Dunya News reported Monday.
According to DIG Mardan, the attack was a suicidal attack; the attackers were trying to barge into Police Lines, when he was intercepted by a police positioned there.
At least six cops including an inspector are injured in the attack, the police official said.
Both the attackers also got killed in the exchange of fire between the police and unidentified miscreants that ensued after grenade attack.
The police put security cordon off the area while the wounded have been shifted to nearby hospitals.

Suicide bombers attack Afghan U.N. building

HEART: Two suicide bombers attacked a U.N. compound in the western Afghan province of Herat and several insurgents were now inside the building, local police said on Saturday.

Afghan troops were surrounding the U.N. building in Heart city, an area that Taliban and other Islamist militants are not very active in.

There were no immediate details on any casualties.

Mohammad Salem Ehsas, police chief of Herat, said two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside the building while several other attackers managed to get inside. He did not know how many fighters there were but said it could be up to three insurgents.

A U.N. spokesman in Kabul, Dan McNorton, said he “was aware of an incident affecting a U.N. office in Herat” and said it was ongoing. He did not confirm that an attack had taken place.

Militants attacked a U.N. guesthouse in Kabul

27 NATO oil tankers torched

Gunmen attacked more than two dozen trucks and tankers carrying supplies for NATO forces in Afghanistan.
According to police, the incident took place in Shikarpur district of the southern province of Sindh and was confirmed by another top administrative official. Around 20 attackers armed with rocket launchers and assault rifles attacked these trucks. They set ablaze 27 trucks parked there. The fire engulfed the cars parked near a hotel and two persons were injured in the incident. Other people in the hotel fled the scene to save their lives.
DPO Abdul Hameed Khosa said the vehicles were parked at a terminal on the edge of Shikarpur town in Sindh province when the attackers opened fire, forcing drivers and others to flee, before setting the fires.He said that the area has been sealed and search operation has been started. DIG Larkana Din Muhammad Baloch and Rangers Wing Commander Col. Mukhtar have reached the spot.
DCO Shikarpur Dr. Saeed Ahmed Mangnejo while talking to Dunya News said that unidentified militants attacked the tankers last night.

Two killed in Bahawalpur mosque firing

Unidentified persons entered into a mosque and opened fire, killing two people on the spot and injured 8 others.
According to police, three armed men opened indiscriminate fire after Fajar prayer in Satellite Town due to which two persons were killed. The injured were shifted to Victoria hospital where one injured is stated to be critical. Angry people staged protest outside the mosque and chanted slogans. DPO Babar Bakht said that the attackers seemed to be locals and would be arrested soon.

Death toll in Lahore bombings mounts to 37

Staff Report

LAHORE: At least 37 people were killed and scores of others wounded after three suicide bombs ripped through a Yaum-e-Ali procession in Lahore on Wednesday.

The bombs exploded at three separate sites as thousands of mourners marched the streets of inner Lahore in their traditional mourning procession to mark Yaum-e-Ali.

The dead and injured were shifted to Mayo and Ganga Ram hospitals.

Speaking to SAMAA, DCO Sajjad Bhutta admitted a security lapse.

In a statement, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani condemned the blast, saying the attackers would not escape justice.

Earlier, unknown gunmen ambushed a Yaum-e-Ali procession in Karachi, injuring six people.

The bombings came after Pakistan army jets and helicopters targeted militant hideouts near the Afghan border, killing 60.

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Death toll in Lahore bombings mounts to 28

Staff Report

LAHORE: At least 28 people were killed and scores of others wounded after three suicide bombs ripped through a Youm-e-Ali procession in Lahore on Wednesday.

Children and women are also among the dead.

The bombs exploded at three separate sites as thousands of mourners marched the streets of inner Lahore in their traditional mourning procession to mark Youm-e-Ali.

The dead and injured were shifted to Mayo and Ganga Ram hospitals.

Speaking to SAMAA, DCO Sajjad Bhutta admitted a security lapse.

In a statement, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani condemned the blast, saying the attackers would not escape justice.

Earlier, unknown gunmen ambushed a Youm-e-Ali procession in Karachi, injuring six people.

The bombings came after Pakistan army jets and helicopters targeted militant hideouts near the Afghan border,

US lawmakers pass Afghan war funding

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama”s Democratic allies beat back a stiff anti-war insurrection in their own ranks Thursday as the House of Representatives agreed to fund his Afghanistan troop “surge.”

The House approved a bill to pump another 37 billion dollars into the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Lawmakers approved the monies including funds necessary to Obama”s plan to deploy another 30,000 troops to turn the faltering campaign around — only after giving voice to a growing chorus of Democratic calls for a withdrawal.

The House struck down one measure to cut all military spending from the bill by a 376-25 margin, and killing another to restrict the money to pay for a withdrawal of US forces by a 321-100 margin. In a 260-162 vote, they also defeated a Democratic amendment aimed at requiring Obama, who has set a July 2011 deadline for starting a US withdrawal, to set a complete timetable for that process.

Democrats accounted for the lion”s share of the yes votes in each case. But the fate of the bill was still clouded after Democrats attached more than 15 billion dollars in jobs and education programs in a 239-182 that defied a presidential veto threat over cuts designed to pay for the measure.

Five killed in Thailand ambush

NARATHIWAT: Suspected Muslim insurgents detonated a roadside bomb and opened fire on security forces in southern Thailand on Thursday night, killing five members of a patrol, an officer said.

“The group was on night patrol in a pick-up truck when they were ambushed,” said Lieutenant Pairat Kiatjaroensiri, adding the attackers snatched four guns and fled. Three of the five victims were Muslim and two Buddhist.

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