Governor Balochistan escapes remote control bomb blast

An attempt to bomb Governor Balochistan has been foiled. A remote control bomb planted under a NATO container at Mangochar National Highway exploded just after before reaching the convoy of Governor Balochistan.
This terror plot was thwarted at the time when Governor Balochistan Nawaz Zulfikar Magsi was going to Quetta from Qalat after condolence with Member Balochistan Assembly Agha Irfan Kareem over demise of his mother. When the Governor reached Mangochar, bomb planted under a NATO container blasted at the highway, but he survived the blast.
According to reports, some unidentified persons opened fire at Levies vehicle deployed at the rout of Balochistan Governor. The vehicle was damaged but the attackers fled the scene. Levies seized their vehicle and started investigation.

Firing in Korangi kills 4

KARACHI: Unknown gunmen opened fire on a vehicle in Korangi area here, killing four people including 3 of same family on Tuesday.

Four unknown gunmen, with helmets on, on two motor bikes intercepted a black car and gunned down the driver before showering the car with bullets, killing four people inside it, police sources said.

Those killed were wearing Shalwar Kameez and identified as Wasim Haider, Nasim Haider, Ghulam Haider and Pappu who are said to be the residents of Juma goth.

The incident sent a wave of panic across the area where police and rangers reached the scene.

The security personnel took into custody the cell phones found on the bodies of the deceased and began initial investigation.

Bomb threat: Islamabad bound flight lands in Karachi

KARACHI: An Islamabad bound plane of a private airline landed in Karachi after reports of bomb planted in the plane surfaced, Geo News reported.

Blast Rocks Quetta, 13 Injured

Blast Rocks Quetta, 13 Injured, At least 13 persons sustained injuries when a bomb planted on a motorcycle blasted near Imdad Chowk, Quetta.
The blast was as loud as its voice was heard in nearby areas. One car was damaged and window panes of nearby buildings were broken. Traffic was jammed after the blast and panic prevailed in the area. Security forces cordoned off the area and rescue teams have started relief activities. The injured have been shifted to nearby Civil Hospital where emergency was declared after the blast.
According to bomb disposal squad, the bomb was planted in a motorcycle. Police were informed about the bomb planted in the motorcycle. According to doctors, condition of the injured is out of danger.
CCPO Quetta told that it was a time device planted on the motorcycle.

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Blast Rocks Quetta, 13 Injured was first posted on February 6, 2010 at 8:35 pm.

Dozens Missing After Cargo Ship Sinks off Lebanon

TRIPOLI: Dozens of people were missing on Thursday after a ship carrying livestock sank in the Mediterranean off Lebanon in stormy weather, Lebanese naval sources said.

They said three U.N. peacekeeping vessels — one Italian and two German –, Lebanese army rescue boats and Cyprus-based British forces were in the area trying to save the crew of Panamanian-flagged Danny II which capsized in early evening 17 km (11 miles) off the northern Lebanese port of Tripoli.

At least 19 people were rescued and the search was on for the remaining 64 who were believed to be on board. The ship was transporting 43,000 sheep from Uruguay to Tartous in Syria. The crew were mostly from the Philippines and Pakistan.

High waves and wind were hampering the night search, the sources said. Rescue workers said people could not survive more than a maximum of 10 hours in the waters in current weather conditions.

“We were asked by the Larnaca Rescue Co-Ordination Center (in Cyprus) to assist in a rescue effort in the region. We have scrambled one of our air assets to the area,” said Stuart Bardsley, a spokesman for the British bases in Cyprus.

He said the helicopter was scrambled at 2000 GMT but did not have further details on the incident. “We know the weather was pretty bad,” he said.

The U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has a naval task force that monitors Lebanese waters to prevent weapons from reaching the country’s Hezbollah guerrilla force, which fought a war with Israel in 2006.

Last week an Israel-bound Turkish cargo ship capsized in international waters some 80 km (50 miles) off the Lebanese shore and seven of its crew went missing.

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Dozens Missing After Cargo Ship Sinks off Lebanon was first posted on December 18, 2009 at 3:49 pm.

Blast in Northern Myanmar, 7 killed

YANGON: A bomb planted at a fair celebrating the ethnic Karen minority’s New Year holiday killed seven people and wounded 11 others, state media reported Friday.

The bomb exploded near food stalls at a festival ground in Hpa-pun in northern Karen state where celebrations were under way for the lunar Karen New Year, the Myanma Ahlin newspaper reported.

Myanmar’s tightly controlled state media typically reports violence several days after it occurs.

No one claimed responsibility for the blast, which the newspaper blamed on rebels from the Karen National Union.

The KNU has been fighting for more than 60 years for greater autonomy from Myanmar’s central government, but its strength has dwindled over the past decade because of army offensives and divisions within its ranks.

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Blast in Northern Myanmar, 7 killed was first posted on December 18, 2009 at 4:32 pm.

Bomb Blast in Quetta One killed, 8 Hurt

QUETTA, Pakistan: Bomb Blast in Quetta  One killed, 8 Hurt, A man killed and eight others including DIG police were injured in a remote-controlled bomb blast in Quetta on Tuesday.

According to reports a bomb planted at a motorcycle at Spini road Quetta when went off killed a person and wounding eight others including DIG Police Operations Quetta Range.

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Bomb Blast in Quetta One killed, 8 Hurt was first posted on November 17, 2009 at 11:27 am.