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Blast near police station kills 3 in NW Pakistan

World
2009-11-16

AT least three people have been killed and ten others injured in a powerful explosion that occurred on Kohat Road near a police station in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, police said this morning. The...

13 victims in China fireworks blast identified as left-behind kids

National
2009-11-15

THIRTEEN victims, including two dead and 11 injured, in a blast in an illegal fireworks workshop in south China, have been identified as left-behind children, local work safety authorities said yesterday. "Left-behind...

10 killed in blast in Pakistan's Peshawar: official

World
2009-11-8

AT least ten people were killed today in a blast in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, officials said. Information Minister of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Mian Iftikhar Hussain told reporters...

China courts sentence six to death over organized crimes

National
2009-10-21

SIX people convicted in connection with organized crime gangs were sentenced yesterday to death at two courts in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. The No. 1 Intermediate People's Court handed down death...

'Mickey Mouse' gang faces trial

National
2009-10-13

A GANG of 28 members in Chongqing faced 11 charges today including assault, vandalism, arson, robbery, extortion and using force. The gang, headed by Li Yi, known as "Mickey Mouse," faced trial in Kaixian County...

Blast outside Indian embassy in Kabul kills 12

World
2009-10-8

A large bomb exploded near the Indian embassy in the centre of the Afghan capital today, killing 12 people and wounding 83, the Interior Ministry said. The blast tore through a market building across the street...

Kabul blast kills 7 civilians, wounds 45 - police

World
2009-10-8

SEVEN Afghan civilians were killed and 45 more were wounded in a blast outside the Indian embassy in the Afghan capital today, police sources said. The blast came from a bomb placed inside a car at the scene,...

Five killed in UN office blast

World
2009-10-6

A SUICIDE bomber disguised as a security officer struck the lobby of the United Nations food agency's Pakistan headquarters yesterday, killing five people a day after the new leader of the Pakistani Taliban vowed...

Cause of Beijing restaurant blast ascertained

National
2009-9-27

GAS leak with a coincidental spark from start of an electrical appliance has been ascertained as the cause behind the gas cylinder explosion at a restaurant in Beijing Friday morning, local work safety authorities...

2 former justices face bribe claims

National
2009-9-18

TWO former justices from the Higher People's Court of Chongqing are under investigation for allegedly accepting a large amount of bribes, according to the spokesman of the municipal government. Zhang Tao, former...