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2 dead in suicide attack at US embassy in Turkey
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22 killed in blast near mosque in northwest Pak
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32 killed, 121 injured in Mexico oil company blast
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2 dead in suicide attack at US embassy in Turkey Ankara, February 1 Ankara Governor Alaaddin Yuksel said the attacker was inside US property when the explosives were detonated. The blast sent masonry spewing out of the wall of the side entrance, but there did not appear to be any more significant structural damage. The bomber was also killed. US Ambassador Francis Ricciardone emerged through the main gate of the building, which is surrounded by high walls, shortly after the explosion to address reporters. "We are very sad, of course, that we lost one of our Turkish guards at the gate," Ricciardone said, thanking the Turkish authorities for a prompt response. A witness saw one wounded person being lifted into an ambulance as police armed with assault rifles cordoned off the area. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. The British Consulate-General to Turkey said the blast a "suspected terrorist attack". — Reuters
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Before Kargil, Musharraf crossed LoC, says aide Islamabad, February 1 Col (retired) Ashfaq Hussain, who was a senior officer in the Pakistan Army's media arm, said Musharraf flew across the LoC on March 28, 1999 and travelled 11 km into the Indian side. Musharraf, who was accompanied by Brig Masood Aslam, then commander of 80 Brigade, spent the night at a spot called Zikria Mustaqar, where Pakistani troops commanded by Col Amjad Shabbir were present. Musharraf, who was then Army Chief, returned the next day. Hussain first made the revelation in his book ‘Witness to Blunder: Kargil Story Unfolds’, which was published in late 2008. He repeated the assertion last night on a television talk show on the Kargil episode in the wake of Lt Gen (retd) Shahid Aziz's assertion that the intrusions by Pakistani troops were planned by a group of four Generals led by Musharraf. He further said Pakistani troops first intruded into the Indian side of the LoC on December 18, 1998, when Captains Nadeem and Ali and Havaldar Lalik Jan were sent on a reconnaissance mission. “They were never told about the aims and objectives of their mission. Even for a recce, they were not provided any briefing or objectives,” he said. Shortly after this, several units were told to cross the LoC and occupy positions on the Indian side. Several units competed with each other to go further into the Indian side. The intrusions were spotted by a shepherd who informed Indian troops, he said. Like the initial reconnaissance mission, there were no aims or objectives set out for the entire Kargil operation, which was masterminded by Maj Gen Javed Hassan, then chief of the Force Command Northern Areas, Hussain said. Hostilities between Indian and Pakistani troops broke out in early May, over a month after Musharraf crossed the LoC and spent a night on the Indian side. — PTI
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22 killed in blast near mosque in northwest Pak
Islamabad, February 1 The attacker detonated his explosive vest in a narrow alley as worshippers were leaving the imambargah at Pat Bazar in Hangu town of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. He struck shortly after Friday prayers had ended, witnesses said. Hangu district police chief Mian Mohammad Saeed confirmed the attack was carried out by a suicide bomber. He had earlier said that a bomb had been planted near the mosque. No group claimed responsibility for the attack. Hangu, which has a sizable Shia population, has witnessed several sectarian attacks in the past few years. Security forces cordoned off the area as rescue teams took the injured and bodies to nearby hospitals. — PTI
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Insider-trading in US Roomy Khan, 54, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court yesterday by US District Judge Jed Rakoff to 12 months' imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release. She was also ordered to pay $1.5 million in forfeiture. Khan, who was born and raised in New Delhi, dabbed tears from her eyes during the sentencing proceeding, where Judge Rakoff credited her with "huge cooperation" in the Rajaratnam probe, which has been touted as the biggest hedge fund insider trading investigation in US history. According to statements made during Khan's guilty plea proceeding, from 2004 through 2007 she provided Rajaratnam, Whitman and others with inside information relating to several companies, including Polycom and Google. She allegedly earned $50 million while trading stocks. A Master's in physics from Delhi University, Khan is one among a handful of women who have been charged in the US government's crackdown on insider trading at Wall Street, led by Indian-origin prosecutor Preet Bharara. Khan had participated in insider trading schemes in which she provided material, nonpublic information about various publicly-traded companies to a number of individuals, including Rajaratnam and president and founder of Whitman Capital Doug Whitman.— PTI
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32 killed, 121 injured in Mexico oil company blast Mexico city, February 1 The cause of the basement explosion in an administrative building next to the iconic, 51-storey Pemex tower in Mexico City remained a mystery, with President Enrique Pena Nieto urging people not to speculate. Theories ranged from an electrical fire to an air-conditioning problem to a possible attack. “We have no conclusive report on the reason," Pena Nieto told reporters. "We will work to get to the bottom of the investigation to find out what happened...and if there are people responsible in this case we will apply the full weight of the law against them." Pemex Director Emilio Lozoya said on Friday that the death toll had risen to 32. 121 persons had been treated for injuries after Thursday's blast. He said that rescue efforts were continuing and people still could be trapped. More than 500 firefighters, soldiers and rescue workers dug through chunks of concrete with dogs, trucks and a Pemex crane. Interior Minister Miguel Osorio Chong said it was uncertain if any of the roughly 10,000 people who work in the five-building headquarters were still trapped, but that the search would continue. — AP
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9 killed as China highway bridge collapses after explosion Beijing, February 1 An 80-meter-long section of the bridge collapsed in central China's Henan Province this morning after the truck carrying fireworks exploded on it, the police said. Though an initial death toll of 26 was reported by China Radio International, state-run Xinhua news agency later said that nine people were killed and 13 others injured in the tragic accident. State television said that contrary to earlier presumption that the truck explosion caused the collapse, officials are investigating whether the collapse of the 30 meter high viaduct lead to the explosion of the truck. Footage by the state CCTV and video clips posted in microblog sites presented a ghastly picture with nearly dozen shattered vehicles strewn around in the debris. — PTI
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A suicide bomber killed a Turkish security guard at the US embassy in Ankara on Friday, blowing the door off a side entrance and sending smoke and debris flying into the street.
Ankara Governor Alaaddin Yuksel said the attacker was inside US property when the explosives were detonated. The blast sent masonry spewing out of the wall of the side entrance, but there did not appear to be any more significant structural damage. The bomber was also killed.
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(retd) Ashfaq Hussain, who was a senior officer in the Pakistan Army's media arm, said Pervez Musharraf
(pic) flew across the LoC on March 28, 1999 and travelled 11 km into the Indian side
New York, February 1
