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Top Taliban leader captured in Pakistan Tornadoes rip across US; 21 killed
Hurley to wed Nayar today
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US clean chit to Musharraf on AQ Khan
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Top Taliban leader captured in Pakistan
Islamabad, March 2 Akhund was reportedly captured along with Amir Khan Haqqani, a Taliban commander in Zabul, and Abdul Bari, former Governor of Helmand province, local daily,The Dawn, reported today. He was on America's most wanted list and a member of the 10-man Taliban leadership council announced in June 2003. NATO and US officials view Akhund as one of the closest lieutenants of the outfit's chief, Mullah Omar, the other two being Mullah Akhtar Osmani and Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansoor. Akhund is the senior-most Taliban figure to have been captured since the ouster of the militia from power in Afghanistan in November 2001. He hails from Punjwai district of Kandahar province and was widely considered as the military chief of the Taliban forces. Former Taliban spokesman Abdul Latif Hakimi, who was captured by the Pakistani security forces in Quetta in 2005, had said that Mullah Omar had told him to initiate an attack that would send a clear signal to the world that the Taliban were a force to be reckoned with. — PTI
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Tornadoes rip across US; 21 killed
New Orleans (Louisiana), March 2 "The administration is ready to help," Bush spokesman Scott Stanzel said, adding that Bush was "deeply saddened" by the deaths, which included a girl in Missouri and 18 others in Alabama, of whom 13 were in a school. Birmingham (Alabama): Tornadoes ripped across the southern and midwestern US, killing at least 19 persons, most of whom had taken shelter in a high school that collapsed in southern Alabama. Seventeen persons died in the southern Alabama town of Enterprise, where the school building was torn open by the twister, state emergency management agency spokeswoman Yasmie Richardson said. Governor Bob Riley, who declared a state of emergency and sent 100 troops to the town, said there was at least one more death elsewhere in Alabama and rescue workers were still moving debris to search for survivors. Another death was reported in Missouri. Television news footage showed helicopters landing on the football field near wreckage of the school in Enterprise while ambulances came and went. The shredded building was surrounded by broken trees and overturned cars. Emergency officials told local television that at least one teacher was among those killed at the school. CNN quoted an eyewitness as saying that he carried the bodies of two young girls out of the building. ''Enterprise has suffered major and widespread damage,'' Riley said. — AFP, Reuters
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Hurley to wed Nayar today
London, March 2 Although 41-year-old Hurley had several boyfriends before, this will be her first marriage and her Indian fiance's second. Elizabeth, popularly called Liz, and Arun, a textile heir and a computer-company owner, have been dating since 2004. Nayar was previously married to Italian model Valentina Pedroni, while Hurley was in a relationship with British actor Hugh Grant for 13 years. Hurley has a 4-year-old son, Damian Charles, from a relationship with film producer and multi-millionaire Stephen Bing. Tomorrow's will be the first of the two wedding ceremonies Liz and Arun have planned. Sudeley Castle is the family home of Hurley's close friend Henry Dent-Brocklehurst and his wife Lili Maltese. Five days later, the couple will have an elaborate Indian-style wedding at the Umaid Bhawan palace in Jodhpur. Guests attending the wedding include noted singer Sir Elton John, fashion guru Donatella Versace and Hugh Grant. —
PTI
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Pak blast:3 killed, judge hurt
Islamabad, March 2 The blast took place minutes before judge Bashir Ahmed Bhatati was to deliver his verdict in a terrorism case. Those killed included two policemen guarding him. The bomb which had a timer device was attached to a cycle and exploded when Bhatti was heading to court in his car, local police officer Mirza Muhammad Ali said. Two police guards and the driver of the judge, who were injured in the blast, later died in hospital. —
PTI
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US clean chit to Musharraf on AQ Khan
Washington, March 2 "President Musharraf has said that he (Khan) was acting without the knowledge of the highest levels of the Pakistani Government, and we take him at his word", was the response of the state department spokesperson Sean McCormack. —
PTI
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