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52 dead in Syria as govt troops pound rebel strongholds
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Balochistan unrest
Riaz has ‘explosive’ evidences against Chief Justice's son
British PM ‘forgets’ daughter at pub
Teen son of Major Avtar Singh critical 3 die as quakes rock Afghanistan
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52 dead in Syria as govt troops pound rebel strongholds Beirut, June 11 Helicopters strafed rebels positions in Al-Heffa, in the northwestern province of Latakia, and in Rastan, in the central province of Homs, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Regime troops have pounded Al-Heffa daily for the past week to snuff out rebel Free Syrian Army fighters deployed in the rugged countryside near the Turkish border, activists said. Activists said Monday's assault was violent and described the situation in Al-Heffa as "terrible", although there were no immediate reports of "Army tanks are deployed at the entrances of the town. They have never come this close before," local activist Sema Nassar told AFP in Beirut via Skype, weeping as she spoke. "There's only one doctor working to treat the wounded in the town," of 30,000 people, said Nassar, adding that most of the residents have fled. "Some civilians have stayed behind to help the rebel fighters defend the town," she added. Nassar also pointed to report carried by the official SANA news agency and Syrian TV claiming that "terrorists" were planning "to carry out a massacre" in Al-Heffa and nearby Tfil. "This is cause for great concern. It seems there are plans to kill many people," said Nassar. Government troops also used helicopters to attack rebel positions in the Homs province town of Rastan which has been under intermittent army shelling "for months," the Britain-based Observatory said. Four civilians, including a young girl, were killed in the violence, it added. Troops have trying to overrun Rastan since mid-May, after rebel fighters from the battered city of Homs regrouped in the town which straddles the main highway linking Damascus to the north.— AFP
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Yemen army kills 26 Qaida militants Aden, June 11 The bodies of 12 militants were discovered inside the factory which lies on the outskirts of the Al-Qaida stronghold of Jaar, a military official said. A Yemeni air raid on Al-Qaida positions in Jaar, meanwhile, killed six jihadists, a local official said. In the nearby town of Shaqra, where many of the local Al-Qaida leadership is believed to be hiding, fierce clashes between troops and militants killed eight militants, a military official said. Five soldiers were also wounded in the battles, the official added. Yemeni forces launched an all-out offensive on May 12 aimed at reclaiming towns and cities lost to Al-Qaida during the past year, including Abyan's capital Zinjibar. Since the beginning of the attack, 483 persons have been killed, according to a tally combined from different sources. This includes 368 Al-Qaida militants, 70 soldiers, 26 local armed men, and 19 civilians. Yemeni troops recaptured some territory held by Al-Qaida-linked militants and geared up for a push into their strongholds on Monday, part of a US-backed drive in a country Washington sees as a front line in its war against Islamist insurgents. —
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Balochistan unrest
Pakistan's Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry on Monday expressed displeasure at a top general's remarks on the law and order problems in Balochistan province and cautioned that the army chief could be summoned to the court.
A three-judge Bench headed by the Chief Justice was conducting a hearing on the law and order situation in Balochistan, particularly the issue of "missing persons" or those detained without charge by security agencies, when Chaudhry made the remarks. He expressed his displeasure at a news conference held in Quetta on June 2 by the Inspector General of the Frontier Corps (FC), Maj Gen Obaidullah Khan Khattak, to rebut allegations levelled by Baloch nationalists against his organisation. He added that it was in violation of the court order. Baloch leaders accuse the FC of kidnapping nationalist youths and then throw their bodies on roads or declaring them as missing. The Chief Justice observed that a General has no business holding a news conference in uniform. He remarked that the court could pass an order under Article 190 for calling Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and inquiring from him as to what was happening under his nose and what he could do to rectify the situation. The Chief Justice further remarked that the corpses of three persons who, he was earlier informed, were missing had been thrown on the road. Terming the evolving security situation in Balochistan as “alarming” that refuses to improve, the Chief Justice said bodies of the persons, whose names appeared before the court as missing allegedly due to excesses committed by the Frontier Corps, surface on roads the next day. "Hold trial of the accused, but don't murder them," the Chief Justice told the counsel. (With PTI
inputs)
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Riaz has ‘explosive’ evidences against Chief Justice's son
Malik Riaz, real-estate tycoon and central character in the suo motu case on allegations against Arsalan Iftikhar, son of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, is set to appear before the Supreme Court in a day or so with “explosive evidence”, his counsel Zahid Bukhari said on Monday as a two-judge Bench resumed hearing the case.
Bukhari said his client has “explosive” material which he would divulge in the court. “It would be as strong as a bomb,” he said adding that Malik had "news to give to the media". In the court, he sought time for Riaz to submit his statement in response to court’s notice. Bukhari termed Arsalan's plea seeking Riaz's arrest a "conspiracy" to stop him from coming back.
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British PM ‘forgets’ daughter at pub London, June 11 "The Prime Minister and his wife Samantha were distraught when they realised Nancy wasn't with them," the report quoted officials at Downing Street as saying. "Thankfully when they phoned the pub, she was there safe and well. The Prime Minister went down straight away to get her." Nancy got left in the pub loo when Cameron drove off after his lunch.She wandered off to the Ladies as the Prime Minister and Samantha were arranging lifts and they only realised she was missing once they were back home. The Camerons and children Nancy, Arthur, six, and 22-month-old Florence had been having Sunday lunch with two other families at the Plough Inn near the PM's country home Chequers, the report said. Afterwards Cameron went home in a car flanked by bodyguards, thinking Nancy was with Sam and their other children in a second vehicle.Sam thought Nancy had jumped in with her father.—
PTI
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Teen son of Major Avtar Singh critical Los Angeles, June 11
Spokeswoman of the Community Regional Medical Center, Mary Lisa Russell said the boy was in critical condition. Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims said Avtar Singh, a former Indian Army major who owned a Selma trucking company, apparently shot and killed his wife and two other sons, ages 15 and 5, before killing himself. While two children and their mother were found dead along with Avtar, the eldest child was in a gravely injured state. Authorities have not yet officially released the names of Avtar’s wife or the two sons who were killed. — PTI
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3 die as quakes rock Afghanistan Kabul, June 11 Rescue teams were making their way to the remote Burka district in the northern province of Baghlan where around 20 houses had collapsed, the head of Afghanistan's natural disaster department, Samim Afzali, said. "We have reports of around 60 persons trapped under rubble. We still don't know whether they are alive or dead," he said. "Our latest report from Burka shows that three persons, including two women, were killed and eight injured in the quake this morning," Nasir Kohzad said. — AFP
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Helicopter gunships today fired on rebel positions in central and northwestern Syria in a bid to snuff out the gunmen as violence killed 52 persons across the country, a monitoring group said.
Yemeni troops today seized control of an Al-Qaida munitions factory in the southern Abyan province as battles for control of the restive region killed 26 militants, local and military officials said.
