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Pak Taliban confirm death of No.2, say will avenge killing
Man charged in UK
soldier’s murder, appears in court
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London’s Heathrow to name and shame noisy airlines
Pak Cabinet will have 26 ministers: Nawaz
Kipling ‘admitted’ to plagiarism in The Jungle Book
3 Indians acquitted of rape in NZ
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Pak Taliban confirm death of No.2, say will avenge killing
Islamabad, May 30 "I confirm the martyrdom of Waliur Rehman in a drone strike on Wednesday. We are shocked but are proud of his sacrifices," said Ihsanullah Ihsan, spokesman for the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan. Ihsan said the Taliban was withdrawing its offer of a dialogue with the new government, and would take revenge for Rehman's killing. "We had sincerely offered a dialogue to the government, but we strongly believe that the government has a role to play in the drone strikes," he said. The Taliban consider the Pakistan government "fully responsible" for the drone strikes because it was "passing on information" to the US, he said. Self-styled Commander Khan Saeed alias Sajna was reportedly nominated to succeed Rehman as the deputy chief of the Pakistani Taliban. Saeed was a close aide of Rehman and reportedly runs several militant training camps in the restive tribal region. Rehman and three senior militant commanders were among six persons killed in the CIA-operated drone strike carried out in Chashma Pul area of North Waziristan Agency. Sources said his death would hit the incoming PML-N government's plans to open a dialogue with the Taliban as mediators were hoping to establish contact with the militants through the relatively moderate Rehman. The PML-N, which won the general election earlier this month, has said it will hold talks with the Taliban and other militants to usher in peace in the country. Earlier in the day, security officials told journalists in the country's northwest that Rehman was buried at an undisclosed location last night. The US had accused Rehman of involvement in a 2009 suicide attack in Afghanistan that killed seven CIA employees. Rehman was carrying a $5 million bounty on his head. A Reuters report from Dera Ismail Khan said Pakistani Taliban militants have chosen a new deputy commander. The Taliban members said the new number two, Khan Said had served as Rehman's deputy.
— Reuters Karachi attacker is Deputy
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Man charged in UK
soldier’s murder, appears in court
London, May 30 Michael Adebowale, a 22-year-old Londoner of Nigerian descent, spoke only to confirm his name and address during a short hearing at Westminster Magistrates' Court in central London. He was remanded in custody and will appear next at the Old Bailey court here on Monday. Adebowale was charged with the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby (25) by detectives from Scotland Yard's Counter Terrorism Command yesterday after spending six days in hospital as a result of being shot at by the police following the street attack in Woolwich, south-east London, on May 22. Adebowale, who has also been charged with possession of a firearm, arrived in an escorted police van and appeared in court with a bandaged hand amid tight security, including helicopters circling above the courthouse. Dressed in a grey top and flanked by officers, he was told he did not need to stand up in the dock because of the injuries he sustained as he was shot at by the police. A second suspect and co-conspirator, 28-year-old Michael Adebolajo, caught on camera soon after the attack on Lee Rigby and also shot at by armed police officers remains under arrest at a London hospital. "Following the release of Michael Adebowale from hospital, we have authorised the police to charge him with the murder of Drummer Rigby. We have also authorised the police to charge him with possession of a firearm, contrary to Section 16A of the Firearms Act 1968," said Sue Hemming, head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) Special Crime and Counter-terrorism Division. "There
is sufficient evidence to prosecute Adebowale and it is in the public
interest to do so. This man is now charged with serious criminal
offences and he has the right to a fair trial. It is extremely important
that nothing should be reported which could prejudice this trial,"
she added.
— PTI
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London’s Heathrow to name and shame noisy airlines
London, May 30 Europe's busiest airport plans to "significantly increase" the fines it imposes on airlines that break its day and night noise limits, it said in a report released on Thursday, part of its efforts to gain approval for expansion. Fines for carriers that break maximum noise levels, which differ according to the time of day, range from £500 to £1,000 pounds per case. Fewer decibels are allowed during the night. Heathrow's two biggest airlines are British Airways and Virgin Atlantic, but it is also used heavily by major flag carriers like Lufthansa, Air France and Emirates. The two-runway hub, operated by Heathrow Ltd, said it would also rank the 80 airlines that use the airport according to how much noise their jets make during take-off and publish a league table every three months, starting later this summer. — Reuters
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Pak Cabinet will have 26 ministers: Nawaz
Pakistan Prime Minister-elect and PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif said he will not stay in the Prime Minister’s House and the size of his Cabinet will not exceed 26 ministers.
Addressing a consultative meeting of the party at Jati Umra, Raiwind, Nawaz stated that crucial decisions would be taken for solving administrative issues of the country. He said he would reside in a section of the Punjab House in Islamabad.
Nawaz also announced that protocol and security arrangements for him and other ministers would be curtailed drastically; no minister will have flag on car and the Punjab Cabinet will not exceed 32 members. Nawaz also resolved to end the unannounced power loadshedding in the first phase of his government and to utilise all the resources for the solution of this issue. The subsidies in power sector would be withdrawn. The meeting also decided that the power sector would be given special importance and austerity measures would be taken to improve the situation.
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Kipling ‘admitted’ to plagiarism in The Jungle Book
A letter by the author has surfaced in which he has admitted that "it is extremely possible that I have helped myself promiscuously" from other stories when writing 'The Jungle Book'. The signed letter, written in 1895, admits that the writer may have helped himself "promiscuously" to the works of others in his account of the Law of the Jungle, which features in the Jungle Book. The letter is now up for sale, The Telegraph reported. "I have been absent from home for some days. Hence the delay in answering yours of no date, in regard to my account of the Law of the Jungle," the letter, addressed to an unknown woman, reads. "I am afraid that all that code in its outlines has been manufactured to meet 'the necessities of the case': though a little of it is bodily taken from (Southern) Esquimaux rules for the division of spoils", it says. "In fact, it is extremely possible that I have helped myself promiscuously but at present cannot remember from whose stories I have stolen. Very sincerely, Rudyard Kipling," it adds. The letter has been listed for auction by Andrusier Autographs, with a 2,500 pounds tag. Autograph expert Adam Andrusier said: "Letters by Kipling that mention his most enduring work are extremely rare." Andrusier bought the letter from another dealer, Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers, in May. The store said the letter was found amongst a collection of uncategorised books and letters they had, and was discovered and listed in April for the New York Book fair, before being bought by Andrusier. — PTI Tell-all letter
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3 Indians acquitted of rape in NZ Melbourne, May 30 The three had met the complainant during a racing event in Hamilton and invited her to a party that evening. The complainant later claimed to have been raped by the three that night. A Hamilton high court jury of seven women and five men retired today and took four hours to reach their verdicts, Radio New Zealand reported. The jury has found the three men not guilty of raping the woman, it said. The men had tears in their eyes and appeared relieved when the verdict was read out by Justice Venning of the high court, reports from New Zealand said. But the three were immediately handcuffed by the police after walking out of the dock and taken to the Hamilton Central Police Station. Vermani's lawyer Mike Robb said the three would now be deported to India. — PTI
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China says it has no need to steal US military secrets Kabul attack plot foiled; 6 held Myanmar Muslims take shelter in monastery Indian teen dies in UAE car crash Attacker of Sikh man pleads not guilty Don’t need to steal US military secrets: China 
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