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73 killed in wave of attacks in Iraq
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5 killed in shootout in Russia
Vent your anger at ballot box: Thai PM to protesters
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73 killed in wave of attacks in Iraq
Baghdad, January 15 But Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has ruled out dialogue with militants as his forces have launched wide-ranging security operations. Eight car bombs hit civilian targets in majority-Shiite or confessionally mixed neighbourhoods of the capital killing 37 persons. One of them struck a packed market in the Shaab neighbourhood, while another detonated outside a restaurant on Sanaa Street, killing five persons and badly damaging the restaurant and adjacent buildings. The windows of nearby shops were shattered, the restaurant's ceiling partially caved in and blood and mangled vehicle parts scattered across the street. The Baghdad carnage could have been much worse, with police saying they managed to thwart four suicide bombers with explosives-rigged vehicles. A suicide bombing at a funeral in Buhruz, in religiously mixed Diyala province north of Baghdad, killed 16 persons and wounded 20, officials said. The funeral was for a member of the Sahwa, the Sunni tribal militia who sided with the US military against their co-religionists in Al-Qaida from 2006, helping turn the tide against the
jihadists. They are often targeted by Sunni militants who regard them as traitors. Farther north, 13 persons, including nine soldiers, were killed in and around the city of Mosul, while seven employees of a brick factory in Muqdadiyah, also north of Baghdad, were gunned down by insurgents.
— AFP
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19 children among 21 dead in Pak mishap
At least 21 persons, including 19 children, were killed and about 20 others injured today when a school van collided head-on with a heavy truck in Pakistan's southern Sindh province.
The accident occurred at a sharp turn when the speeding truck rammed into the school bus.
The schoolchildren were aged between 12 and 16 and all of them belonged to one school in Nawabi Shah. "The children were going to take their examinations in Daulatpur," police official Ashfaq Hussain said. "The injured which included three female and a male teacher and students have been shifted to the civil hospital for treatment," he
said. (With PTI inputs)
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5 killed in shootout in Russia
Makhachkala (Russia), January 15 The fatalities included three security force members and two militants. It wasn't immediately clear if there were other militants at the house. The village is about 550 km from Sochi, which will host the Winter Olympics from February 7-23. One of the slain militants, Marat Idrisov, was responsible for a handful of attacks on security officials and religious leaders in southern Russia, including a bombing that killed three in the city of Pyatigorsk. Dagestan, a predominantly Muslim republic in the North Caucasus region, has been the epicentre of a simmering conflict between a growing Islamic insurgency and Russian security forces. A top rebel leader in the North Caucasus has called on his followers to attack the Sochi Olympics, and Moscow has vowed to crack down on terrorist activity before the Games.
— AP
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Vent your anger at ballot box: Thai PM to protesters
Yingluck tried to deflect the growing mass anger on the street by saying her government is ready to move forward with national reforms, a key demand of protesters whose massive protest campaign have wracked the country for months. However, defiant protesters led by the Opposition Democrat Party vowed to keep up their efforts to force the Premier from office and install an unelected "people's council" to carry out reforms before the February 2 snap polls. Yingluck, now caretaker PM, today held a meeting with about 37 parties to discuss the Election Commission's suggestion to postpone the polls. She said the majority of participants insisted that the elections had to go ahead. She insisted elections were the best way to solve the escalating political crisis. "If people don't want this government, they should go out and vote," she
said. — PTI
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