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Suicide bomber kills 48 in
Nigeria school massacre
IS leader’s key aide ‘killed’ in US air strike
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Xi, Abe take ‘first step’ to end China-Japan spat
Photo op? China's President Xi Jinping (R) shakes hands with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of the APEC meetings in Beijing on Monday. Reuters
Shot Osama 3rd time for good luck: Navy SEAL
Atrocities: Pak Hindus seek Sharif’s support
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Suicide bomber kills 48 in
Nigeria school massacre
Potiskum, Nigeria, Nov 10 No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack in Yobe State, a territory close to the stronghold of Sunni Muslim Boko Haram militants, who have staged a five-year insurgency. A Reuters reporter in Potiskum said angry locals had blocked access to the school and an adjoining hospital, preventing security forces from getting close to the site of the explosion. People in the crowd did not want a repeat of what happened last week when members of the security forces fired at residents after a bomb killed nearly 30 people, a police source said. Boko Haram has intensified its attacks since the Nigerian government announced a ceasefire agreement last month as well as the imminent release of more than 200 school girls kidnapped by the group. Boko Haram's leader denied a ceasefire deal had been reached and the school girls have not been set free. The group whose name means "Western education is sinful" in Hausa, has attacked schools, abducted hundreds of students and killed thousands in its fight for an Islamist state, and is seen as the main security threat to Africa's leading oil producer. "So far, the number of the dead is 48, while 79 are injured. I counted the bodies, mostly students and a few teachers," a nurse at Potiskum General Hospital told Reuters. "A teacher who survived the blast with minor injury said the bomber dressed like a student and was also on the assembly ground with the students," she said, asking to remain anonymous. The Nigeria Police Force confirmed that the bomber was disguised as a student and said 47 people had been killed. Mariam Ibrahim, a teacher at the Government Science Secondary School (GSS) in Potiskum told Reuters the bomb went off as she was arriving and students were at morning assembly. Potiskum resident Aliyu Abubakar said he heard the explosion when he was dropping off his two sons at a nearby Islamic college. "One of my sons fell down, I came out dragged him in and we drove off back home," he said. A second teacher, asking to remain anonymous, said, "There are some (others) that are critically injured and I am sure the death toll will rise." Boko Haram, an outlawed sect which had claimed responsibility for the killings of thousands and kidnappings in Nigeria since 2009, is believed to be responsible for the attack. — Agencies |
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IS leader’s key aide ‘killed’ in US air strike
Baghdad, November 10 State television identified the man as Abu Huthaifa al-Yamani. It did not say when the strike took place or give further details. It was not immediately possible to confirm the death or whether Yamani was an aide to Baghdadi. Contradictory reports have emerged over the fate of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi after US-led air strikes against the group in at least two locations in Iraq on Friday. Major Curtis Kellogg, spokesman at the US military's Central Command, said it had no information to corroborate media reports that Baghdadi was wounded in any strike on the city of Mosul in the north and al-Qaim to the west. The strikes could have killed or wounded some of his aides, who Iraqi officials said were in gatherings targeted by the strikes. Falluja is an IS stronghold to the west of Baghdad. — Reuters ‘No confirmation for IS chief’s killing’ The Pentagon said on Monday it could not corroborate reports that the commander of Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was either killed or wounded in Iraq, acknowledging conflicting media reports out of the region. "We do not have any information to corroborate reports out of Iraq that Baghdadi has been either killed or wounded," a Pentagon spokesman said. — Reuters Jihadist unit pledges allegiance to IS
Egypt's deadliest militant group, Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, pledged its allegiance to IS in Iraq and Syria, in a recording posted on its Twitter account on Monday. — AFP |
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Obama urges China to be partner in ensuring world order
Beijing, November 10 Speaking to growing concerns among US and other companies about the Chinese business environment after arriving in Beijing, Obama also urged China to reject the use of cyber theft for commercial gain and create a more level playing field where policy is not used for the benefit of some firms over others. Obama's trip to China for an Asia-Pacific summit comes at a time of growing China-US friction with Washington trying to expand American interests in Asia while Chinese President Xi Jinping demonstrates more willingness than his predecessors to demonstrate Beijing's clout on regional issues. The two countries have disagreed in recent months on a range of topics, including trade, maritime issues and cyber security, while the United States has lobbied against the setting up of a multilateral infrastructure investment bank sponsored by China. — Reuters Avoiding violence a priority in HK: Obama
US President Barack Obama said avoiding violence was a priority in Hong Kong, as pro-democracy protests labelled illegal by China continue in the financial hub. "Our primary message has been to make sure violence is avoided," Obama told reporters in Beijing. |
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Xi, Abe take ‘first step’ to end China-Japan spat
Beijing, November 10 "I believe that not only our Asian neighbours but many other countries have long hoped that Japan and China hold talks. We finally lived up to their expectations and made a first step to improve our ties," Abe said, after holding talks with Xi. In a break from the usual protocol, Xi made Abe wait for him rather than greet the Japanese Prime Minister on his arrival at the Great Hall of the People. China's Foreign Ministry described the meeting as being at Abe's "request." However, this phrase was not used to report on Xi's meetings with South Korean President Park Geun-hye and other foreign leaders. Television footage showed grim-faced Xi shaking hands with Abe at the Great Hall of the People here before they settled for talks. At his meeting with Abe, Xi said China hoped that Japan would continue to follow the path of peaceful development and adopt prudent military and security policies. To build stable and healthy bilateral relations, China and Japan must conform to the progressive trend of the times, Xi said. He urged Japan to "do more things that help enhance the mutual trust between Japan and its neighbouring countries, and play a constructive role in safeguarding the region's peace and stability." Xi said the Chinese government had always attached importance to its ties with Japan and had advocated pushing forward Sino-Japanese ties on the basis of the four political documents reached between China and Japan and in the spirit of "taking history as a mirror and looking forward to the future". Abe said Japan is determined to continue the path of peaceful development, noting that the current Japanese administration will maintain the same views held by
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Shot Osama 3rd time for good luck: Navy SEAL
New York, November 10 "I thought I'd give him a third shot for good luck," Navy SEAL Robert O'Neill told 9/11 family members. He had been taught to fire two head shots — the so-called double-tap. Still, there was “no harm in putting one more bullet in him,” O'Neill explained during a top-secret gathering at the 9/11 Museum in lower Manhattan in July, people who heard O'Neill speak told the New York Post. The SEAL team had been given few advance details of the May 2011 operation, dubbed Neptune Spear, the former commando told his audience. "We didn't know what the mission was - then we realised we're going after The Target," he said, referring to the Al Qaida leader. O'Neill said he had time for a phone call and rang up his children, thinking he might never see them again. Once at bin Laden's hideout in Abbottabad, he recalled the sound of his weapon firing: "Pop! Pop! Pop!," a listener quoted him as saying.— PTI |
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Atrocities: Pak Hindus seek Sharif’s support Islamabad, November 10 The Pakistan Hindu Council (PHC) has proposed setting up an active interfaith committee at the federal level under Sharif to prevent violent incidents against minorities and promote interfaith harmony. Dawn reported that the executive committee of the PHC met yesterday in Karachi to review mounting atrocities against religious minorities across the country. It condemned the Christian couple’s killing in Lahore for alleged blasphemy, which created fear and increased sense of insecurity among members of the minorities. The meeting, presided over by PHC president Chela Ram Kewlani, condemned the kidnapping of Hindu minor girls. Highlighting the need for interfaith harmony and legislation for a Hindu marriage law, the PHC called upon the PM and provincial Chief Ministers to ensure effective implementation of laws to protect rights of the minorities. The meeting proposed that state minister for religious affairs Amin-ul-Hasnat Shah, prominent minority figures and at least one member from each religious party, including the Jamaat-i-Islami, be part of the interfaith committee. — PTI
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