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| Six militants who attacked Pathankot air base now dead - defence minister |
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 PATHANKOT, India (Reuters) - Six militants who attacked Pathankot air base have been confirmed killed, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Tuesday, adding that a four-day-old operation to secure the compound was still under way. Addressing reporters at the base near the border with Pakistan, Parrikar said Indian security forces "have done an excellent job containing these highly motivated terrorists". (Reporting by Mukesh Gupta; Writing by Douglas Busvine; Editing by Malini Menon)
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| Iraqi Sunni mosques attacked in apparent retaliation for Saudi execution |
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 By Stephen Kalin and Saif Hameed BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least two Sunni Muslim mosques have been attacked in Iraq and two people killed in apparent retaliation for the execution of a senior Shi'ite cleric in Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia, officials and police said on Monday. Iraqi Shi'ites protesting the Jan. 2 execution of Saudi Shi'ite cleric Nimr al-Nimr separately marched in Baghdad and southern cities, while a powerful Iranian-backed Shi'ite militia group pressured the government to sever ties with Riyadh. Iraq's Interior Ministry confirmed the attacks on Sunni mosques late Sunday in Hilla, around 100 km (60 miles) south of Baghdad.
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| Iran says Saudi Arabia cannot cover 'crime' by cutting ties |
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 By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday Saudi Arabia cannot hide "its crime" of executing a Shi'ite Muslim cleric by cutting ties with Tehran, warning that discord could affect the fight against terrorism. Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Sudan broke all ties with Iran and the United Arab Emirates downgraded its relations on Monday after the Saudi embassy in Tehran was stormed by protesters. Kuwait recalled its ambassador to Iran on Tuesday.
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| Suspected arsonist held in China after bus fire kills 17 |
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 Chinese police arrested a man suspected of starting a bus fire on Tuesday that killed 17 people, state media reported. Bus fires are not uncommon in China, where regulators have blamed some recent blazes on flawed auto design. Flames engulfed the bus in front of a furniture store in the northern region of Ningxia.
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| Indian policeman: Militants abducted me before base attack |
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 By Rupam Jain Nair and Krista Mahr NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The day before a deadly assault on an air base in Pathankot, a police officer returning from a temple was abducted by a group of heavily armed men speaking Urdu, he said on Tuesday. "The minute I saw them I realised that they were terrorists," Police Superintendent Salwinder Singh told media. "One of the gunmen snatched my phone and made calls to Pakistan," Singh said.
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