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| Bomb kills 20 in market on edge of Pakistani capital | |  By Syed Raza Hassan ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A bomb exploded in a crowded market on the outskirts of Islamabad on Wednesday, killing 20 people and wounding about 70 in the deadliest attack in the Pakistani capital in years. If true, it would be the first attack in the capital carried out by Baluch separatist rebels and a significant escalation of Pakistan's western insurgency, which has often been overshadowed by the fight against the Taliban to the north. "We conducted (the bombing) in retaliation for the military operation," said Mureed Baloch, referring to an operation on Monday in which the Pakistani military claimed to have killed 30 Baluch insurgents. Baloch said he was from the United Baloch Army, which is banned by the Pakistani government for its militant activities.
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| Pistorius forced to look at "exploded" head of girlfriend | |  By Joe Brock PRETORIA (Reuters) - A South African prosecutor forced Oscar Pistorius on Wednesday to look at a forensic photograph that showed the head of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp after it was blown open by a hollow-point bullet fired by the Olympic and Paralympic track star. In a dramatic opening to his cross-examination of Pistorius, prosecutor Gerrie Nel made him admit he had killed Steenkamp then later confronted him with the photograph showing the side and back of her skull, her hair matted with blood and brains. Pistorius responded by burying his head in his hands in the witness stand, rocking from side to side and weeping. The double amputee sprinter, once revered across the world for his triumph over adversity, faces life in prison if convicted in the Pretoria High Court of the murder of Steenkamp, a 29-year-old law graduate and model.
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| Former Andhra minister charge sheeted in illegal mining case | | | Hyderabad, April 9 (IANS) The CBI Wednesday filed a supplementary charge sheet against a former Andhra Pradesh minister and a retired bureaucrat in illegal mining case involving former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) named former home minister P.Sabitha Indra Reddy and former Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer and then secretary of mines, B. Kripanandam in the supplementary charge sheet filed in Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) case in a special court here. |
| BSP MP Dhananjay Singh gets bail to contest polls | | | New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday granted eight days temporary bail to BSP MP Dhananjay Singh so that he could file his nomination papers from Jaunpur Lok Sabha constituency. |
| Kejriwal meets attackers, asks police to catch masterminds | | | New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal Wednesday reached out to the two men who had attacked him here, presenting them flowers, and told police to quickly trace the masterminds behind the twin attacks. Accompanied by party colleague Manish Sisodia, Kejriwal called on auto-rickshaw driver Lali and 19-year-old Abdul Wahid at their homes. I consider him (Kejriwal) as a god," Lali told the media later, a day after he gave a stinging slap to Kejriwal. |
| Mamata shares dais with murder accused party leaders, faces flak | | | Kolkata, April 9 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday found herself in yet another controversy after she shared dais with controversial party leaders Anubrata Mandal and Monirul Islam - both facing murder charges and infamous for hate speeches. The court has instituted a special investigation team to probe the charges against Mandal who had asked partymen to "burn down the houses of party dissidents and hurl bombs at police if they prevented". While the court had lambasted the Banerjee administration for its failure to act against Mandal, the Election Commission has show-caused him for the hate speeches. Islam, Trinamool member of assembly from Labhpur in Birbhum district during the rural polls in the state last year had publicly threatened to decapitate a Congress leader. |
| Twenty hurt at Pennsylvania high school after stabbing spree | |  REUTERS - Twenty students were injured after a stabbing attack, apparently by a male student, at a Pennsylvania high school on Wednesday, and four of the victims were flown to area hospitals, officials said. The incident occurred at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, about 20 miles east of Pittsburgh, county emergency management officials told reporters. "All elementary schools are canceled, the middle school and high school students are secure." (Reporting by Jonathan Allen;
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