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| Saudi court sentences al-Qaeda ideologue to death - paper | | | A Saudi Arabian court on Wednesday sentenced a top al-Qaeda strategist to death and jailed 15 others for their role in a series of attacks in the kingdom last decade, Saudi newspapers reported on Thursday. The judge ordered that the body of Faris al-Zahrani, also known as Abu Jandal al-Azdi, be displayed in public after his death in the most severe form of punishment available under the kingdom's Islamic law, al-Madina and Arab News dailies reported. The Saudi authorities ended the campaign by arresting thousands of suspected militants and launching a media campaign to discredit their ideology with the backing of influential clerics and tribal leaders. Zahrani was found guilty of offences that included embracing extremist ideologies, shedding the blood of Muslims and others, targeting security officials, harbouring fugitives and planning the overthrow of Gulf monarchies. |
| BSF seizes 13 kg heroin in Punjab | | | Amritsar, April 3 (IANS) In its second major drugs haul within this week, the BSF seized 13 kg of suspected heroin following an gunfight with smugglers near the India-Pakistan border in Punjab, BSF officials said Thursday. The heroin is said to be valued at Rs.65 crore in the international market. The BSF had seized 27 kg heroin, valued at Rs.135 crore, from the Abohar sector in Punjab Tuesday. "BSF personnel at Mullakot observed suspicious movement of smugglers on both sides along border security fence. |
| Three held guilty of both gang rapes in Shakti Mills | | | Mumbai, April 3 (IANS) A Mumbai court Thursday held three men, convicted earlier for gang rape of a call centre employee in the Shakti Mills complex here, also guilty of the rape a photojournalist later in the same complex. |
| Shakti Mills rapes: Three found guilty of repeat offences | | | Mumbai, April 3 (IANS) A Mumbai court Thursday found three people guilty of committing repeat offences in the Shakti Mills Complex gang rapes of a telephone operator and a photojournalist. |
| Chinese Buddhist temple forms "anti-terrorist" squad | |  Nervous about a repeat of last month's deadly knife attack at a Chinese train station, a well-known Buddhist temple in eastern China has drafted some of its monks into a new "anti-terrorist" squad, state media said on Thursday. The team at the 1,700-year-old Lingyin Temple in the tourist city of Hangzhou is made up of 20 monks and more than 20 security guards, the official Xinhua news agency quoted the temple's Buddhist Master Jueheng as saying. It is the first time a Chinese temple has set up such a team, Xinhua said. "The squad members practice Buddhism in the day and take part in training exercises at night," Jueheng said, adding police helped with the training.
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| Alleged rape victim commits suicide in West Bengal | | | Kolkata, April 3 (IANS) A housewife Thursday allegedly committed suicide in West Bengal's Malda district after being raped, police said. Her family members have alleged that she set herself ablaze after a kangaroo court prevented them from a filing a police complaint. We are investigating the matter and we could only say if she was raped after the post-mortem report," said an officer of the Manikchak police station. "We have been informed about a kangaroo court interference in the matter, we are investigating it," said the officer. |
| Ukraine protesters were killed under Yanukovich's "direct leadership" | |  The killing of anti-government protesters in the Ukrainian capital Kiev in February took place "under the direct leadership" of ousted President Viktor Yanukovich, security chiefs said on Thursday. The charges were made during a news conference by the prosecutor general and heads of the interior ministry and state security service at which they blamed the shooting deaths of more than 100 people on the Berkut riot police. Moscow-backed Yanukovich fled Kiev on February 21, the day after the worst of the killings by sniper fire, and was ousted by parliament on February 22. Unidentified Russians were at the headquarters of Ukraine's security service during the protests, which lasted three months, the head of the state security service (SBU) Valentyn Nalyvaichenko said.
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| Abducted boy found in Ghaziabad | | | New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) A 12-year-old boy abducted by a juvenile in Delhi, was found in Ghaziabad near the capital, police said Thursday. Police laid a trap and found the boy in Ghaziabad area Wednesday evening. |
| SS, MNS activists clash outside election office | | | Mumbai, April 3 (IANS) Shiv Sena and MNS activists, who are bitter political rivals, Thursday clashed outside the election office in the Mumbai collectorate. |
| Turkey's opposition seeking recount of Ankara poll results | |  Turkey's main opposition party is hopeful an internal recount of votes from Sunday's local polls will help reverse a victory for the ruling party in the capital Ankara, but a final verdict from electoral authorities is likely to take weeks. Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's Islamist-rooted AK Party largely dominated Turkey's electoral map on Sunday's local polls, keeping control of the main cities, including the financial centre Istanbul. No official results have been announced, but informal tallies from Turkish news channels put Erdogan's AK Party at 45 percent nationwide, compared to CHP's 28 percent. In Ankara AK Party's candidate and incumbent mayor Melih Gokcek secured 44.6 percent of the votes, narrowly beating CHP nominee Mansur Yavas on 43.8 percent, according to provisional electoral board results.
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| Pakistan's Sharif frees 16 Taliban prisoners in bid to revive peace talks | | | By Mehreen Zahra-Malik ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan has freed at least sixteen Taliban prisoners with the approval of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, officials said on Thursday, in a move designed to invigorate a shaky peace process with the militant group. The Pakistani Taliban called a one-month ceasefire on March 1 but said this week they would not extend the truce because the government was not serious about meeting their demands. The political agent of South Waziristan, the highest government official in the northwestern tribal region, confirmed the government has started releasing non-combatant prisoners to boost reconciliation efforts. "South Waziristan's political administration released sixteen men on April 1," Islam Zeb told Reuters. |
| Soldier kills three, injures 16, shoots himself at Texas army base | |  A US soldier shot dead three people and injured at least 16 on Wednesday before taking his own life at an Army base in Fort Hood, Texas, the site of another deadly rampage in 2009, U.S. officials said. The soldier, who was being treated for mental health problems, drove to two buildings on the base and opened fire before he was stopped by military police, in an incident that lasted between 15 and 20 minutes, Fort Hood commanding officer Mark Milley said. Security officials said preliminary information identified the gunman as Ivan Lopez, and the shooting was not linked to terrorism. U.S. President Barack Obama said he was "heartbroken" that another shooting had occurred at the Fort Hood Army base and described the situation there as fluid.
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| Three killed in Tripura road accident | | | Agartala, April 3 (IANS) At least three people, two of them children, were killed and 32 injured in two road accidents in Tripura. "A youth and two children were killed on the spot and 17 injured when their vehicle overturned and fell into a ditch at Longtharai valley (125 km north from here) in northern Tripura Wednesday night," police told reporters. |
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