Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Pakistanis protest killing of 15 in village raid

Pakistanis protest killing of 15 in village raid

Pakistanis protest killing of 15 in village raid

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 09:18 AM PST

A boys sits next to his father's dead body in Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013. Hundreds of villagers from northwest Pakistan protested Wednesday the killing of 18 of their relatives in an overnight raid that they blamed on security forces, displaying the bodies of the victims in the provincial capital. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Several thousand protesters shouting anti-military slogans displayed the bodies of 15 local villagers on Wednesday in northwestern Pakistan, claiming they were shot dead in their homes by security forces in an overnight raid.

India, Pakistan agree to ease tensions in Kashmir

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 08:54 AM PST

Kashmiri villager Rafiq Ahamad displays a box allegedly damaged by firing from the Pakistan side of the border, inside his home near the Line of Control, the line that divides Kashmir between India and Pakistan, in Churunda village, about 150 Kilometers (94 miles) northwest of Srinagar, India, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. India's relations with archrival Pakistan "cannot be business as usual" in the wake of a spate of attacks in Kashmir, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Tuesday in a statement that threatens to ratchet up tensions in the wake of the Himalayan violence. A series of tit-for-tat attacks, including the beheading of an Indian soldier, across the LOC that divides the Himalayan region has killed two Pakistani and two Indian soldiers over the past 10 days. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)NEW DELHI (AP) — India and Pakistan agreed on Wednesday to ease tensions in disputed Kashmir by strictly observing a decade-old cease-fire after five soldiers were killed in recent clashes, an Indian army spokesman said.

India, Pakistan agree to ease tensions in Kashmir after recent clashes in which 5 died

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 08:26 AM PST

Kashmiri villager Rafiq Ahamad displays a box allegedly damaged by firing from the Pakistan side of the border, inside his home near the Line of Control, the line that divides Kashmir between India and Pakistan, in Churunda village, about 150 Kilometers (94 miles) northwest of Srinagar, India, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. India's relations with archrival Pakistan "cannot be business as usual" in the wake of a spate of attacks in Kashmir, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Tuesday in a statement that threatens to ratchet up tensions in the wake of the Himalayan violence. A series of tit-for-tat attacks, including the beheading of an Indian soldier, across the LOC that divides the Himalayan region has killed two Pakistani and two Indian soldiers over the past 10 days. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)NEW DELHI (AP) — India, Pakistan agree to ease tensions in Kashmir after recent clashes in which 5 died.

1 killed in suicide attack on Afghan spy agency

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 06:46 AM PST

Victims are waiting to be loaded into an ambulance at the scene of a suicide car bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013. Six militants — one driving a car packed with explosives — attacked the gate of the Afghan intelligence service in the capital Kabul on Wednesday, setting off a blast that could be heard throughout downtown and which sent a plume of dark smoke rising into the sky. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban suicide bombers attacked the gates of the Afghan intelligence agency Wednesday, killing one person and wounding dozens in a blast that shredded nearby cars and shattered storefront windows three blocks away.

Pakistanis protest killing of 18 in village raid

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 05:33 AM PST

A boys sits next to his father's dead body in Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013. Hundreds of villagers from northwest Pakistan protested Wednesday the killing of 18 of their relatives in an overnight raid that they blamed on security forces, displaying the bodies of the victims in the provincial capital. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Several thousand people rallied Wednesday in northwestern Pakistan, denouncing the killing of 18 local villagers in an overnight raid they blamed on security forces and displaying the victims' bodies in the provincial capital in a sign of protest.

Pakistani soldier dies in latest attack in Kashmir

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 05:14 AM PST

Kashmiri villager Rafiq Ahamad displays a box allegedly damaged by firing from the Pakistan side of the border, inside his home near the Line of Control, the line that divides Kashmir between India and Pakistan, in Churunda village, about 150 Kilometers (94 miles) northwest of Srinagar, India, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. India's relations with archrival Pakistan "cannot be business as usual" in the wake of a spate of attacks in Kashmir, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Tuesday in a statement that threatens to ratchet up tensions in the wake of the Himalayan violence. A series of tit-for-tat attacks, including the beheading of an Indian soldier, across the LOC that divides the Himalayan region has killed two Pakistani and two Indian soldiers over the past 10 days. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)NEW DELHI (AP) — Pakistan accused Indian troops on Wednesday of killing one of its soldiers along the disputed Kashmir border, in the latest of a series of tit-for-tat attacks that threaten to ratchet up tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbors.

Suicide bombers strike Afghan spy agency in Kabul

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 03:01 AM PST

Victims are waiting to be loaded into an ambulance at the scene of a suicide car bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013. Six militants — one driving a car packed with explosives — attacked the gate of the Afghan intelligence service in the capital Kabul on Wednesday, setting off a blast that could be heard throughout downtown and which sent a plume of dark smoke rising into the sky. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Six militants wearing suicide vests — including one driving a car packed with explosives — attacked the gate of the Afghan intelligence in Kabul on Wednesday, setting off a blast that reportedly caused several deaths and wounded at least 30 civilians, officials said.

Pakistani villagers protest 18 killed in northeast

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 01:10 AM PST

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Hundreds of villagers from northwest Pakistan are protesting the killing of 18 of their relatives in an overnight raid that they blamed on security forces, displaying the bodies of the victims in the provincial capital.

Police: Suicide bomber strikes in Afghan capital

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 12:37 AM PST

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide car bomber struck at the gate of the Afghan intelligence service in the country's capital Wednesday, setting off a blast that could be heard throughout downtown and was followed by volleys of gunfire. There was no immediate word on whether anyone had been killed.

World sea piracy falls to five-year low in 2012

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 12:15 AM PST

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — World sea piracy fell to its lowest level in five years in 2012, thanks to a huge reduction in Somali piracy, an international maritime watchdog said Wednesday.

Young Afghan musicians to tour US

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 11:27 PM PST

In this Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, photo an Afghan girl, right, practices playing the piano in a class at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music in Kabul, Afghanistan. Dozens of Afghan teenagers including former street kids or orphans aged 10 to 22, will be playing in the Afghan Youth Orchestra which begins a 12-day U.S. tour on Feb. 3 and includes concerts at Washington's Kennedy Center - President Barrack Obama has been invited - New York's Carnegie Hall and the New England Conservatory in Boston. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Not so long ago Fakira roamed the mean streets of the Afghan capital, hawking magazines for 13 U.S. cents apiece to support her poverty-stricken family.  Next month, the 15-year-old cellist appears in America's most prestigious concert halls, performing alongside other former street children and orphans of Afghanistan's decades of violence.

Pakistani court orders PM's arrest amid huge rally

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 11:50 AM PST

Supporters of Pakistani Sunni Muslim cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri listen to a speech by ul-Qadri, unshown, at an anti-government rally in Islamabad, Pakistan on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. Thousands of anti-government protesters are rallying in the streets of Pakistani capital for second day despite early-morning clashes with police who fired shots and tear gas to disperse the crowd. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's leaders received a powerful one-two punch Tuesday as the Supreme Court ordered the arrest of the prime minister in a corruption case and a firebrand cleric led thousands of protesters in a second day of anti-government demonstrations in the capital.
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