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Thursday, February 26, 2009
Kenyan police accused of widespread killings
Hamas, Fatah unity talks begin in Cairo
Undersea bombs threaten marine life
Pakistan, Sri Lanka teams reach Lahore
Crude oil prices dropped in Asian market today
The rebellion by paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles troops apparently ended Thursday after they handed over their weapons inside their headquarters in the capital city's Pilkhana district, the national press agency quoted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as saying in a nationwide televised address. However, the fate of top military officers who were taken hostage Wednesday was unclear, according to the news agency, Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, or BSS, on its Web site. Home Minister Sahara Khatun "oversaw a rescue campaign along with a government delegation in search of bodies of officers, BDR soldiers, their family members and relatives," the agency said.
The Bangladesh Rifles is also known as the BDR.
Serb ex-president cleared of war crimes
Nation not to accept undemocratic decisions: Nawaz Sharif
U.N.: 15,000 flee southern Darfur
The U.N.'s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that fighting in Muhajeria and Shearia between Sudanese government forces, and the rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), drove over 15,000 people north to the Zam Zam camp.The water supply to the camp is becoming strained with displaced people arriving there every day, OCHA has said.The government of Darfur has waged a brutal counter-insurgency against militias for the past six years, a war that some international critics have characterized as genocide.An estimated 300,000 people have been killed through combat, disease or malnutrition, according to the United Nations. An additional 2.7 million people have been forced to flee their homes because of fighting among rebels, government forces and the violent Janjaweed militias.
Bomb kills civilian, injures 3 Afghan soldiers
KANDAHAR: A civilian was killed and five others were injured including 3 Afghan soldiers in a bomb explosion in Kandahar province. According to Kandahar police chief that the explosion was carried out by a remote detonated bomb, killing a civilian and injuring five others including 3 Afghan soldiers. According to an estimate around 4,000 people were killed in Kandahar by bomb blasts last year. |