Two men have been killed in Bangkok as anti-government protesters and soldiers fought battles on the streets of the Thai capital.More than 100 people were also injured in violence on Monday between troops and thousands of "red shirt" protesters demanding the resignation of Abhisit Vejjajiva, the Thai prime minister, and his government.Black smoke billowed into the sky and volleys of gunfire and explosions rocked the city as demonstrators armed with slingshots and machetes fought with soldiers who fired automatic weapons into the air.The two men were shot in clashes between demonstrators and local residents, said Satit Wongnongtaey, a minister at the prime minister's office.
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PESHAWAR One worker was killed and two others wounded in a pre-dawn attack on terminals of trucks transporting supplies to NATO forces in Afghanistan on Sunday, police said.An official of Yakatoot police station said that ten loaded and empty lorries were set on fire during attack on two terminals on Ring Road at about 3am. Attackers also broke into a nearby cement export warehouse and destroyed an office and loaded truck.According to the First Investigation Report filed by the police, unidentified persons attacked Nato forces’ supplies terminals and threw petrol bombs parked there. The attackers escaped after a brief encounter with the police.Three workers suffered bullet injuries and were shifted to Lady Reading Hospital. Police said that one worker identified as Arifullah hailing from Charsadda expired in the hospital. The wounded workers included Khadim and Usman.The fire brigade was called in to extinguish the fire. Police said that fire destroyed six loaded and four empty trucks. Infrastructure of Pak-Kabul supply depot which exports cements to Afghanistan was also burnt.Frequent night attacks on these terminals have forced contractors to shift their business from Peshawar to Punjab. Police said that lack of proper security arrangements was the major reason which encouraged militants to attack these terminals.
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QUETTA At least 16 people were killed and nine others injured in different incidents of shooting in Balochistan as violence intensified in the province in anger over the murder of three Baloch nationalist leaders.The bodies of Ghulam Mohammad Baloch, Lala Munir and Sher Mohammad Baloch, were found in Turbat on Wednesday night.A strike was called by the Balochistan National Party-Mengal, Baloch National Front and Baloch Students Organisation. They urged people and transporters to observe a complete wheel-jam strike on Sunday to express solidarity with the families of the Baloch leaders.On Saturday, six bullet-riddled bodies were found near a coal mine between Margat and Marwarn.‘Their hands were tied behind their back and bullets were pumped into their heads from a close range,’ DIG Wazir Khan Nasar said, adding that they worked for coal factories in the area and were kidnapped at gunpoint.The six workers were identified as Ghulam Jilani, Khalid Mehmood, Mohammad Yousuf, Karamat Ali, Khanzada and Munir Salik. Four of them hailed from Azad Kashmir and one each from Punjab and the NWFP.The bodies were sent to their native places for burial. The Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the killing. Four policemen were killed and several others injured in a late night attack on a police camp in Jaffarabad.Another six people, a journalist among them, were shot dead. Four of the deaths took place in Quetta alone. The other two died in Khuzdar and Dalbandin. Gunmen fired on a group of people who were making arrangements for a wedding party in Jinnah town. A man, identified as Talib Sheikh, was killed on the spot while two others, including a 10-year-old girl, were injured.
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A top Afghan cleric who backs a law that critics say would allow marital rape has dismissed the outcry the legislation has generated in the West.Mohammad Asif Mohseni on Saturday accused Western critics of trying to meddle in Afghan affairs and insisted that the law offers women many protections.The law states that "it is essential for the woman to submit to the man's sexual desire" and says a husband can demand sex with his wife every four days, unless she is ill or would be harmed by intercourse.The law also regulates when and for what reasons a wife may leave her home alone.Its critics say the law is a throwback to the deposed Taliban regime, which fell in 2001 after the US invaded Afghanistan.The Taliban required women to wear all-covering burqas and banned them from leaving home without a male relative.