Maoists bomb Govt buildings, take 20 policemen hostage
Communist rebels bombed government buildings,
took a local official and 20 policemen hostage and freed jailed
comrades during a brazen overnight raid on a town in southern Nepal,
police said Thursday.
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Army: 20 killed in fighting in Pakistani tribal region
Pakistani security forces supported by
helicopter gunships killed 16 suspected Islamic militants Wednesday
after a military base near the Afghan border came under rocket
attack in fighting that also left four soldiers dead, the army said.
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Bangladesh fines Islami bank for terror financing
Bangladesh's central bank has fined the
country's top sharia-based commercial bank, Islami Bank, for
transactions linked to Islamist militants.
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