Guest guest Posted April 5, 2004 Report Share Posted April 5, 2004 Kashmir grenade blast 'wounds 50' At least 50 people, mostly civilians, have been injured in a grenade attack at a market in Indian-administered Kashmir, police say. The incident happened in the town of Pulwama, south of the state's summer capital, Srinagar. Police say suspected militants threw the grenade at an army convoy but it missed its target and exploded on a busy road. More than 35,000 people have died in over a decade of violence in Kashmir. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/3600217.stmApaches swoop on Shia militia Police joined the militants' protest in Basra US helicopter gunships have been firing at targets in a Shia Muslim district of Baghdad on the second day of a revolt across Iraq by a religious militia. Supporters of radical cleric Moqtada Sadr have been involved in violent protests against the US-led coalition. The coalition accuses Mr Sadr of trying to usurp its power and says the revolt will not be tolerated. US troops also began an offensive in Falluja, a Sunni town where four Americans were killed and mutilated. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3599771.stmNepal Maoists kill nine policemen The rebels want a communist republic Hundreds of Maoist rebels have stormed a police post in eastern Nepal, killing at least nine officers. More than 20 others were missing after the overnight attack in a village about 300km (200 miles) east of the capital, Kathmandu, the authorities said. The number of rebel casualties was not known. Fighting between government and rebel forces has escalated since the Maoists - who want a communist republic - ended their ceasefire in August 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3599643.stmThree shot dead in Gaza Strip Israeli troops have shot dead three Palestinians near the border fence between the Gaza Strip and Israel. Palestinian witnesses said they had found their bodies near the Jewish settlement of Netzarim. Israeli military officials said troops had opened fire on "three suspicious figures" on Sunday night. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3600923.stm Thousands of people, including a former Miss Slovenia, were wiped from registers Voters in Slovenia have rejected plans to restore rights stripped from ethnic minorities after the country's independence from Yugoslavia. Around 18,000 people were removed from population records and lost all their residency rights. Most of them were nationals of other former Yugoslav republics. ...Human rights groups and political leaders have expressed dismay at the result. "This is a sign of growing nationalism, xenophobia and racism," said Boris A Novak, a poet and human rights activist. "Not only is it a disgrace but a dangerous wave that can spread to other issues and other minorities." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3601125.stm Rwanda's tense anniversary Ntarama Church is preserved as a memorial site Ten years after the genocide ended and Rwandans are still digging up bones. Construction workers find them stuffed in pit latrines and shallow graves as they work on the new and impressive buildings which are changing Kigali's skyline. Relatives frequently go in search of them, acting on information provided by imprisoned genocidaires. This month some 250,000 of the dead will find their final home in a new memorial in Gisozi on the outskirts of Kigali, Rwanda's capital city. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3589297.stm http://www.adishakti.org/http://www.al-qiyamah.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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