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News for Tuesday, 27 Sep 2011

3 killed as Syrian forces mount raids on dissent

Syrian forces mounting raids on dissidents killed at least three civilians on Tuesday, rights groups said, after Damascus accused the West of trying to break up the country with “total...

Syria accuses West of sowing ‘total chaos’

Syria accused the West of trying to unleash “total chaos” that would lead to the break-up of the country, as rights groups said Syrian forces strafed political dissidents with machineguns...

Anti-Gaddafi fighters capture Sirte’s port

Anti-Gaddafi fighters overran Sirte’s port on Tuesday, scoring a strategic victory in their battle for control of the defeated Libyan leader’s birthplace, his loyalists’ most important bastion. In their other...

2 killed in South Waziristan drone strike

At least two people were killed when drones fired two missiles in South Waziristan on Tuesday. Reportedly, the missiles were fired on a house in Azam Warsak. The drone attack came...

China metro crash injures more than 260

Two metro trains collided in Shanghai on Tuesday, injuring more than 260 people, the city government said, just months after a deadly high-speed rail crash that shocked China. The Shanghai...

Afghans protest death of peace broker Rabbani

Hundreds of Afghans took to the streets of Kabul on Tuesday to denounce the assassination of government peace mediator and ethnic Tajik powerbroker Burhanuddin Rabbani. It was the first protest...

Amnesty fears Bahraini women and girls tortured

A group of 38 women and seven girls arrested last week during a protest against Bahrain’s parliamentary by-elections have reportedly been tortured or ill-treated, Amnesty International said. “They were apprehended...

Iran ‘tries seven Bahais for proselytising’

Iran has put on trial seven Bahais accused of proselytising, the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahais of the United States said in a statement received by AFP on Tuesday....

11 children among 16 dead in Afghan bombing

Sixteen wedding guests, including 11 children, were killed Tuesday when a bus hit a roadside bomb in western Afghanistan, underscoring the heavy toll paid by civilians in a decade of...

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