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2 govt officials die in Afghan suicide attack
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ASIANAGE on 10 October, 2008 02:44:42
 
Khost, Afghanistan: A Taliban suicide bomber killed two government workers in
southeastern Afghanistan on Friday in an attack aimed at a district intelligence
chief, the government and the militia said.
"Two government officials were killed and two others and a civilian were
injured," Khost province governor Arsla Jamal said. The blast was carried out by
a Taliban suicide bomber and targeted the intelligence chief of Bak district,
said a spokesperson for the militia, Zabi-hullah Mujahed. —AFP
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Turkey Army strikes rebels in north Iraq
Ankara: Turkey’s military says its warplanes and artillery units have bombed
and killed a large group of Kurdish rebels as they tried to infiltrate Turkey
from northern Iraq. Military spokesperson Gen. Metin Gurak says the attack took
place on Thursday. He did not give any specific location or an estimate of how
many rebels had been killed.
The offensive, announced on Friday, was the latest in a series of Turkish
attacks against rebels in northern Iraq after the killing of 17 soldiers in a
rebel raid a week ago. —AP
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Ship hijacked off Somali coast released
Tehran: Pirates released an Iranian ship on Friday that had been hijacked off
the Somali coast in August, state news agency IRNA reported.
"The ship Dianat was released on Friday morning after seven weeks of
negotiations with Somali pirates," the state-owned Islamic Republic of Iran
Shipping Lines said in statement carried by the agency. "All 29 members of the
crew are safe and sound and the ship is sailing towards international waters,"
it said. The report did not say whether ransom was paid. —AFP
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‘Operations in tribal areas will continue’
Islamabad: The ongoing operation against terrorists in the tribal areas will
continue unabated despite the strikes of miscreants, Pakistan interior ministry
chief said on Friday, reports our Pakistan correspondent.
Advisor to Prime Minister on home affairs Rehman Malik said, "The ongoing
operation in Federally Administrated Tribal Areas will neither be halted nor
abolished but it will continue despite the terrorists’ strikes." Talking to
reporters, He maintained that terrorists wanted to thr-eaten government by
conducting more suicide bo-mbings in Islamabad so th-at the government could be
stopped from operations.
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Samsung’s former boss is held guilty
Seoul: A South Korean appeals court on Friday found former Samsung group
chairman Lee Kun-Hee guilty of tax evasion but ruled he should not serve a
prison term, court officials said.
Despite pleas by prosecutors for a seven-year jail sentence, the judges upheld
a lower court ruling which had imposed a three-year prison term suspended for
five years.
The appeals court also affirmed a $84 million fine on Lee, who led the
country’s biggest business group for almost 20 years.
—AFP