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UN chief condemns attack on school, abduction of students in Nigeria
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], February 18 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday condemned the attack on a government school in Nigeria, in which one student was killed and 27 others were abduced along with school staff and relatives, said his spokesman.
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Gunmen attack school, abduct students in north-central Nigeria: Source
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Lagos [Ukraine], Feburary 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Unidentified gunmen stormed a secondary school in north-central Nigeria early Wednesday and abducted some students, according to a security source.
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Daniel Pearl's wife still hopes for justice after Pak SC's acquittal of mu
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 6 (ANI): Wife of American journalist Daniel Pearl, Mariane, hopes for justice even after the "unjust verdict by the Pakistan Supreme Court of acquitting terrorist Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the prime accused in the 2002 abduction and murder of the scribe."
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Omar Sheikh must not be permitted to evade justice in Daniel Pearl's murde
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [US], January 29 (ANI): Expressing concern over the acquittal in the Daniel Pearl murder cases, the US Justice Department on Thursday said Ahmad Omar Saeed Sheikh must not be permitted to evade justice for his role in the abduction and murder of the American citizen.
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US extradites Colombian paramilitary member
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Bogota [Colombia], January 26 (ANI/Sputnik): Former Colombian paramilitary member Hernan Giraldo Serna was extradited from the United States after serving 12 years in jail for drug trafficking to face over 40 arrest warrants at home for terrorism, torture, the sexual abuse of minors, abducti
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Even dead Baloch woman not spared from abduction by Pakistan, says bother
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], January 24 (ANI): Sameer Mehrab, brother of slain human rights activist Karima Baloch, lashed out at Pakistani authorities on Sunday after the body of his sister was forcefully taken away while it was being escorted to her hometown in Tump, Balochistan.
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UK must take tough stance on Pakistan's persecution of minorities, says sc
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], January 22 (ANI): As incidents of persecution of religious minorities in Pakistan -- particularly abduction and forced conversions of minor girls to Islam -- continue to rise at an alarming rate, London must 'take a stand' and hold Islamabad accountable for the crimes against mi
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Human rights group demands justice for Christian girl killed in Pakistan
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Faisalabad [Pakistan], January 12 (ANI): A human rights group has demanded justice for Ishal Afzal, a Christian girl child, killed after abduction in Pakistan's Punjab province.
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SC asks Punjab govt to place chargesheet filed against former Punjab DGP
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 5 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Punjab government to place before it the chargesheet filed against former Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Sumedh Singh Saini in a case related to alleged abduction and murder of Junior Engineer Balwant Singh M
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Mumbai attack mastermind Lakhvi arrested, posturing by Pak after the embar
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 2 (ANI): Mumbai terror attack mastermind and Lashkar-e-Taiba operations commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi was arrested on Saturday for financing terrorism days after Pakistan received worldwide criticism for having released Ahmed Omer Saeed Shaikh, who was in jai
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US says ready to try Pak terrorist Omar Sheikh in Daniel Pearl case
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 30 (ANI): The United States is ready to take custody of terrorist Omar Sheikh to stand trial in the American journalist Daniel Pearl's abduction and murder case, said US Acting Attorney General Jeffrey A Rosen.
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Human rights group call for independent inquiry into death of Karima Baloc
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 24 (ANI): Human rights group based in Hong Kong has asked Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to initiate an independent inquiry into the abduction and mysterious death of 37-year-old Banuk Karima Baloch.
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