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UN report sees no active Syrian state links to Al Qaeda

UN report sees no active Syrian state links to Al Qaeda

United Nations sanctions monitors have seen no "active ties" this year between Al Qaeda and the Islamist group leading Syria's interim government, an unpublished UN report said, a finding that could strengthen an expected US push for removing UN sanctions on Syria. The report, seen by Reuters on T

Armed men kidnap, kill nine bus passengers in Pakistan

Armed men kidnap, kill nine bus passengers in Pakistan

Authorities retrieved from Pakistan's mountains the bullet-ridden bodies of nine passengers kidnapped by armed men in a spate of bus attacks in the troubled southwestern province of Balochistan, officials said on Friday. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but Baloch separatists, agita

Strong tremors felt in north India

Strong tremors felt in north India

Strong tremors were felt in many parts of north India on Thursday morning as people ran out of their houses in panic. The tremors lasted around 10 seconds, reports Xinhua. The estimated magnitude of the quake was around 4.4 on the Richter scale, which measures the magnitude of earthquakes. Accordi