Israel pounds Hamas positions

10 Injured In Rocket Attack

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Jerusalem, Aug 19: Israeli jets pounded Hamas positions in Gaza and Palestinian militants fired a barrage of rockets into southern Israel injuring 10 today, as violence escalated, a day after eight Israelis were killed in the deadliest attack in three years. The sudden spurt in violence prompted More

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LeT active in Kashmir: US

LALIT K JHA/PTI

Washington, Aug 19: Warning that Lashkar-e-Toiba has the ability to "severely disrupt already delicate" regional relations, the US has said the Pakistan-based outfit responsible for the 2008 Mumbai attacks remained active in Kashmir and continued to target India along with groups like JeM and HuM More

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‘Lesser deaths due to terror acts in India’

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Washington, Aug 19: India experienced lesser number of deaths due to extremism last year, but still it remains one of the most terrorism-afflicted nations in the world, a US report said."The loss of nearly 1,900 lives (civilian, security forces, and terrorists) still made India one of the world More

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SAUDI WOMAN ON A MISSION

Disables anti-Islam Websites

Dammam, Aug 18: An Alkhobar woman studying in the United States is taking credit for destroying 23 Danish websites that were anti-Islam, Al-Madinah newspaper reported on Thursday. Nouf Rashid told the Arabic newspaper she was hacking into Danish websites having references to cartoons along More

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King opens work on Masjid al Haram extension

Jeddah, Aug 19: King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia will officially launch a USD 10.6-billion extension project today for the Grand Masjid in Makkah, media reports said. The project is intended to allow the complex to accommodate some two million worshippers at a time, the daily Asharq al-Awsat More

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