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Baluchistan

Type: Province

Name: Baluchistan

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 14 mins ago - 1 reports

NATO

Nato driver gunned down

PESHAWAR: Gunmen yesterday opened fire on a convoy of Nato containers in a northwestern Pakistani town near the Afghan border, killing a driver and wounding a helper, officials said. The attack took place at Shagai area, 20km southeast of Landi Kotal, ... [Published Qatar Peninsula - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Polio, NATO, Islamabad, Quetta, Pakistan

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Letters: Our use of Hellfire missiles could come back to haunt us

_ Simon Jenkins has shown courage in connecting the criminal outrage in Woolwich with the participation of the UK in the use of drones to destroy whole village communities in Afghanistan (, 24 May). He is surely correct when he poignantly remarks: "Of ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - 1 hour ago]

Entities: missile, Drone, David Hookes, Afghanistan

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 reports

Roadside bomb kills 13 police officers in truck

QUETTA, PAKISTAN — At least 13 police officers were killed when a powerful, remote-controlled bomb ripped through a police truck yesterday in southwestern Pakistan, officials said. At least 17 others were injured in the blast.The attack shortly after8 ... [Published Columbus Dispatch - 7 hours ago]

Entities: IED Improvised Explosive Device, Police, Quetta, Pakistan, Remote-Controlled

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 reports

I have shoes for any occasion

Everyone staying at the Kinshasa hotel in the spring of 1997 was, like me, a reporter covering the crumbling of Mobutu Sese Seko's reign. Everyone except a chatty but mysterious American who greeted waitresses at breakfast with "Bahn joor, baby." His ... [Published Christian Science Monitor - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Christian Louboutin, Converse Inc, Kinshasa, Cowboy, Santa Fe (New Mexico, United States)

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 reports

World news in brief, 5/24

NigerSimultaneous car bombs kill 26NIAMEY — Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously Thursday, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit at a French-operated uranium mine, killing 26 ... [Published San Angelo Standard-Times - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Quetta, Niger, Uranium

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 reports

Scathing heat across Pakistan with no respite from power breakdowns

Islamabad: A wave of scathing heat has gripped the country with citizens are irked by prolonged power outages.According to Met Department, the wave of heat is likely to continue for next few days. Weather forecast for the country for next May 24 is as ... [Published The News Tribe - 14 hours ago]

Entities: heat wave, Pakistan, Islamabad

First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 18 hours ago - 1 reports

Taliban

World Digest: May 23, 2013

LEBANON5-day death toll at 16 after frightful night Lebanese supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad fired heavy machine guns and lobbed mortar shells at each other Thursday in some of the worst fighting in the port city of Tripoli ... [Published Washington Post - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Taliban, Quetta, Lebanon, Kidnapping, Republic of the Congo

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 19 hours ago - 38 reports

Roadside bomb kills 13 in Quett...

ISLAMABAD: A roadside bomb killed 13 people, including 11 security personnel, yesterday in southwestern Pakistan where separatist rebels have for decades been battling to control the region’s natural gas and other resources.The bomb was planted in a three-wheeled ... [Published Qatar Peninsula - 21 hours ago]

Entities: IED Improvised Explosive Device, Security, Quetta

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 23 hours ago - 1 reports

Prime Minister condemns Jaffarabad bomb blast

(PPI-OT): Prime Minister Justice ® Mir Hazar Khan Khoso has strongly condemned the bomb blast in T-Chowk, Dera Allayar, Jaffarabad (Baluchistan), in which several people have sustained injuries.The Prime Minister asked the provincial government and the ... [Published Pakistan Newswire - May 23 2013]

Entities: Bomb Explosion, Condemnation, Mir Hazar Khan Khoso

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Pakistani security officials examine the destroyed vehicle following a bombing in Quetta

Pakistani security officials examine the destroyed vehicle used by security forces following a bomb attack on the outskirts of Quetta, capital of Baluchistan province. ... [Published ABC Online - May 23 2013]

Entities: Quetta, Security, Bombing

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang invites Pakistan's Nawaz Sharif to visit Beijing

Islamabad: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang today invited Pakistan's incoming PM Nawaz Sharif to visit Beijing and reiterated a promise to strengthen economic ties.Mr Sharif, whose Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) party secured a convincing victory in the May ... [Published NDTV - May 23 2013]

Entities: Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan, Li Keqiang, Beijing, Pakistan Muslim League (N)

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Roadside bomb kills 13 in southwest Pakistan

Sixteen people were wounded and the death toll could rise, said police in the city, which is capital of Baluchistan province.Ethnic Baluch separatists opposed Pakistan's May 11 general election. The have fought a low-key insurgency for decades against ... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 23 2013]

Entities: Pakistan, IED Improvised Explosive Device, Gas Pipeline, General Election

Quotes

• President Obama has defended his country's drone attacks as "legal, effective and a necessary tool in an evolving US counter-terrorism policy" (Report, 23 May)...

Letters: Our use of Hellfire missiles could come back to haunt us [Published Guardian.co.uk - 1 hour ago]

...For more information, see " What the Department of State Can and Can't DoDo in a Crisis " at the Department's website...

Iran Travel Warning [Published travel.state.gov: Travel Warnings - 5 hours ago]

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that "it’s clear" that economic and diplomatic pressure have been "unable to prevent Iran from pursuing its nuclear weapons program."

World news in brief, 5/24 [Published San Angelo Standard-Times - 14 hours ago]

Eyewitness Irshad Ali said the blast "was so loud, we thought something had fallen from the sky." The bomb completely destroyed the police vehicle, leaving little more than twisted sheets of metal

Pakistani Taliban claim credit for deadly attack in Quetta [Published The Long War Journal (Site-Wide) - May 23 2013]

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Ending CNG loadshedding to help save Rs 600 bil... [Published Pakistan Press International - 5 hours ago]
Iran Travel Warning [Published travel.state.gov: Travel Warnings - 5 hours ago]
CNG woes: commuters, APCNGA call for end to gas... [Published Pakistan Today - 6 hours ago]
Roadside bomb kills 13 police officers in truck [Published Columbus Dispatch - 7 hours ago]
I have shoes for any occasion [Published Christian Science Monitor - 11 hours ago]
Scathing heat across Pakistan with no respite f... [Published The News Tribe - 14 hours ago]
World news in brief, 5/24 [Published San Angelo Standard-Times - 14 hours ago]
World Digest: May 23, 2013 [Published Washington Post - 18 hours ago]
Li invites Sharif to visit Chin... [Published Qatar Peninsula - 21 hours ago]
Roadside bomb kills 13 in Quett... [Published Qatar Peninsula - 21 hours ago]
13 Pakistani Police Officers Killed in Blast in... [Published Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 23 hours ago]
Rickshaw bombing kills 12 security personnel [Published Daily Times - 23 hours ago]
Roots of Impunity: Special report on Pakistan's... [Published Ifex - May 23 2013]
12 killed in Pakistan [Published Himalayan Times - May 23 2013]
Pakistani Taliban claim credit for deadly attac... [Published The Long War Journal (Site-Wide) - May 23 2013]
13 killed in deadly Pakistan bombing [Published Big News Network - May 23 2013]
11 security men killed by Taleban bomb [Published Khaleej Times - May 23 2013]
Woolwich attack: This echo chamber of mass hyst... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 23 2013]
Taliban bomb kills 13 in Pakistan [Published Shanghai Daily - May 23 2013]
Rickshaw bomb kills 13 on outskirts of Quetta [Published Gulf News - May 23 2013]
Car bomb kills 12 in Pakistan [Published Japan Times - May 23 2013]
Taliban claim bomb in southwest Pakistan that k... [Published The Oregon Herald - May 23 2013]
Pakistan: Bomb kills 13 in southwest Pakistan: ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - May 23 2013]
Bomb kills 13 in southwest Pakistan: police (AFP) [Published West Australian - May 23 2013]
Pakistan Bombing Kills 11 Security Personnel, 2... [Published International Business Times UK - May 23 2013]
Twelve killed and dozens wounded in explosion i... [Published GlobalPost - May 23 2013]
Pakistani President: IP Gas Pipeline to Improve... [Published Fars News Agency - May 23 2013]
Pakistani security officials examine the destro... [Published ABC Online - May 23 2013]

Blogs

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Iran Travel Warning [Published travel.state.gov: Travel Warnings - 5 hours ago] The Department of State warns U.S. citizens to carefully consider the risks of travel to Iran. Dual national Iranian-American citizens may encounter difficulty in departing Iran. U.S. citizens should stay current with media coverage of local events and ...
Pakistani Taliban claim credit for deadly attac... [Published The Long War Journal (Site-Wide) - May 23 2013] Pakistani security forces comb through the burned out wreckage of a vehicle in Quetta, following a deadly roadside bomb attack targeting a police convoy on May 23, 2013. The explosion killed at least 11 police and two civilians. (Photo by AP). The ...
Car Bomb Kills 12 in Southwest Pakistan [Published The China Blog - May 23 2013] (QUETTA, Pakistan) — A car bomb targeting a police vehicle killed 11 policemen and one civilian Thursday in an area of southwest Pakistan wracked by a separatist insurgency and Islamic militancy, police said. The bombing on the outskirts of Quetta, the ...
Car Bomb Kills 12 in Southwest Pakistan [Published The Middle East Blog - TIME.com - May 23 2013] (QUETTA, Pakistan) — A car bomb targeting a police vehicle killed 11 policemen and one civilian Thursday in an area of southwest Pakistan wracked by a separatist insurgency and Islamic militancy, police said. The bombing on the outskirts of Quetta, the ...
IMU suicide bomber targeted top police commande... [Published The Long War Journal (Site-Wide) - May 14 2013] The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan claimed credit for yesterday's suicide attack in Quetta that targeted the chief of police in the southern Pakistani city. The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan took credit for the attack, in a statement that was released ...

Audio/Video

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VIDEO: 'Quake completely destroyed our home' [Published BBC News Video - World - Apr 18 2013]
Pakistan fails to stop Shia killings [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - Feb 03 2013]

Press Releases

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U.S. State Department Extends Funding for Sales... [Published PR Newswire: Policy & Public Interest - May 07 2013]