Baghdad car bomb kills 15, wounds 30

Tuesday, December 26, 2006, 22:04 [IST]

BAGHDAD, Dec 26 (Reuters) A car bomb in the mainly Sunni Arab district of Adhamiya in Baghdad killed 15 people and wounded 30 today, hospital sources said.

Earlier today, three simultaneous car bombs exploded in a busy intersection in a predominantly Shi'ite district in southwestern Baghdad, killing at least 14 people and wounding scores, Interior Ministry and police sources said.

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Iraqi court upholds Saddam death sentence

Tuesday, December 26, 2006,22:04 [IST]

BAGHDAD, Dec 26 (Reuters) An Iraqi appeals court today upheld a ruling that Saddam Hussein should hang for crimes against humanity and said the sentence should be carried out in the next 30 days. ''Our role has ended here. Now it is up to the executive authority to carry out the sentence,'' the head of the Iraqi High Tribunal, Aref Abdul-Razzaq al-Shahin, told a news conference in Baghdad. ''As far as we are concerned this is.....

Soldier, driver killed in militant firing in Kashmir

Tuesday, December 26, 2006,22:32 [IST]

Srinagar, Dec 26 (UNI) A soldier and a driver were killed and another personnel wounded when militants fired upon a vehicle carrying them at Rekh Litar in Pulwama district of south Kashmir today, an Army spokesman said. He said militants opened heavy fire on a Tata Sumo carrying soldiers at Rekh Litar in Wachi area of Pulwama district. The driver of the vehicle was killed on the spot while two soldiers sustained serious injuries in the.....

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SSS demands 27 per cent reservation in govt job for muslims

Tuesday, December 26, 2006,23:32 [IST]

Jamshedpur,Dec 26 (UNI) Secular Social Organisation (SSS) today demanded implementation of Sachchar Committee report in Jharkhand and 27 per cent reservation for the under priveleged muslims in government jobs and educational institutions. Hundreds of SSS activists, led by its national president Nasar Firdausi, demonstrated before the East Singhbhum deputy commissioner office for thier demands. SSS also submitted a memorandum to Jharkhand governor Syed Sibtey Razi through the DC N M Kulkarni. Apart from reservations,.....

Major fire breaks out at Imphal market

Tuesday, December 26, 2006,23:32 [IST]

Imphal, Dec 26 (UNI) A major fire broke out tonight at Thangal bazar here, reducing to ashes some shops. Official sources said fire tenders, which had been pressed into service, were fighting hard to douse the blaze and rescue those trapped. The reason of the fire was yet to be ascertained. The quantum of damage was yet to be estimated. UNI NS SJC SS2213.....

India hopes Saddam's life is spared

Tuesday, December 26, 2006,23:32 [IST]

New Delhi, Dec 26 (UNI) As the Iraqi Appeals Court in Baghdad confirmed the death sentence on deposed President Saddam Hussein, India tonight hoped that his life would be spared and that no steps were taken which would delay peace in the embattled country. The External Afairs Ministry, in a statement, expressed the hope that the sentence would not be carried out and no steps taken which might obstruct the reconciliation process and delay the.....