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BJP rejects Patil charge that it is hurdle to fighting terror

New Delhi, Feb 18 (UNI) Rebutting Home Minister Shivraj Patil's insinuations that the BJP was a hurdle in fighting against terrorism, the BJP today said Mr Patil cannot absolve his responsibilities by such a blame game.

BJP spokesman Rajiv Pratap Rudy describing Mr Patil's statement in a television interview as 'frivolous and unsolicited', said that the country needed a clarification which political parties and their allies were soft pedalling on the issue of terrorism. The UPA repeal of POTA after it came to power depriving the police of special powers to deal with terrorist forces did not send the right signals, he said adding ''frequent doses of appeasement vitiated the societal atmosphere.'' UNI MCN PJ RP BD1828

Nigerian delta militants release Italian hostages

Port Harcourt, Nigeria, Mar 15:  Nigerian militants today released two Italian oil workers they had been holding hostage in remote creeks in the oil-producing Niger Delta for more than three months.The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), which demands greater autonomy for Africa's top oil province, had seized the employees of oil company Saipem, a unit of ENI, in a raid on an oil export terminal on Dec 7.MEND, which emerged in late 2005 and forced the closure.....
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