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42 people including students abducted from school in Nigeria relea
Updated : 1 week, 1 day ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], February 27 (ANI): At least 42 people, including students, who were kidnapped last week in an armed raid at a state-run school in Kagara in Niger state, northwest Nigeria, have been released, the vice-principal of the school, Mallam Saidu said on Saturday.
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Gunmen kill 3 policemen, abduct civilian in southeast Nigeria
Updated : 1 week, 6 days ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], February 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Three policemen were killed when gunmen attacked a zoological garden in southeast Nigeria, authorities said on Monday.
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Baloch rights group holds march in Islamabad against abduction, to
Updated : 2 weeks, 4 days ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 18 (ANI): In a bid to highlight the plight of minority communities in Pakistan, a rights group -- Baloch Voice of Missing Persons (BVMP) has been holding demonstrations in Islamabad over the issue of forced abduction, torture, and harassment of the people of
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UN chief condemns attack on school, abduction of students in Niger
Updated : 2 weeks, 4 days ago IST
New York [US], February 18 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday condemned the attack on a government school in Nigeria, in which one student was killed and 27 others were abduced along with school staff and relatives, said his spokesman.
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Gunmen attack school, abduct students in north-central Nigeria: So
Updated : 2 weeks, 4 days ago IST
Lagos [Ukraine], Feburary 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Unidentified gunmen stormed a secondary school in north-central Nigeria early Wednesday and abducted some students, according to a security source.
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Daniel Pearl's wife still hopes for justice after Pak SC's acquitt
Updated : 4 weeks, 1 day ago IST
Washington [US], February 6 (ANI): Wife of American journalist Daniel Pearl, Mariane, hopes for justice even after the "unjust verdict by the Pakistan Supreme Court of acquitting terrorist Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the prime accused in the 2002 abduction and murder of the scribe."
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Omar Sheikh must not be permitted to evade justice in Daniel Pearl
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
Washington DC [US], January 29 (ANI): Expressing concern over the acquittal in the Daniel Pearl murder cases, the US Justice Department on Thursday said Ahmad Omar Saeed Sheikh must not be permitted to evade justice for his role in the abduction and murder of the American citizen.
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US extradites Colombian paramilitary member
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
Bogota [Colombia], January 26 (ANI/Sputnik): Former Colombian paramilitary member Hernan Giraldo Serna was extradited from the United States after serving 12 years in jail for drug trafficking to face over 40 arrest warrants at home for terrorism, torture, the sexual abuse of minors, abducti
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Even dead Baloch woman not spared from abduction by Pakistan, says
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], January 24 (ANI): Sameer Mehrab, brother of slain human rights activist Karima Baloch, lashed out at Pakistani authorities on Sunday after the body of his sister was forcefully taken away while it was being escorted to her hometown in Tump, Balochistan.
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UK must take tough stance on Pakistan's persecution of minorities,
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
London [UK], January 22 (ANI): As incidents of persecution of religious minorities in Pakistan -- particularly abduction and forced conversions of minor girls to Islam -- continue to rise at an alarming rate, London must 'take a stand' and hold Islamabad accountable for the crimes against mi
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Human rights group demands justice for Christian girl killed in Pa
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Faisalabad [Pakistan], January 12 (ANI): A human rights group has demanded justice for Ishal Afzal, a Christian girl child, killed after abduction in Pakistan's Punjab province.
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SC asks Punjab govt to place chargesheet filed against former Punj
Updated : 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 5 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Punjab government to place before it the chargesheet filed against former Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Sumedh Singh Saini in a case related to alleged abduction and murder of Junior Engineer Balwant Singh M
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