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Ulfa’s bomb-making unit busted; 2 held

Guwahati, May 21: Security forces have busted a bomb-making unit of the banned outfit United liberation Front of Asom (UlFA) and arrested two people in this connection at the Assam-Meghalaya border, police said Monday.

Suicide bomber held in Nigeria

Abuja, May 21: A major tragedy was averted Monday in the Nigerian capital when a suspected suicide bomber was arrested from the office of the federal ministry of information here, Xinhua reported.

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IAF chief on four-day visit to France

New Delhi, May 21: Ahead of finalising a multi-billion contract with French firm Dassault Aviation for 126 Rafale combat planes, the Indian Air Force (IAF) chief, Air Chief Marshal Norman Anil Kumar Browne, left for France Monday on a four-day official visit to explore ways to expand bilateral military relations.

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North Korea releases detained Chinese fishermen

Beijing, May 21: A total of 29 Chinese fishermen returned home Monday after having remained in North Korean detention for 13 days.

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Court acquits 12 of killing 13 Jharkhand cops

Ranchi, May 21: A Dhanbad court Monday acquitted, for lack of evidence, 12 people accused of killing 13 policemen during a large-scale attack on a Jharkhand Police picket in 2001.

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96 dead in Yemen military parade bombing

Sana’a, May 21: At least 96 soldiers were killed and 300 others injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up during a rehearsal Monday for a military parade in Yemen’s capital city, Al Arabiya news agency reported.

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India’s defence varsity by 2017

New Delhi, May 21: India’s first and only defence university, approved by the union cabinet in 2010, will take about seven years to come up and the land acquisition process at Binola in Gurgaon district of Haryana has begun, parliament was informed Monday.

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50 killed at Yemen military parade

Sana’a, May 21 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A suicide bomber killed at least 50 soldiers during a rehearsal Monday for a military parade in Yemen’s capital city of Sana’a, Al Arabiya news agency reported.

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Baghdad talks may help resolve Iranian n-dispute: China

Beijing, May 21: China has said that talks scheduled for later this week in Baghdad can help resolve the Iranian nuclear dispute as well as promote peace and stability in the region.

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