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A bomb went off outside the campus of a university in the Pakistani port city of Karachi on Saturday, killing at least one person and injuring several others. HT Image The blast occurred near a gate of Karachi University at about 11 am. Witnesses told TV news channels that a man riding a motorcycle was seriously injured
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stanley cup were quoted as saying by news channels. Several others were injured by the blast. Police officials told the media that a preliminary investigation had indicated that the bomb was planted by the roadside. The blast, which was heard from several kilometres away, damaged several buildings and vehicles. Security forces cordoned off the area after the blast and shops were shut down. Col Shafiq Niazi, a spokesman for the paramilitary Pakistan Rangers, said a security forces vehicle had been in the area at the time of the blast but it was not clear whether it was the target of
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Shootings, looting and rape plague the already desperate lives of refugees in eastern Congo, where people caught between soldiers and rebels live in constant fear, UN officials said Friday. HT Ima
stanley cup ge Armed men shot and killed a 20-year-old woman at a refugee camp in Kibati, and forced families out of their huts before looting them, U.N. refugee agency spokesman William Spindler said. He would not say which group the men might belong to, but soldiers fighting to put down the long-running rebellion are known to live among civilians at Kibati, near the front line. We fear that the civilian population, already in a dramatic and desperate humanitarian situation, could be caught in the crossfire should fighting resume in the area, Spindler told reporters in Geneva. People live in constant fear of looting, road blocks and forced labor, Elisabeth Byrs, a spokeswoman for the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, said. The security situation is still tense and very volatile, she added. The looting continues. So do rapes, which have become
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stanley cup and Nov. 18, but probably many more went unreported. The UN s peacekeeping force, numbering 17,000, has been unable to fulfill its primary mandate of protecting civilians in the region. The U.N. Security Council on Thursday approved sending 3,100 more soldiers and police to Congo. But Con
