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Bombs hit election offices of candidates in northwest Pakistan, killing 3

The Canadian PressMay 10, 2013 08:30
MIRAN SHAH, Pakistan - Pakistani intelligence officials say two bombs targeting the offices of candidates running in this weekend's election have killed three people in northwest Pakistan. The officials say 15 people also were wounded in the blasts Friday in Miran Shah, the main town in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal area. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media. Militants have killed at least 130 people in attacks on candidates and party workers since the beginning of April in an attempt to hamper the vote.

Former Canadian resident allegedly 'discussed' mass killing with Via suspect

The Canadian PressMay 9, 2013 15:56
A former Canadian resident arrested in the U.S. allegedly "discussed" plans to kill tens of thousands of people through air and water contamination with a Montreal man already accused in a cross-border terror plot. Tunisian national Ahmed Abassi has been charged with fraudulently applying for a visa in order to remain in the U.S. to facilitate an "act of international terrorism," U.S. authorities said Thursday. Prosecutors allege Abassi had "radicalized" Chiheb Esseghaier, one of two men charged with plotting to attack a Via Rail train travelling from the U.S. to Canada.

Bombs targeting people involved in Pakistan election kill 18, pushing death toll over 100

The Canadian PressMay 8, 2013 12:00
PARACHINAR, Pakistan - Three bombings in northwest Pakistan targeting individuals involved in this week's national elections killed 18 people, police said, pushing the death toll from attacks on candidates and party workers to over 100 since the beginning of April. Two of Tuesday's attacks targeted candidates from Islamist parties, indicating a new trend in the pre-election violence, which had only plagued secular parties before this week.

8 Die in attack against election rally in Pakistan

Agencia EFEMay 7, 2013 15:31
Islamabad, May 7 (EFE).- At least eight people died and some 30 others were wounded Tuesday in a suicide bombing attack on a religious party's campaign rally in the northwestern Pakistani region of Hangu, a police official told Efe. The explosion occurred in the early afternoon during a meeting organized by the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party in preparation for next Saturday's elections, according to the Hangu police official. A motorcyclist wearing a vest loaded with explosives headed for the center of candidate Syed Janan's rally before detonating the suicide bomb.

Pakistan election violence forces candidates behind high walls

May 7, 2013 11:36
By Katharine Houreld PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Mian Hussain is fighting for his political life from a deserted party headquarters, where two telephones sit silently beside him and the footsteps of a tea boy echo down the corridor. One of Pakistan's most high-profile anti-Taliban politicians, Hussain hasn't been to a single public event since campaigning for the May 11 election kicked off. A fiery orator who once electrified big rallies, he now makes short speeches by telephone to small huddles of supporters meeting in secret.

Pakistan election violence forces candidates behind high walls

May 7, 2013 11:36
By Katharine Houreld PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Mian Hussain is fighting for his political life from a deserted party headquarters, where two telephones sit silently beside him and the footsteps of a tea boy echo down the corridor. One of Pakistan's most high-profile anti-Taliban politicians, Hussain hasn't been to a single public event since campaigning for the May 11 election kicked off. A fiery orator who once electrified big rallies, he now makes short speeches by telephone to small huddles of supporters meeting in secret.

Pakistan election violence forces candidates behind high walls

May 7, 2013 10:50
By Katharine Houreld PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Mian Hussain is fighting for his political life from a deserted party headquarters, where two telephones sit silently beside him and the footsteps of a tea boy echo down the corridor. One of Pakistan's most high-profile anti-Taliban politicians, Hussain hasn't been to a single public event since campaigning for the May 11 election kicked off. A fiery orator who once electrified big rallies, he now makes short speeches by telephone to small huddles of supporters meeting in secret.

At least 20 dead in Islamist protests in Bangladesh

May 7, 2013 10:45
By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) - At least 20 Bangladeshis were killed on Monday in clashes between police and hardline Islamists demanding religious reforms, as violence spread beyond the capital Dhaka to other parts of the country. The clashes began on Sunday after 200,000 Islamist supporters marched in Dhaka to press demands critics said would amount to the "Talibanisation" of a country that maintains secularism as state policy, but they were met by lines of police firing teargas and rubber bullets.

Bomb kills five U.S. soldiers in southern Afghanistan

May 7, 2013 10:44
KABUL (Reuters) - Five U.S. soldiers were killed by a bomb in southern Afghanistan, a spokesman for the U.S. Armed Forces said on Saturday. The Taliban launched their annual spring offensive on Sunday, saying it would take aim at foreign military bases and diplomatic areas. Three British troops were killed by a roadside bomb earlier this week in the southern province of Helmand. (Reporting by Dylan Welch and Amie Ferris-Rotman)

New jihadi magazine appeals for help against drones

May 7, 2013 10:44
By Myra MacDonald LONDON (Reuters) - A new jihadi magazine set up by militants in Afghanistan and Pakistan has appealed to Muslims around the world to come up with technology to hack into or manipulate drones, describing this as one of their most important priorities. The first issue of the English-language online magazine, called "Azan", was published on May 5, the SITE intelligence monitoring group said. It compared Azan to "Inspire" magazine, set up by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
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