SRINAGAR: In an encounter between Indian Army troops and Kashmiri Mujahideen, an officer and seven troops were killed and many more injured. It is suspected that five Mujahideen were also injured in the shootout.Lieutenant Colonel J.S Brar, Indian army spokesman in Srinagar, while confirming the incident disclosed that on specific information regarding presence of Mujahideen in the area, army troops carried out search and cordon operation in Shamswari forests of Kupwara district. The Mujahideen surrounded the troops and did not allow them to flee. In a continuous gunfight, Major Mohit Sharma of 1 Para and seven other soldiers were killed while five Mujahideen and equal number of civilians were injured.
BEIRUT: Thousands of people converged Saturday on central Beirut to mark the fourth anniversary of the assassination of Lebanese former premier Rafiq Hariri.Waving Lebanese flags and carrying pictures of the slain leader, men, women and children gathered under sunny skies in Martyr's Square where members of the parliamentary majority were to address the crowd. The rally comes as final preparations are underway in The Hague for the launch of the international tribunal set up to bring Hariri's killers to justice. It also comes as the country prepares for legislative elections in June that will pit Western-backed political parties against a Hezbollah-led alliance backed by Syria and Iran.Hariri died in a massive car bombing on February 14, 2005 that also killed 22 others. The assassination was widely blamed on then Lebanese power-broker Syria, which has denied any involvement. The attack on the Beirut seafront was one of the worst acts of political violence to rock Lebanon since t...
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