Tuesday, June 16, 2009 NEW DELHI: Ram Pradhan Committee report looking into the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks has been tabled in the Maharashtra Legislature.Earlier yesterday, Forest Minister Babanrao Pachpute informed the Legislative Council regarding the report submission.The report has been submitted after a demand by opposition Sena-BJP members for immediate tabling of the report.There were also reports of major differences on the issue at the meeting of the state cabinet held at Vidhan Bhawan on Monday.
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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