Thursday, October 15, 2009 KOHAT/Pakistan: At least 8 persons have been killed in a suicide blast on Saddar police station, Kohat, whereas many others sustained injuries Thursday. According to Geo News, eyewitness told a suicide bomber rammed the police station building with his explosive-laden white wagon resulting in an ear-splitting blast. The blast severely damaged the police station building and rocked the area. According to hospital sources, over 12 persons have received injures. The killed and injured include policemen and common people. The injured have been transferred to District Hospital Kohat and Liaqat Hospital and security officials have sealed the area. Meanwhile, bomb-disposal squad has reached the spot for investigations.
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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