Five hurt in Indian Kashmir grenade attack

SRINAGAR: Rebels lobbed grenades at a major police station in Indian-administered Kashmir on Saturday, authorities said, wounding three civilians and two policemen. A suspected militant was killed when police shot back after the raid on the police station in northern Sopore town around noon. “One of the attackers was killed in the encounter that ensued after police launched a search operation minutes after the attack,” a police officer said. “We are searching more structures in the area as we believe the attackers were more than one,” he added, asking not to be named because he was not authorised to talk to the media. Kashmir has been hit by an insurgency since 1989 that has left more than 47,000 people dead by official...

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Hamas had ‘big role’ in Syria mission: Arab League

CAIRO: The Damascus-based chief of Hamas was instrumental in getting Syria to accept an Arab observer mission into the country, the head of the Arab League said on Friday. Nabil al-Arabi was speaking in Cairo after talks with Khaled Meshaal, the exiled head of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. Meshaal “played a big role in advising the Syrians to sign the document,” Arabi told reporters. “I had sent a letter with him to the Syrian authorities to say that it was essential to work in honesty, transparency and credibility to stop the violence in Syria,” Arabi said. But a top Palestinian official slammed Meshaal’s action, saying it contradicts Palestinian policy of non-interference in the domestic affairs of any country. “Khaled...

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