Qaeda militants killed in Yemen air strike: residents

ADEN: At least 11 al Qaeda militants, including a number of local leaders, were killed in an overnight air strike in southern Yemen, local residents said on Tuesday. They said an unidentified drone attacked the militants while they were travelling in two vehicles east of the city of Lawdar in Abyan provice in southern Yemen. A tribal leader said at least four of those killed were local al Qaeda leaders. Residents said no civilians were hurt in the air strike. The United States has used drones repeatedly to attack al Qaeda militants in Yemen. Last September, a US drone killed US-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, described by the US officials as “chief of external operations” for al Qaeda in Yemen. The latest attack could deal...

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Kasab’s death penalty appeal adjourned

NEW DELHI: India’s Supreme Court adjourned an appeal hearing on Tuesday into the death sentence handed down to the lone surviving gunman from the 2008 Mumbai attacks. Mohammed Kasab, one of 10 gunmen who laid siege to Mumbai in attacks which lasted nearly three days and killed 166 people, has appealed for his sentence to be overturned after he was convicted in May 2010. The 24-year-old Pakistani was found guilty of a series of crimes, including waging war against India, murder and terror acts. The November 2008 attacks saw 10 heavily-armed gunmen storm targets including luxury hotels, a Jewish centre and a train station. One of the two Supreme Court judges due to hear the appeal was unavailable on Tuesday, forcing the adjournment,...

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