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| July 17, 2006 | Monday | Jumadi-ul-Sani 20, 1427 |
Updated round-the-clock, with major updates after 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
At least 67 dead as Indonesia's tsunami nightmare returns JAKARTA, July 17 (AFP) - At least 67 people died and 70 others were reported missing Monday when a tsunami triggered by an undersea earthquake smashed into Indonesia's Java island, echoing the 2004 disaster that killed 220,000 across Asia. After a strong 7.7-magnitude quake convulsed the seabed off Java's south coast, waves up to three metres (10 feet) high wrecked buildings and sent boats crashing ashore, prompting thousands of residents to flee in panic. Metro TV reported that 37 of the dead hailed from the worst-hit Pangandaran coast in West Java, while the 30 others were from several coastal towns in West and Central Java. Legislator Rudi Supriatna Bahro, speaking from the Pangandaran area, said the " situation is almost similar to Aceh," referring to the Indonesian province where 168,000 people died in the giant waves of 2004. Thousands of people had taken shelter in mosques and other safe places, he said. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said there had been five aftershocks after the quake. (First Posted @ 16:48 PST Updated @ 22:32 PST)
President for bringing laws in conformity with Quran and Sunnah RAWALPINDI, July 17 (APP): President General Pervez Musharraf Monday called for bringing laws in conformity with the holy Quran and Sunnah to ensure dignity and honour of the people and to remove injustices form the society. The President made these remarks at a Law ministry presentation, also attended by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, at which it was informed that recent amendments, introduced by the government, in the Pakistan Penal Code have provided a quantum relief to the women prisoners and have won universal acclaim . Ptv adds: The meeting discussed Hudood Ordinance and set up a three member committee to propose amendments after fully involving and consulting all concerned including the political parties. (Posted @ 22:06 PST)
New trade policy announced with $ 18.6 billion exports target ISLAMABAD, July 17 (APP): New trade policy for fiscal year 2006-2007, with exports targeted at $ 18.6 billion, imports projected at $ 28 billion and introducing a number of incentives and policy initiatives including the establishment of Trade Development Authority of Pakistan to strengthen and broaden the country's exports base was announced here on Monday. Announcing the new Trade Policy over Radio and Television, Commerce Minister Humayun Akhtar Khan said the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan will replace the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) and will be effective in ensuring a quantum jump in the country's exports. He also announced some export related measures including the setting of Carpet Cities in Lahore and Karachi; Dazzle Park in Karachi; three more Expo Centers in Islamabad, Quetta and Peshawar; Cool Chains for Horticulture Exports, Freight Subsidy Scheme etc. (Posted @ 21:32 PST)
At least 43 killed in Lebanon Monday, toll passes 200 BEIRUT, July 17 (AFP) - Forty-three Lebanese were killed in Israeli strikes on Monday and 10 bodies found, pushing the overall death toll in Lebanon from the Israeli offensive to more than 200 over the past six days. On Monday, an Israeli missile fired at a mini-bus killed 12 civilians as they were driving through the seaside town of Rmeileh, south of Beirut. The Red Cross said it found bodies of 10 people -- all members of the same family -- on Monday in the debris of a building in the port town of Tyre that was hit by Israeli aircraft on Sunday. Separately, Hezbollah said three of its fighters have been killed since the start of hostilities. On the Israeli side, a total of 24 Israelis have been killed, including 12 civilians in a barrage of Hezbollah rocket fire. (Posted @ 21:00 PST)
Israel FM to meet UN envoys on Lebanon conflict JERUSALEM, July 17, 2006 (AFP) - Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni is to hold talks Tuesday with the United Nations team trying to negotiate a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah militia, the foreign ministry said. Vijay Nambiar, special political adviser to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, is to take part in the meeting, along with UN Middle East envoys Alvaro de Soto and Terje Roed-Larsen. The delegation is travelling from Beirut where it reported "promising" steps on Monday in its efforts to broker a truce between Israel and Hezbollah. (Posted @ 20:50 PST)
Indian armed agents behind Srinagar blasts: Gilani ISLAMABAD, Jul 17 (APP): Veteran Kashmiri Hurriyat leader, Syed Ali Gilani has said that recent blasts in Srinagar were carried out by Indian armed agents, at the behest of Indian secret agencies. Gilani, who was addressing a daylong political convention in Kupwara, said the grenade attacks in Srinagar were the handiwork of Indian armed agents, PTV reported. He pointed out that the man arrested by police at Dalgate is an Indian armed agent and responsible for many innocent killings and molestations. He said Raju of Sumbal who was arrested by police recently was also an Indian agent. (Posted @ 20:24 PST)
Gunmen kill over 50 in raid on town near Baghdad BAGHDAD, July 17 (Reuters) - Gunmen killed over 50 people in an attack around a crowded market in Mahmudiya near Baghdad on Monday. Local officials and residents as well as U.S. military said a large number of gunmen stormed the market after a barrage of mortars and grenades. Iraqi Defence Ministry insisted that two car bombs killed 42 people but local hospital said it took in 56 dead bodies and 67 wounded. Shops, homes and cars were left ablaze, residents said. The U.S. military said 40 people were killed and 90 wounded. Iraqi and U.S. soldiers came under fire and reported at least eight explosions. Police Colonel Iyad Mohammed said mortars hit the town before the gunmen attacked. He said 55 people were killed. (First Posted @ 14:30 PST Updated @ 20:14 PST)
Israel closes Haifa port after rocket attacks JERUSALEM, July 17 (Reuters) - Israel closed its port in the northern city of Haifa on Monday in the wake of Hizbollah rocket attacks, the Transport Ministry said. The port is one of the country's key shipment points. (Posted @ 19:46 PST)
Truck and minibus collide in Iran, killing 11 TEHRAN, July 17 (Reuters) - A truck and a minibus collided in Iran's western province of Kermanshah, killing 11 people and injuring seven others, Iran's student news agency ISNA reported on Monday. (Posted @ 19:44 PST)
7.2 quake triggers tsunami on Indonesia's Java island; witness says 20 killed JAKARTA, July 17 (AP) _ A 7.2 Intensity earthquake sent a two-meter high tsunami crashing into beach resorts along Indonesia's Java island Monday, killing around 20 people and causing extensive damage to hotels, restaurants and homes, witnesses and officials said. The extent of damage from Monday's wave was not immediately clear, police said, with roads blocked and power cut to much of the area. A witness in Pangandaran resort, which according to initial reports appeared to be hardest hit, said she saw around 20 bodies piled up at a local health clinic. (First Posted @ 16:48 PST Updated @ 19:38 PST)
Deadly strikes in Lebanon as Israel endures fresh attack BEIRUT, July 17 (AFP) - Lebanon shuddered under a new wave of deadly Israeli air raids Monday, as Hezbollah militants struck the embattled Israeli city of Haifa with rockets for the second time in as many days. At least 25 people, including Lebanese soldiers, were killed as fighter jets slammed missiles into the port of Beirut, a military base in the city of Tripoli, and Baalbek, a Hezbollah stronghold in the east. Meanwhile six people were injured, one seriously, when a Hezbollah rocket ploughed into a four-storey apartment building in Haifa, one day after eight railway workers were killed in the first such deadly attack in Israel's third largest city. Monday's raids brought to at least 176 the number killed in Israel's fiercest offensive on its northern neighbour. Twenty-four Israelis have also been killed, including 12 civilians in a barrage of Hezbollah rocket fire across the border. On Monday, rockets reached deep into Israel as far as the Arab towns of Afula and Nazareth. The onslaught has left Lebanon virtually cut off from the outside world and much of its infrastructure in tatters, with jets hitting roads, bridges and power stations. Beirut's international airport, already shut to traffic since last Thursday, was hit again late Sunday by Israeli warplanes which fired 10 missiles on a runway and set the night sky ablaze. (First Posted @ 17:16 PST Updated @ 19:20 PST)
Britain bans Balochistan Liberation Army,three other groups for glorifying terrorism LONDON, July 17 (AFP) - The British government on Monday banned for the first time four Islamist militant groups under new laws prohibiting the glorification of terrorism, an official said. Home Secretary John Reid named the groups as Al-Ghurabaa, the Saved Sect, the Baluchistan Liberation Army and Teyrebaz Azadiye Kurdistan, a Home Office said. (Posted @ 19:08 PST)
Kashmir. Detained Sh. Aziz admitted in hospital New Delhi, July 17 (PPI) Detained Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples League, Sheikh Abdul Aziz, has been admitted to a hospital in Delhi, after having fallen ill in Delhi's Tihar Jail. Sheikh Aziz is dtained for the last two years. (Posted @ 19:06 PST)
Jujrani Bugti surrenders to government: Lasi QUETTA, July 17 (APP): Another top commander belonging to the militia of Nawab Akbar Bugti, Wadaira Ghulam Mohammad Jujrani along with his twenty armed men surrendered to the government on Monday, DCO Dera Bugti Abdul Samad Lasi said. He termed Jujrani's surrender an important development. (Posted @ 18:45 PST)
France's Chirac calls Israel offensive "aberrant" ST PETERSBURG, Russia, July 17 (Reuters) - French President Jacques Chirac called Israel's offensive in Lebanon "aberrant" on Monday and demanded negotiations to bring about a ceasefire. He said the attacks had created a "dramatic situation" which would require major reconstruction of Lebanon's infrastructure and had hit ordinary Lebanese. "This unfortunate population ... is bearing the consequences of behaviour which is both violent and aberrant," Chirac said in a televised news conference following the G8 summit in St Petersburg. Chirac backed the idea of an international force to restore order in Lebanon but said it was indispensable that the democratically elected Lebanese government be allowed to re-establish control over the country. French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin is visiting Beirut on Monday to meet his counterpart Fouad Siniora. (Posted @ 18:40 PST)
Shuttle Discovery makes safe landing in Florida CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., July 17 (Reuters) - Discovery landed safely at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, ending a 13-day mission that may signal NASA's full recovery from the 2003 Columbia disaster. Discovery and its six-member crew made a fiery re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere before gliding to a smooth landing at 9:14 a.m. (1314 GMT). (Posted @ 18:25 PST)
Israeli army crosses Lebanese border in limited operation in bid to curtail Hezbollah rocket attacks JERUSALEM, July 17 (AP) _ Israeli ground troops entered southern Lebanon to attack Hezbollah bases on the border, a government spokesman saidMonday, but rapidly returned to Israel after conducting their military operations. ``There was a small operation in a very limited area overnight,''the source said. ``That is over.'' Israel has been reluctant to send ground troops into southern Lebanon as the area has been heavily mined and could lead to many Israeli casualties. (Posted @ 18:20 PST)
Iranian foreign minister arrives in Syria for talks on Lebanese-Israeli fighting DAMASCUS, July 17 (AP) _ Iran's foreign minister said Monday that a cease-fire and an exchange of hostages is feasible in the Israeli-Lebanese conflict. Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki was speaking after talks with Syrian Vice-President Farouk al-Sharaa. ''We believe that we should think of an acceptable and fair (deal) to resolve this,'' he said. ''In fact, there can be a cease-fire followed by a prisoner swap.'' ``The circumstances prevailing in the region are not in the interests of the Zionist entity,'' he said, referring to Israel. ''The attack launched by Israel was orchestrated.'' Mottaki did not take questions. (Posted @ 18:02 PST)
Top Kashmir separatist urges India, Pakistan to continue talks SRINAGAR, occup[ied Kashmir, July 17 (AFP) –APHC chief Mirwaiz Umer Farooq Monday urged India and Pakistan to continue with their peace process and not to allow events such as the Mumbai train blasts to derail talks. "If India pulls out of the peace talks it will prove beneficial to the elements who want to wreck such a process," he told reporters. "Discontinuation of the peace process at this stage will be very unfortunate for the people of Kashmir," said Farooq, who has been criticised by hardline separatists and militants in the past for starting talks with New Delhi. (Posted @ 17:44 PST)
Pakistan criticises India's 'negative' peace talks delay ISLAMABAD, July 17 (AFP) - Pakistan said Monday that India's postponement of peace talks following the Mumbai bombings was a "negative development" for both countries and for the region. "We look at this postponement as a negative development and the linkage between this postponement and the terrorist attacks in Mumbai as incongruous and out of place," foreign secretary Riaz Mohammad Khan told reporters. He hoped the peace process was not in "deadlock". "We hope that there would be a resumption of dialogue process... We will not be reversing any of the CBMs (confidence-building measures) and the steps which are in place. We would like to maintain those measures."Riaz Khan reiterated an offer by President Pervez Musharraf to help the investigation into the blasts if India had "concrete evidence" to suggest the attacks were directed from Pakistani territory. (Posted @ 17:40 PST)
Pakistan hopes to get F-16s next year ISLAMABAD, July 17 (AFP) - Pakistan hopes to start getting F-16 fighters from the United States in late 2007, Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Mahmood told a news conference in Islamabad Monday. "We hope to receive the 26 used aircraft in 15-18 months' time," he said adding that the used planes were originally built for Pakistan but US sanctions imposed in 1990 because of Pakistan’s nuclear programme disrupted the deal. However, the new C and D model F-16s will not be delivered until 2009, he said. Under the package the United States will additionally upgrade Pakistan's existing fleet of 34 F-16s purchased more than two decades ago, he said. Air Marshal Mahmood dismissed media reports that some US Congressmen had criticised the deal, fearing that Pakistan might transfer F-16 technology to China. "This is all fabricated information," he said. "We adhere to the conditions we sign." (Posted @ 17:26 PST)
Discovery starts re-entry into the atmosphere CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, July 17 (AFP) - Space shutle Discovery early Monday began its nerve-jarring return to Earth, the critical phase during which Columbia burst into flames in 2003. Commander Steve Lindsey and co-pilot Mark Kelly fired up the steering jets for three minutes to get Discovery out of orbit and into an unpowered glide toward Earth. (Posted @ 17:20 PST)
Fresh rocket attack on Israel's Haifa JERUSALEM, July 17 (AFP) - A new salvo of rockets on Monday struck Israel's northern metropolis of Haifa, where eight railway workers were killed one day earlier in an unprecedented deadly attack in the city, an AFP correspondent said. There was no immediate information about any casualties or damage. Three people were wounded in the village of Talel earlier Monday when more than a dozen rockets fired across the border from Lebanon, reaching as far south as the Arab towns of Afula and Nazareth for the first time. In all, 12 Israeli civilians have been killed in rocket attacks launched by the Hezbollah militia. (Posted @ 17:16 PST)
Suicide blast destroys Afghan justice office, kills three KANDAHAR, July 17 (AFP) - A suicide bomber blew up a crowded provincial justice headquarters in troubled Helmand province Monday, killing the department head Samad Khan and two other employees, an official said. Nine other people were hurt when the attacker blew himself up in the office in Lashkar Gah city, causing the building to collapse, spokesman Haji Mohidin Khan said. (Posted @ 17:06 PST)
Two police killed in Grozny GROZNY, Russia, July 17 (AFP) - Unidentified gunmen fired on the police from a car and killed two policemen Monday in a brazen daylight attack in the centre of the Chechen capital Grozny, officials said. Meanwhile, Russian authorities announced the capture of slain warlord Shamil Basayev's brother-in-law during a firefight in eastern Chechnya during a clash that left several police killed and wounded, Interfax news agency reported. (Posted @ 16:58 PST)
Five killed after tsunami hits Indonesia JAKARTA, July 17 (AFP) - Five people were killed when waves hit buildings on the south coast of Indonesia's Java island Monday after a strong 5.5 intensity undersea quake triggered a tsunami alert, Indonesia's president said. "Based on reports I have received, five people have been killed," President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono told reporters. "There have been at least five aftershocks," he said, adding that military and rescue teams had been dispatched to the disaster zone. "Many small hotels were destroyed," a witness said adding that on the beach front of Pangandaran boats been thrown into hotels. (Posted @ 16:48 PST)
Gunmen kill 48 in Baghdad market BAGHDAD, July 17 (AFP) At least 48 people, many of them women and children, were killed Monday in a car bomb blast and an assault by gunmen in a market in the town of Mahmudiyah, south of Baghdad, security sources said. The sources said 46 others were wounded in the broad daylight attacks. "There was first a car bomb explosion in the market which was followed by armed men shooting randomly on civilians and on shops in the market," an interior ministry source said. An Iraqi army officer said the security forces had cordoned off the area and arrested two of the gunmen. (First Posted @ 12:40 PST Updated @ 14:29 PST)
Car bomb explodes in Iraqi market, killing 42 BAGHDAD, July 17 (Reuters) At least 42 people were killed and 33 wounded when a car bomb exploded in a market in the town of Mahmudiya south of Baghdad on Monday, police sources said. Police had earlier reported that gunmen had attacked the market. Some police sources said the police had engaged in a fire-fight with the gunmen, while others said the shots were fired by police to disperse crowds after the car bomb blast. (First Posted @ 12:40 PST Updated @ 12:50 PST)
Bomb blast kills three Afghan soldiers KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, July 17 (AFP) A remote-controlled bomb ripped through an Afghan army vehicle in Helmand province’s Girishk district early Monday, killing three soldiers and wounding three more, an army general said. (Posted @ 12:45 PST)
Three killed in occupied Kashmir SRINAGAR, occupied Kashmir, July 17 (AFP) Indian troops Monday shot dead two militants during an ongoing gunbattle in Bandipora district’s Arin village, the army said. "The fighting is continuing," the army added. The identity of the slain men was not immediately known. Separately, a policeman was killed in a pre-dawn attack on a police station in the village of Gursai in Poonch district, a police spokesman said. (First Posted @ 10:50 PST Updated @ 12:45 PST)
Gunmen kill 15 in Baghdad market BAGHDAD, July 17 (AFP) Gunmen killed at least 15 people on Monday in a market in the town of Mahmudiyah, south of the Iraqi capital, a security source said. "Almost 100 gunmen opened fire in the market, killing 15 people and wounding some 25 others," the source said. (Posted @ 12:40 PST)
Indian Maoists kill 25 villagers during night raid on relief camp RAIPUR, India, July 17, 2006 (AFP) At least 25 people were killed early Monday when hundreds of Maoist guerrillas attacked a relief camp in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, police said. A police source said 20 of the victims were axed to death while three were burnt alive after the guerrillas set their shelter on fire. Another two villagers were shot dead, he added. (First Posted @ 09:20 PST Updated @ 12:40 PST)
UN chief calls for an international force to deploy in Lebanon ST. PETERSBURG, July 17 (AP) British Prime Minister Tony Blair and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Monday called for the deployment of international forces to stop the bombardment of Israel on Lebanon. ``The only way we're going to get a cessation of hostilities is if we have the deployment of an international force into that area that can stop the bombardment coming over into Israel and therefore gives Israel a reason to stop its attacks on Hezbollah,'' Blair said after meeting with Annan. Annan appealed to Israel to abide by international law and spare civilian lives and infrastructure. He also said the United Nations was considering evacuation plans for U.N. dependents from Lebanon. (First Posted @ 12:10 PST Updated @ 12:35 PST)
Blair moots 'air bridge' to lift Britons out of Lebanon SAINT PETERSBURG, July 17 (AFP) Britain is considering an "air bridge" into Beirut to evacuate British nationals caught up in the ongoing Israeli assault in Lebanon, Prime Minister Tony Blair said Monday. Britain now has an aircraft carrier and an amphibious assault ship en route to Lebanon, but Blair, speaking to reporters at the G8 summit in Saint Petersburg, disclosed that aircraft could also be used. Some 10,000 British nationals are in Lebanon. (Posted @ 12:15 PST)
Annan calls for end to hostilities in Middle East SAINT PETERSBURG, July 17 (AFP) UN Secretary General Kofi Annan called here Monday for a "cessation of hostilities" between Israel and Hezbollah to enable an international monitoring force to be put together. "I appeal to the parties to focus their targets narrowly and to bear in mind that they have an obligation under international humanitarian law to spare civilian lives (and) to spare civilian infrastructure," Annan said here after talks with British Prime Minister Tony Blair on the sidelines of a Group of Eight summit here. (Posted @ 12:10 PST)
Bush hopeful of US-India nuclear deal SAINT PETERSBURG, July 17 (AFP) US President George W. Bush told Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here Monday that he was "optimistic" US lawmakers would approve a controversial civilian nuclear agreement. "I'm optimistic that we can get that passed," Bush said as they met on the sidelines of the Group of Eight summit of industrialized nations. (Posted @ 12:10 PST)
Two killed in occupied Kashmir SRINAGAR, occupied Kashmir, July 17 (AFP) Indian troops Monday shot dead two militants during an ongoing gunbattle in Bandipora district’s Arin village, the army said. "The fighting is continuing," the army added. The identity of the slain men was not immediately known. (Posted @ 10:50 PST)
Death toll in China mine blast rises from 20 to 50 BEIJING, July 17, 2006 (AFP) The death toll from a weekend coal mine explosion in northern China has risen from 20 to 50, state television reported Monday, while seven miners were still missing. The death toll on Sunday night was 20. (Posted @ 10:30 PST)
Four al-Qaida suspects killed, three captured in Afghanistan KABUL, Afghanistan, July 17 (AP) Coalition forces killed four al-Qaida suspects and captured three near the village of Pelan Kheyl in Khost province on Monday, the U.S. military said. The nationalities of the killed and detained suspects were unclear. (Posted @ 10:20 PST)
Israel flattens Palestinian Foreign Ministry, offices GAZA, July 17 (Reuters) An Israeli air strike flattened the eight-storey Palestinian Foreign Ministry building in Gaza City on Monday. A separate air strike gutted the offices of a Hamas-led security force in Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip, witnesses said. The Foreign Ministry building, which was badly damaged in a previous Israeli air strike, was completely destroyed by the early morning blast, which tore into nearby homes, shops and offices, witnesses said. At least nine Palestinians were injured, most of them children. No deaths were reported. The Israeli army confirmed the air strike. (Posted @ 10:00 PST)
Heavy rains leave 41 dead or missing in South Korea SEOUL, July 17, 2006 (AFP) At least 41 people were dead or missing in South Korea Monday as heavy monsoon rains pounded the Korean peninsula for a fourth consecutive day, officials said. Landslides and flash floods killed 15 people and 26 were missing as of early Monday, the National Emergency Management Agency said. It predicted further casualties as many people were trapped by flood waters in remote villages. (Posted @ 09:45 PST)
Israeli soldier killed in West Bank explosion NABLUS, West Bank, July 17, 2006 (AFP) An Israeli soldier was killed by an explosion in the Israeli occupied West Bank town of Nablus early Monday, according to an AFP reporter at the scene. (Posted @ 09:30 PST)
Gold, oil, dollar gain on Middle East tensions SINGAPORE, July 17 (Reuters) Gold prices hit an eight-week peak on Monday, oil futures traded near record highs and the dollar held firm as investors sought safe-havens on escalating conflict in the Middle East. U.S. front-month crude oil futures were trading around $77.50 per barrel, above closing levels in New York and near Friday's record of $78.40. Spot gold prices rose on Monday to $673.80 an ounce, their highest level since the middle of May. The dollar rose as high as 116.38 yen on Monday, matching Friday's two-week highs. The euro traded at about $1.2629, after slumping on Friday. (Posted @ 09:30 PST)
Israeli jets blast Lebanon killing 17 people BEIRUT, July 17 (Reuters) Israeli aircraft blasted Lebanon on Monday killing 17 people. The latest wave destroyed two army posts on the northern Lebanese coast, killing nine Lebanese soldiers, and damaging the homes of Hezbollah officials in the east of the country, killing five civilians in over 45 strikes on the sixth day of violence. Three more people died in strikes south of Beirut. The raids also targeted infrastructure installations, petrol stations and factories, security sources said. (Posted @ 09:25 PST)
Taliban will be broken by year-end: Afghan minister SINGAPORE, July 17 (Reuters) NATO and Afghan forces will be able to break the back of Taliban resistance in southern Afghanistan before the end of this year, the country's defence minister said in an interview published on Monday. General Rahim Abdul Rahim Wardak told the Financial Times in Kabul Afghan intelligence had learned that the Taliban's command and control structure was fragmenting due to heavy losses and many mid-ranking commanders were fleeing to safety in Pakistan. (Posted @ 09:20 PST)
Indian Maoists raid government camp, kill 10 RAIPUR, India, July 17 (Reuters) Maoist rebels killed at least 10 people belonging to a state-backed, anti-Maoist group in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh early on Monday, police said. They said many people were injured and some were missing after scores of Maoists raided a large government relief camp. NDTV news channel reported that up to 100 may have been wounded in the attack. This was not confirmed by officials. (Posted @ 09:20 PST)
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