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Police foils terror attack in Pakistan

Peshawar: The Pakistan police on Thursday claimed to have foiled a major terror attack by defusing a 30-kilogram bomb planted beneath a bridge near a police post in the countrys restive northwest. The explosive device was hidden in a drum placed under a bridge closed to Waheedabad police post in Peshawar district of Khyber-Pakthunkhwa province.

Third fatality in anti-UN riots in Haiti

Port-au-Prince: A man was shot dead and several others injured Wednesday in fresh rioting in northern Haiti,as protesters clashed with UN peacekeepers blamed for the cholera outbreak,a police source said. A police source said a third person was shot dead in fresh rioting in the city on Wednesday afternoon,but the identity of the person was not yet clear.

Palin says she can beat Obama in 2012

New York: Amid growing speculation that she will run for the American Presidency in 2012,Republican leader Sarah Palin believes she can beat President Barack Obama in the race for the White House. Palin,Republican White House hopeful John McCains vice presidential candidate in 2008,also said she is still considering whether to run for President in 2012 and is having that discussion with her family about it. I believe so, was Palins prompt reply when asked whether she could beat Obama.