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Sgt Kimberly D Munley has been applauded as a hero for shooting down Maj Nidal Malik Hasan during the bloody rampage at Fort Hood last week.

Second officer true hero at Fort Hood,says witness

Killeen: Sgt Kimberly D Munley has been applauded as a hero for shooting down Maj Nidal Malik Hasan during the bloody rampage at Fort Hood last week. But the story of how the officer and the gunman went down in an exchange of gunfire does not agree with the account of an eyewitness who said Hasan wheeled on Munley as she rounded the corner of a building and shot her,putting her on the ground. Hasan turned his back on her and started putting another magazine into his semiautomatic pistol. At that moment,Senior Sgt Mark Todd rounded another corner of the building,found Hasan fumbling with his weapon and shot him.

Iranian Consulate staff in Pak shot

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani-origin Iranian Consulate official was shot dead by unidentified gunmen within the Army cantonment in Peshawar on Thursday,police and witnessed said. Syed Abul Hassan Jaffri,spokesman for the Iranian consulate,was attacked by two gunmen when he left his home for work on Thursday morning. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.

Court to give verdict on Mujib killing

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Dhaka: Bangladesh Supreme Court will pronounce verdict on the assassination of the countrys founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on November 19,almost 34 years after he was gunned down along with his family in his official residence. The senior-most judge of the five-member Bench of the Appellate division of the court fixed the date after winding up the hearing of the case against five of the 12 accused,all sacked officers of the army.

Hillary calls for release of Suu Kyi

Manila: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday called on Myanmar to free opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi,stepping up the pressure ahead of President Barack Obamas meeting with the juntas premier. We think she should be released,we don’t think she should be in detention, Hillary said in Manila.

China warns US over meeting Dalai Lama

Beijing: On the eve of US President Barack Obamas first visit to Asia,China floated a potentially provocative comparison,likening serfdom in Tibet to slavery in the US an attempt to gain support for its policies in the Himalayan region. Asked about a possible meeting between Obama and the Dalai Lama,Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said Obama should recognise the Dalai Lama as the former head of a slave state.

Judge who jailed pirates killed

Mogadishu: Gunmen have killed a top Somali judge who had sentenced many pirates to long jail terms,Security Minister for northern Somalia said on Thursday. Mohamed Said Samatar said three men were arrested on Thursday for the murder of Justice Mohamed Abdi Aware. Recently,Aware had also jailed four members of Somalias Islamic insurgency. NYT

For Kolkata, the IMD has forecast mostly cloudy skies with light to moderate rain or thundershowers on most days through Panchami.

Unprecedented rain submerges Kolkata amidst Durga Puja preparations; train services hit

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At least two people were killed as Kolkata woke up to an inundated city on Tuesday morning after heavy overnight rainfall flooded streets, railway tracks, and Metro tracks. The downpour, which began late Monday night and continued past midnight, led to severe waterlogging across major arterial roads and residential areas, paralysing normal life.

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