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Teen bombmaker arrested in US

HOUSTON: A high school teenager is being held in custody in US until the court determines whether he is a danger following charges that he used internet to build seven bombs that exploded at different locations during the last two weeks. No one was injured. Michael Ranelli,18,pleaded not guilty to the charges relating to placing and throwing explosives and weapons of mass destruction in Lynn,near Boston.

French FM offers to quit over Tunisia error

PARIS: Frances Foreign Minister sent her resignation to President Nicolas Sarkozy Sunday,saying she could not let political and media attacks discredit foreign policy. Michele Alliot-Marie became the centre of controversy for her December vacation in Tunisia while popular protests were ongoing there.

7 oil tankers catch fire after blast in Pak

PESHAWAR: Seven oil tankers were gutted by an explosion at a terminal for NATO vehicles near Peshawar,injuring two persons,police said. The blast at Tor Baba terminal was caused by an explosive device planted by Taliban during an attack Friday.