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A court in Bangladesh has issued an arrest warrant for a son of ex-premier Khaleda Zia over a 2004 grenade attack that killed 24 people at an opposition rally.

Arrest warrant for Khaleda Zias son

DHAKA: A court in Bangladesh has issued an arrest warrant for a son of ex-premier Khaleda Zia over a 2004 grenade attack that killed 24 people at an opposition rally. The warrant against Tarique Rahman was issued Sunday after police charged him with masterminding the attack. PM Sheikh Hasina,who was then the main opposition politician,survived the attack.

42 trapped in Chinese mines

BEIJING: A buildup of gas hampered rescue efforts in one Chinese coal mine and water continued to pour into another as emergency crews raced to reach 42 miners trapped Sunday,officials said. The cave-in at Heshan mine in Guangxi and a flood at Niupeng mine in Guizhou occurred after days of heavy rains.

Toddler saved after fall from 10th floor

BEIJING: A woman in east China saved a toddler,who is in critical condition,after a 10-storey fall. Media reports said Two-year-old girl Niu Niu was left unattended Saturday in her familys 10th floor apartment outside Hangzhou city. A passer-by Wu Juping saw the toddler hanging from the window and caught her when she fell.

Hezbollah rejects Hariri killing charges

BEIRUT: Hassan Nasrallah,the leader of Hezbollah,said late Saturday that four members of his group indicted by an UN-backed tribunal in the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri in 2005 would never be arrested.

Belarus police disperse protesters

MINSK: The police in Belarus used tear gas to break up an anti-government protest and forcefully detained dozens of demonstrators top. The authoritarian government had blocked access to Facebook and Twitter. But about 800 activists gathered here anyway.

Woman dies at Denmark festival

Roskilde: The police said a young woman has died after she fell from a tower at the Roskilde music festival in Denmark. The police said the woman,aged between 25 and 30,died after falling from a 30-metre tower in the festival area Sunday. Police dont know what caused the accident.

Will find a job for Obama: Bachmann

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WASHINGTON: In a jab at US President Barack Obama,Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann said she would oust him from his current position. I want you to know,as president of the US,I look forward to creating real jobs for both the Treasury secretary and the president of the US, Bachmann said in Iowa.