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Police in Venice, Fla., said Wednesday that two suspects who attempted to rob a T.J. Maxx store Tuesday night left before police arrived, creating what they believed to be a hostage situation, the HeraldTribune.com reported.
ORLANDO, Fla. - One person was killed and at least seven were critically wounded in a shooting inside a downtown Orlando high-rise building Friday morning, authorities said. The suspect was described as on the loose and extremely dangerous.
Courts are back in session in Pakistan's Swat Valley after a three-month hiatus because of an army offensive against Taliban militants. How well the judiciary performs may be crucial in ensuring that the insurgents do not return.
Nearly three months after Pakistan retook the Swat Valley from the Taliban, bloodied corpses are still turning up on the streets. This time, the victims are suspected militants — and the killers are alleged to be security forces.
Civilians who lived under the Taliban's harsh rule in Pakistan's Swat Valley may soon be recruited to police the region — with preference going to those hit hardest during the militants' two-year campaign of terror, a top official says.
His family once ruled the Swat Valley. Now he can only watch as his beautiful ancestral homeland is torn apart by clashes between the Taliban and the Pakistani military — with millions of civilians forced to flee.
Key moments in the struggle between Taliban militants and Pakistani authorities for control of the northwestern Swat Valley.
Authorities say a North Dakota man who clashed with a city official over an unpaid water bill got into an 8 1/2-hour standoff with deputies that ended with a SWAT team member shooting him in the shoulder.
A police officer cleared of wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black woman during a drug raid won't be allowed to patrol the streets when he returns to work next week.
A white police officer was acquitted Monday in the drug-raid shooting death of an unarmed black woman that set off protests about how police treat minorities in a city where one in four residents is black.
A white police officer accused of fatally shooting a black woman as she held her 1-year-old son during a drug raid was charged with two misdemeanors Monday, outraging activists and relatives of the woman who said he should face tougher penalties.
The death of Tarika Wilson during a drug raid has left tensions here simmering between minorities and police.
DAWN.COM | Front Page | Fazlullah escapes to AfghanistanPESHAWAR, Nov 17: Maulana Fazlullah, one of the most wanted Taliban leaders, has told the BBC that he has escaped to Afghanistan and is planning new attacks on Pakistani forces.
DAWN.COM | Pakistan | The 'It-is-not-us' syndromeA couple of months ago, I wrote a column in praise of certain Pakistani pop stars and bands, arguing that there are a fair number of songs that display political consciousness and a related sense of responsibility.
Pakistanis back assault on TalibanPakistani troop morale is high three weeks into the army's assault against the Taliban.
Targeting female teachersTwo female teachers were shot dead on Thursday in Bajaur Agency, after masked men dragged them out of their vehicles and opened fire. The two women had been going home from their government school. At least two men accompanying them were also injured.
Kimberly Munley, Officer Who Shot Fort Hood Suspect, Is Firearms ExpertKILLEEN, Tex.
Operation Rah-e-Nijat (Freedom Path) in South WaziristanFATA consisting of seven tribal agencies is backward and poverty stricken with little means of employment. The tribesmen are excellent fighters, revengeful, hospitable, fiercely independent, religious and proud of their traditions.
War and politicsTheir claim of fighting for Islam was always a sham. That they are barbarous animals has been exposed by the bombing of innocent people in Peshawar. This is not the first time and it will not be the last.
U.S. Speeds Aid to Pakistan to Fight TalibanWASHINGTON — Even as the Pakistani government plays down the American role in its military operations in Taliban-controlled areas along the border with Afghanistan, the United States has quietly rushed hundreds of millions of dollars in arms, equipment and sophisticated sensors …
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Defying the Taliban to get an educationAround the world, millions of children have to go to great lengths to get a decent education. In the fifth dispatch in the BBC's Hunger to Learn series, Aleem Maqbool reports from Pakistan's Swat Valley, where girls are defying Taliban attempts to stop them going to school.
Now or never for Waziristan push?The announcement that an army ground offensive had been ordered in South Waziristan tribal region was made by the Governor of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province on 15 June.
US National Security Adviser praises Pakistan's gains against militantsU.S. National Security Adviser James Jones on Sunday praised Pakistan's recent gains against militants as he underlined the importance of the regional context of a strategy providing way forward in insurgency troubled Afghanistan.
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Pakistan in video beating probeThe BBC's Aleem Maqbool explains the background to the video Pakistan's army has ordered a probe into a video posted on social networking site Facebook that appears to show soldiers abusing Taliban.
Swat operation successful: ClintonWASHINGTON: Terming the anti-Taliban operation in Swat and Malakand division "absolutely successful", US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Islamabad had demonstrated increased commitment in the fight against Al Qaeda and the Taliban.
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Blasts rock north-west PakistanThe Taliban have taken responsibility of the blast in Peshawar. 16 people killed. An earlier blast in Bannu killed 6 people.
Zazi-Pakistan link: Are terror training camps alive and well?By: Issam Ahmed 25 Sept 2009
Pashto film released in Swat on Eid day MINGORA: Film shows and other forms of entertainment returned to Swat district on Monday, after about three years.
Pak doublespeak: Blames India for fanning terrorism inside Pakistan sans concrete evidenceSeptember 24th, 2009 - 1:01 pm ICT by ANI Islamabad, Sep.24 (ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said there is evidence that proves that India is involved in fanning terrorism inside Pakistan.
Stop passing the buck on terror, Pakistan tells UKThe British Government should stop "passing the buck" by repeatedly blaming Pakistan for home-grown terror plots targeted at the UK, the country's Foreign Minister has warned.
Standoff ends with SWAT marksman killing suspect When police arrived at the Spinnaker Reach Apartment complex early Sunday morning in response to a call about a party that had turned violent, Christopher Reynoso - the subject of the call - told officers that the situation wouldn't end well. It didn't.
The Day the SWAT Team Came Crashing Through My DoorI remember thinking, as I kneeled at gunpoint with my hands bound on my living room floor, that there had been a terrible, terrible mistake.
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Carnage in Pakistan market attackIt was the last Friday of Ramadhan. These Cretins just couldn't let peace be and continued with their sectarian onslaught. I hope the majority of Pakistanis finally realize Wahabi/Salafi/Deobandi or any other Sunni extremists are an internal threat.
Pakistan's Army Said to Be Linked to Many KillingsPakistan's Army Said to Be Linked to Many Killings: The New York Times, Sept 15 By JANE PERLEZ and PIR ZUBAIR SHAH
Taliban Surrenders in Swat A Taliban-controlled pirate radio station announced the militant group's surrender in the Swat Valley, after yet another key leader was said to have been arrested by the Pakistani military, the Telegraph reports.
Evaluating the Swat testHas the military operation in Swat to regain control of the area delivered a decisive blow to militancy in Malakand? Has it just dispersed or irreversibly weakened the Taliban there? Is it a tactical gain or has it established the basis for a strategic setback for the Tehrik-e-Ta …
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