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Rebels kill 5 soldiers in northeast India, 1st Ld-Writethru, AS

AP - 08:47 AM

GAUHATI, India (AP) Separatist rebels ambushed a paramilitary vehicle Monday killing five soldiers in India's insurgency-wracked northeastern state of Manipur, an army official said.

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Army says rebels kill 5 paramilitary soldiers in northeastern India, AS AP - 08:40 AM
GAUHATI, India (AP) Army says rebels kill 5 paramilitary soldiers in northeastern India.
Dalai Lama says Obama not soft on China, AS AP - Sun, Nov 22
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2 bomb blasts leave 7 dead, 52 wounded in India, 3rd Ld-Writethru, AS AP - Sun, Nov 22
GAUHATI, India (AP) Suspected militants set off two bombs outside a police station in India's restive northeast on Sunday, killing seven people and wounding more than 50, police said.
3 bomb blasts leave 5 dead, 25 wounded in India, 1st Ld-Writethru, AS AP - Sun, Nov 22
GAUHATI, India (AP) Three bombs exploded in India's restive northeast Sunday, killing five people and wounding more than 25, police said.
Police say 5 killed, 20 wounded in 3 bomb blasts in northeastern India, AS AP - Sun, Nov 22
GAUHATI, India (AP) Police say 5 killed, 20 wounded in 3 bomb blasts in northeastern India.
Mumbai still vulnerable 1 year after attack, AS AP - Sun, Nov 22
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Mob attacks office of an Indian TV news network, AS AP - Fri, Nov 20
MUMBAI, India (AP) Suspected Hindu hard-liners on Friday ransacked the offices of an Indian television news channel in the western Indian city of Mumbai, using iron rods and baseball bats to beat employees and smash furniture.
Rebel blast derails train in India, killing 2, 1st Ld-Writethru, AS AP - Fri, Nov 20
PATNA, India (AP) A passenger train derailed after Maoist rebels blew up a key track in eastern India, killing two people and injuring at least 30 others, a police official said Friday.
Rebels blow up train track in India, killing 1, AS AP - Fri, Nov 20
PATNA, India (AP) A passenger train derailed after Maoist rebels blew up a key track in eastern India, killing one person and injuring at least 30 others, a police official said Friday.
Indian boy mirrors plight of millions of kids, 1st Ld-Writethru AP - Fri, Nov 20
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Meteor showers in Asia disappoint, 1st Ld-Writethru, AS AP - Wed, Nov 18
NEW DELHI (AP) Thousands of stargazers across Asia stayed awake overnight to catch a glimpse of what was advertised as an intense Leonid meteor shower, but the show fizzled rather than sizzled for many because of cloudy conditions.
Cloud cover blocks meteor showers in India, Nepal, AS AP - Wed, Nov 18
NEW DELHI (AP) Thousands of stargazers stayed awake overnight for what was forecast as an intense Leonid meteor shower over Asia this year, but the show fizzled rather than sizzled for many viewers partly due to cloud cover.
Suspected rebels attack freight train in India, AS AP - Tue, Nov 17
GAUHATI, India (AP) Suspected rebels triggered a powerful explosion, derailing a freight train and setting more than a dozen oil tanker railcars on fire in India's insurgency-wracked northeast, police said Tuesday.
Canada PM visits India to boost trade, tourism, AS AP - Mon, Nov 16
MUMBAI, India (AP) Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper arrived in India on Monday on his first state visit, part of an effort to boost trade and tourism between the two countries.
Gunbattles, bomb blast kill 5 in India's Kashmir, AS AP - Mon, Nov 16
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Obama speech on Asia well-received in region, AS AP - Sat, Nov 14
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9 killed, 80 injured when train derails in India, 4th Ld-Writethru, AS AP - Sat, Nov 14
JAIPUR, India (AP) A speeding train derailed in western India, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 80. Fifteen cars of the New Delhi-bound train flew off the tracks Saturday and rolled onto their sides when the driver suddenly applied the brakes because of poor visibility in the region, said Vipin Kumar Pande, superintendent of police.
9 killed as speeding train derails in India, AS AP - Sat, Nov 14
JAIPUR, India (AP) A railway official says at least nine people have been killed when a speeding train derailed while traveling through western India.
Prepaid phone ban stirs anger in Indian Kashmir, AS AP - Fri, Nov 13
SRINAGAR, India (AP) A government ban on prepaid cell phones to prevent rebels from using them to clandestinely plan attacks has stirred resentment among Indian-controlled Kashmir's impoverished residents, who depend on prepaid connections for inexpensive communication.