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China's no to move on Tibet Day
BEIJING, July 8 (PTI) — China today demanded that
the US Government stick to its commitment that Tibet was
a part of China and reject a proposal in the House of
Representatives to designate July 10 as World Tibet Day.
"Tibet is an inalienable part of Chinese territory
and Tibetan affairs are the internal affairs of China and
no foreign country has the right to interfere in
them," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue told
reporters here.US
Embassy bombed
KIEV, July 8 (DPA) — The United States Embassy in
the former Soviet Republic of Ukraine has had two
firebombs thrown at it, a U.S. Information Service (USIS)
spokesman today said in Kiev. Two fire bombs were thrown
at the US Embassy in Kiev around 1 a.m. yesterday, but
only caused ‘‘insignificant damage’’.
Nobody claimed responsibility for the attack.
8 burnt to death
CALCUTTA, July 8 (PTI) — Eight persons were burnt to
death and one injured in a fire at a bulb factory at
Rajarhat in North 24 Parganas district today, the police
said. The fire broke out when a gas cylinder burst in a
room on the third floor of the Lampco Electrical Works
factory around 9.30 a.m., the police said adding the dead
and the injured were all employees of the factory.
Militant killed
GUWAHATI, July 8 (PTI) — A hardcore militant was
killed in an encounter with the police in the Kahilipara
area of the city, the police said today. Lakheswar Rabha,
chairman of the Rabha National Security Force, and his
accomplices were on a scooter and a motor cycle,
respectively, when a police patrol asked them to stop.
Rabha opened fire at the police and was seriously
injured.
Ceasefire deal
LUSAKA, July 8 (Reuters) — Zambian President
Frederick Chiluba today announced that African heads of
state would converge on Lusaka on Saturday to sign a
ceasefire deal to end the war in the Democratic Republic
of Congo.
23 die in
landslides
DUSHANBE, July 8 (AP) — Two landslides struck
Tajikistan overnight, killing at least 23 persons as
walls of mud and earth demolished homes and swept away
roads, emergency officials said. The first landslide
swept through the northern region of Leninabadsky,
destroying 150 homes and severely damaging 200 others, a
spokesman with Tajikistan's Emergency Situations Ministry
said.
7 dacoits killed
AGRA, July 8 (PTI) — Seven dacoits, including their
leader Chob Singh, were killed in a gunfight with the
police in the ravines near Kiravli village, about 23 km
from here, last night, the police said today. On a
tip-off that the dacoits were about to strike, a strong
police contingent led by Albel Singh, DSP, Fatehabad,
encircled the dacoits in the ravines, SSP, S K Singh
said.
3 Naxals shot
HYDERABAD, July 8 (UNI) — Three naxalites of the
Janasakthi group, including a woman, were killed in an
encounter with the police, while naxals set ablaze a
record room of a railway station in Nizamabad and
Karimnagar districts of Andhra Pradesh today. The police
here said they came across a four-member militant group
of Padmimadyu Vagu near Chinnapalli village in Nizamabad
district and asked them to surrender. But, the naxalites
opened fire at them, forcing them to return the fire, in
which three extremists were killed. The other escaped.
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