Olympic silver medallist Nathan Robertson was among the English team scheduled to appear in Hyderabad. Photograph: Paul McFegan/Sportphoto Ltd
The England team has withdrawn from the World Badminton Championships in India because of “a specific terrorist threat” against the tournament.
The eight-strong squad, which includes the Olympic silver medallist Nathan Robertson, pulled out of the event, which starts tomorrow in Hyderabad, after a reported threat by the Muslim extremist group Lashkar-e-Taiba.
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London, Aug 6 (PTI) Interpol today issued a global alert for 13 suspects wanted for the audacious 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks that claimed nearly 183 lives.
The alert was issued on written request by Islamabad, which said the 13 suspects were wanted by police authorities in Pakistan in connection with ongoing investigation into the Mumbai terror attacks, a statement released by the international police agency said.
Though the statement did not identify the suspects, but it said the global alert contains the names of the fugitives and their other data which has been sent to 186 member countries.
The alert asks Interpol member countries to assist in locating the fugitives and immediately notify National Central Bureau (NCB) at Islamabad or Interpol’s General Secretariat headquarters in Lyon in France with any investigative leads.
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Fatal Jakarta, Indonesia Explosions at Hotels – ABC News
Coordinated bomb blasts ripped through two luxury hotels in Jakarta, Indonesia’s capital, today leaving eight dead and over fifty wounded.
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Bomb blasts ripped through luxury hotels in the heart of Indonesia’s capital on Friday, killing eight people and wounding dozens in attacks the president said badly hurt confidence in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy.
The attackers targeted the JW Marriott hotel, scene of a car bomb in 2003, and the Ritz-Carlton, both popular with visiting international businessmen and thought to boast some of the tightest security in Jakarta.
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