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By IANS Updated: Apr 25, 2017 8:27 pm

27 killed in Kenya road accident
Nairobi, April 25 (IANS): At least 27 persons were killed on Tuesday in Kenya when an oil tanker collided with a bus on the Nairobi-Mombasa highway, authorities said. The bus was travelling to Nairobi when it hit the tanker near Makindu in Kibwezi, Xinhua news agency quoted police commander Leonard Kimaiyo as saying. “We have lost many people and others are critically injured,” he said, adding that the death toll was expected to rise. According to him, the bus driver was trying to overtake other vehicles when it collided with the tanker. Kenya ranks first in African countries with the highest toll of road accidents caused due to speeding and poor enforcement of traffic rules.

Four terrorists hanged in Pakistan
Islamabad, April 25 (IANS): Four “hardcore terrorists” were hanged in a jail in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan on Tuesday, the military said. Rehmanuddin, Mushtaq Khan, Obaidur Rehman and Zafar Iqbal were Tehreek-e-Taliban militant group members and were tried by military courts, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. They were involved in killing of civilians and attacking Pakistani military personnel and law enforcement agencies, an ISPR statement said.

14 killed in Pak land mine blast
Islamabad, April 25 (IANS): At least 14 persons were killed when a passenger van hit a land mine in Kurram agency in Pakistan on Tuesday, officials said. Local authorities said the van ran over the anti-tank mine on the roadside when it was travelling in Godar area of Kurram agency, a semi-autonomous tribal area located along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, reported Geo TV. Nine persons were wounded in the blast and the injured, including three police officers, were moved to a hospital in Parachinar, the capital of Kurram. Earlier, authorities reported that 10 persons died, but four others who were taken to the hospital, later succumbed to their injuries. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar condemned the blast and asked for a report from then Kurram authorities on the blast.

Hearing on 11 cases against Khaleda Zia adjourned
Dhaka, April 25 (IANS): A Dhaka court has once again deferred the hearing in 11 cases on charges of sedition and inciting violence against opposition leader and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Quamrul Hossain Molla on Tuesday set May 22 as the date for the next hearing after considering a petition by the former Prime Minister’s lawyers who cited her ill health, bdnews24.com reported.“Madam is unwell,” said Zia’s lawyer Jainul Abedin Mesbah. “As a result, we petitioned for more time and the court accepted our request and set a new date for the hearing.” The hearings have been delayed several times before. Zia, a two-time Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1991-1996, 2001-2006), faces trial in 10 cases related to violence during Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s (BNP) anti-government protests in early 2015 over demands to advance election dates. The BNP chief is also facing sedition charges for expressing doubts over the widely-accepted version that three million were killed or martyred during the 1971 Liberation War when Bangladesh gained independence from Pakistan. The other case was filed with a Dhaka court on sedition charge for Zia’s remarks on the number of Liberation War martyrs.

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By IANS Updated: Apr 25, 2017 8:27:22 pm
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