Archive for 'Asia'

21 drugs smugglers have been hung in Iran

7 September 2007

On Wednesday, September, 5, 21 condemned drugs smugglers were hung in Iran, transfers Reuters referring to the local mass-media.
The four criminals returned guilty in smuggling of drugs, gangsterism, illegal possession of the weapon and armed resistance to law enforcement bodies were executed publicly in the city of Shiraz, an administrative centre of Fars province.
According to […]

30 people are taken hostage in Iran

21 August 2007

30 people have been taken hostage by criminals in southeast of Iran.
As inform the Iranian law enforcement bodies, gangsters have partitioned off highway near to the city of Chabahar in provinces Systan and Beluchistan and have opened fire on approaching automobiles and buses. That way they have seized about 30 people, some of the hostages […]

Indian “Robin Hood” is killed in skirmish with the police

24 July 2007

One of the famous Indian robbers Shiv Kumar Patel, whom the police could not catch within 30 years, is killed in skirmish between members of his gang and police special troops.
The leader of robbers has been wanted for a long time, authorities have put forward more than 200 charges, among which were murder, kidnapping and […]

6 NATO military are killed in Afghanistan

6 July 2007

Six Canadian soldiers of the NATO international peace-keeping contingent were killed on Wednesday in Afghanistan.
According to all available information, the patrol vehicle of Canadians was blown up on a mine. Together with military of the Alliance was killed the translator – Afghan, who accompanied them. The responsibility for the bomb attack was taken by the […]