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Hello, I am Devik Opalan in Kuala Lumpur
with the top stories on Al Jazeera. At |
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least 7 people have been killed in an
explosion in Pakistan. The blast happened |
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in a two story building in a poor
neighbourhood in the city of Karachi. |
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Police say hand grenades and guns were
recovered from the site. Two people have |
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been arrested. |
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Police were called to the scene after the
explosion in Bladia town which is a poor |
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neighbourhood on the outskirts of
Karachi. There they arrested two men. |
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They found the building had essentially
collapsed. 6 dead at the scene. They |
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rushed a number of people to the
hospital. One person died there |
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subsequently. Now police at this stage
are obviously still investigating but the |
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initial reports indicate that this may
well have been a terrorist cell that was |
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hiding out in the city. |
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Police in Malaysia have deployed officer
to Christian churches after three |
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suspected arson attacks on Friday.
Tension has been growing after a court |
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ruling allowing catholic newspaper to use
the ward Allah to refer to the Christian |
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god. Muslim groups are planning protest
on Friday. A spokesman for the ruling |
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party condemned the attacks. |
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First of all I would like to condemn what
has happened today at the Metro |
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Tabernacle Church. This is a despicable
act of cowards, of hatred. And in fact I |
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am lost for words because I cannot
believe that this can happen in Malaysia |
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today. |
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US president Barack Obama has again
criticised his countries intelligence |
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service for the security failures that
led to the attempted bombing of a |
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passenger jet on Christmas day. But Obama
said the ultimate responsibility rested |
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with him. And he outlined a series of
measures to toughen up US security. |
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The United Nations says Video apparently
showing Sri Lankan soldiers killing Tamil |
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prisoners is genuine. It has asked the
Sri Lankan government to respond to the |
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allegations and called for an independent
enquiry into possible war crimes. The |
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video was first broadcasted on British
television in August. Sri Lanka’s |
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government says it is fake. |
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Now, there is always more on our website.
That is at Aljazeera.net/English. Take a |
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look. |