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Feb 2, 2021
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Man who admitted to role in beheading journalist Daniel Pearl to walk free
1 Feb, 2021 11:31 PM
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Daniel Pearl s death sent shockwaves around the world. Photo / Getty
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By: Rohan Smith
Daniel Pearl s life ended in the most violent way at the hands of terrorists who filmed the journalist s beheading and sent a video to the US consulate in Pakistan.
The Wall Street Journal s South Asia bureau chief was abducted and beheaded by jihadists in the Pakistani city of Karachi in 2002 when he organised an interview with a reclusive spiritual leader.
It was a risky scenario in the aftermath of 9/11, but Pearl took his chances. He hopped in a taxi and was not seen again until he appeared in grainy video footage wearing a colourful jacket and holding a copy of Pakistan s English language newspaper, Dawn.
Overheated lawnmower thought to be cause of huge Pōkeno house fire
1 Feb, 2021 04:24 PM
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Pōkeno house fire: Drivers pull off State Highway 1 as home engulfed. / Supplied
A faulty lawnmower is thought to be the cause of a ferocious house fire that sent massive plumes of black smoke into the sky south of Auckland.
Kamaldeep Sharma had spent the morning and early afternoon yesterday doing a spot of gardening at his home in Pōkeno - cutting back bushes and mowing the lawn.
But shortly after 2.30pm, he spotted flames coming from the back yard and ran out of the house with his 13-year-old daughter Ilina.
Monday, 01 February 2021 - 10:18
The Hindu newspaper has reported many details about the two Sri Lankans who were recently arrested by the Police Narcotics Bureau of India with 100 kilos of heroin.
Following a failed attempt to eliminate a Sri Lankan drug enforcement inspector in May 2017, M.M.M. Nawas and Mohamed Afnas has now been arrested by the Indian Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) for alleged role in an international drug trafficking racket. They entered India through the Rameswaram coast.
The two Sri Lankans eventually took refuge in the outskirts of Chennai. “Nawas is wanted for the attempted murder of the Sri Lankan inspector, Neomal Rangajeewa, who was seriously injured in the attack,”.