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8 killed, 12 injured as blast hits Pakistan's Lahore
At least eight persons have been killed and 12 others injured as a bomb blast hit Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore on Tuesday afternoon.
The incident took place outside a police center used for training in the downtown area of the city.
Police, security and rescue teams rushed to the site and shifted the bodies and those injured to nearby hospitals.
The death toll may rise further as many of the injured are listed in critical condition.
Police say that the blast was conducted using explosive material, however they have not confirmed whether it was a planted bomb or a suicide attack.
Thus far, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10 police killed in Taliban attack on police station in Afghanistan
At least 10 police have died and eight others have been wounded after Taliban gunmen and suicide bombers attacked a police station in the eastern Afghan province of Logar on Tuesday.
Four attackers armed with guns and suicide vests were involved in the attack against the provincial police headquarters that occurred at around midday in the provincial capital of Pul-e-Alam.
Two other militants were killed during gunfight.
The death toll may further rise as several wounded were in critical condition.
The Taliban militant group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Taiwan shuttle buses collide, 20 tourists injured
Two tourist buses have collided in southern Taiwan, leaving at least 20 passengers with injuries.
Local media reports say that the accident happened near the Kenting scenic area in Ping-tung County at around 3 o'clock this afternoon.
One tourist from the Chinese mainland is said to have been knocked unconcious. No information is yet available on that person's current condition, or on any of the injured passengers.
No information has been released on what may have caused the collision between the two buses.
Chinese man compensated for 8-year wrongful custody
A man acquitted after spending eight years in prison in east China's Fujian Province has received 1.14 million yuan or about 186,000 U.S. dollars in compensation from the state.
Fuzhou Municipal Intermediate People's Court on Sunday ruled that Nian Bin, 39, should be paid 589,000 yuan for loss of personal freedom and another 550,000 yuan for the mental distress resulting from his wrongful conviction.
In August, Fujian Higher People's Court overturned grocery shop owner Nian Bin's 2008 conviction for murder, citing insufficient evidence. This was the final ruling after three guilty verdicts and subsequent appeals.
On the evening of July 27, 2006, four people in Fuzhou's Pingtan county, three of them children, fell ill while having supper. Two of the children died. Police believed their neighbor Nian Bin, then 30, was responsible because he was not on good terms with the victims' family.
The first verdict came in February, 2008, when the Intermediate People's Court in Fuzhou sentenced Nian to death.
Putin, Merkel, Poroshenko agree on OSCE's monitor mission in eastern Ukraine
The top leaders of Russia, Germany and Ukraine have agreed on the monitoring mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in eastern Ukraine.
The Kremlin says discussions were conducted on the implementation of the package of measures agreed at the quartet negotiation in Belarus' capital of Minsk last week, in particular on concrete steps of the ceasefire, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the situation in the eastern Ukrainian town of Debaltsevo.
The OSCE on Monday released an online daily report on the situation in Ukraine, confirming that the conflicting sides in Ukraine generally observed the ceasefire in the first 18 hours, despite some incidents in various locations in eastern Ukraine.
Vladimir Putin, Angela Merkel and Petro Poroshenko also agreed to continue contacts in different formats in order to facilitate the implementation of the Minsk agreements.
S.Korea's top nuke envoy to visit Russia for talks on DPRK issue
South Korea's top nuclear envoy will visit Russia next week to discuss how to resume the long-stalled six-party talks for denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula.
Seoul's foreign ministry said Hwang Joon-kook, Seoul's chief negotiator for the dialogue, will travel to Moscow on Monday for three days of meetings with his Russian counterpart, Igor Margulov.
The senior diplomats will discuss the overall situation on the Korean Peninsula, especially how to resume the long-suspended six-party talks and how to deal with the nuclear program of North Korea.
The aid-for-disarmament talks, involving South Korea, North Korea, China, the United States, Russia, and Japan were initiated in Beijing in August 2003 but have stalled since December 2008.
Hwang's visit follows a trip to Japan for talks with his U.S. and Japanese counterparts in late January. He also traveled to China earlier this month for a dialogue with his Chinese counterpart.
S.Korean president names four ministers in cabinet reshuffle
South Korean President Park Geun-hye has named four new ministers in charge of inter-Korean affairs after Lee Wan-koo took office as new prime minister.
Presidential spokesman Min Kyung-wook said that Hong Yong-pyo, presidential secretary for unification affairs, was named as the new unification minister.
Yoo Il-ho of the ruling party was nominated as the new transport minister, and ruling party lawmaker Yoo Ki-june was named as maritime affairs and fisheries minister.
Yim Jong-yong, chief executive of NongHyup Financial Group, was named as Financial Services Commission chief.
Among 18 cabinet members, including prime minister and deputy prime ministers, six are former lawmakers or politicians in favor of President Park.
Presidential Chief of Staff Kim Ki-choon remains in office. Park is reportedly considering replacing Kim after the end of the five-day Lunar New Year holiday on Sunday.
