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Two militant groups, Al Nasreen and Farzandane Kashmir have claimed responsibility of the attack. A caller identifying himself as Samiul Haq called a local news gathering agencies in Srinagar and owned responsibility of the attack.

I want to thank Human Rights First for the opportunity to speak with you this morning, for organizing this day-long conference and for the group's undying commitment to the protection of the world's most vulnerable people.

A pioneer of emergency medical care who taught at the University of Leicester has been honoured at an international ceremony for his distinguished services to medicine.

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) announces the 2010 dates for the Industry Advisory Panel (IAP) meetings. The meetings will be held on Wednesday, April 14 and Thursday, October 14.

Srinagar, March 16: Chief of Army Staff Bangladesh Army General Mohammad Abdul Mubeen visited the strategically located mountainous Leh region of the Indian administered Kashmir and interacted with senior Indian Army officers.

The United States, in cooperation with the Government of Haiti, will join the United Nations in co-hosting a ministerial-level 'International Donors' Conference Towards a New Future for Haiti 'on March 31, 2010 in New York at UN Headquarters.

The United States welcomes the decision of the governments of Algeria, Burkina Faso, Chad, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger to meet on March 16 in Algiers to collectively confront the threat of terrorism.

The Internal Revenue Service today issued its 2010 'dirty dozen' list of tax scams, including schemes involving return preparer fraud, hiding income offshore and phishing.