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Seven killed in latest Pakistan attack...this year. Residents who had long considered themselves far removed from conflict have been rocked by a daylight ambush on the Sri Lankan cricket team, the storming of a police academy and several suicide bombings. Indian officials... In this article: Pakistan, Taliban, Punjab, Lahore, Peshawar, Suicide, Islamabad, UN, and India |
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San Diego Union-Tribune | August 25, 2009
Pakistani Taliban admit leader Mehsud killed
...team in Lahore earlier this year. He also threatened suicide bombings in Pakistani cities in retaliation for the army's recent offensive to take back the Swat Valley from another wing of the Taliban. Shah said Hakimullah's rise might...
In this article: Taliban, Pakistan, U.S., Afghanistan, Al-qaida, Dera Ismail Khan, and Swat Valley
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The State | August 25, 2009
Pakistani Taliban admit Mehsud killed by US strike
...and the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore earlier this year. He also threatened suicide bombings in Pakistani cities in retaliation for a recent army offensive in the Swat Valley, which has been winding down in recent weeks.
In this article: Taliban, U.S., Pakistan, Dera Ismail Khan, and Swat Valley
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San Jose Mercury News | August 22, 2009
Pakistani Taliban choose new chief
...team in Lahore earlier this year. He had also threatened suicide bombings in Pakistani cities in retaliation for a recent army offensive in the Swat Valley, which has been winding down in recent weeks. While it is unclear whether he will...
In this article: Taliban, Swat Valley, Sri Lankan cricket team, Peshawar, and Pakistan
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New Kerala | May 31, 2009
486 killed in suicide strikes in Punjab since 2007
...several players and killing six policemen and a driver. Sept. 20, 2008: A suicide attack kills at least 54 and wounds more than 250 and devastates the Marriott hotel in Islamabad. Sept. 6, 2008: A suicide car bombing kills at least 35...
In this article: Lahore, Punjab, Sri Lankan cricket team, Marriott hotel, Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan, Jamrud, and Swat Valley
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The Hindu - Front Page | April 10, 2009
Islamabad on red alert after Taliban threat
...U.S. embassy, the U.N. and World Bank offices suspended operations following threats from Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud to carry out suicide attacks in the city. In Lahore, police chief Pervez Rathore told journalists that Pakistan had...
In this article: Islamabad, Taliban, Sri Lankan cricket team, U.N., U.S., Lahore, Good Friday, and Dawn News
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Guardian Unlimited | October 12, 2009
Pakistan militants attack army base
...photos of their faces. An army spokesman, Major General Athar Abbas, said 20 of the hostages were kept in a room guarded by a militant wearing a suicide vest who was shot dead before he could detonate the explosives. Security officials named...
In this article: Pakistan, Taliban, Punjab, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Athar Abbas, and Sri Lankan cricket team
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thumb|right|320px|A painting of the English romantic poet [[Thomas Chatterton, believed to have killed himself with arsenic in 1770]]
Suicide (Latin suicidium, from sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the intentional taking of one's own life. Many dictionaries also note the metaphorical sense of "willful destruction of one's self-interest" (e.g., "political suicide"). Suicide may occur for a number of reasons, including depression, shame, guilt, desperation, physical pain, emotional pressure, anxiety, financial difficulties, or other undesirable situations. The World Health Organization noted that over one million people commit suicide every year, and that it is one of the leading causes of death among teenagers and adults under 35. There are an estimated 10 to 20 million non-fatal attempted suicides every year worldwide.
Views on suicide have been influenced by cultural views on existential themes such as religion, honor, and the meaning of life. The Abrahamic religions consider suicide an offense towards God due to religious belief in the sanctity of life. In the West it was often regarded as a serious crime. Japanese views on honor and religion led to seppuku, one of the most painful methods of suicide, to be respected as a means to atone for mistakes or failure, or as a form of protest during the samurai era. In the 20th century, suicide in the form of self-immolation has been used as a form of protest, and in the form of kamikaze and suicide bombing as a military or terrorist tactic. Sati is a Hindu funeral practice in which the widow would immolate herself on her husband's funeral pyre, either willingly, or under pressure from the family and in-laws.
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