Abdullah is the second would-be suicide bomber to be arrested in Baghlan province in three days, Shirzad said.

Last month, 365 people, including police and soldiers, were killed, making it the deadliest month since August 2010.

The 29-year-old mother had pleaded guilty in what is believed to be the first case of its kind in the country.

Individuals illegally produce an estimated 15 to 20 tons of gold per year, nearly 10 percent of Russia’s total output.

Armenia is commemorating the 13th anniversary of the terrorist attack in the country’s parliament that claimed lives of 8 people.

The survey, carried out Oct 15-18 among 1,736 people, showed a growing resistance to the symbols of the Islamic faith.

If PM Recep Tayyip Erdoğan approves the idea, the office will be opened by the beginning of 2013 at the latest.

Fresh violence reportedly killed four people including a child, in clashes and shelling in Damascus province.

That oil fouled the shorelines of four Gulf Coast states and eclipsed the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska in severity.

Eight fishermen from the central and southern Philippines remained missing at sea, the government agency said.