India: Rebels attack refinery, village in pre-dawn raids

In a series of pre-dawn raids Saturday, separatist rebels in Assam state shot and killed three laborers, ignited a fire by launching mortars at an oil refinery and used explosives to damage a pipeline.

Members of the United Liberation Front of Asom claimed responsibility for the attacks in the oil-rich region as a show of strength to mark the group’s upcoming annual “Soldier’s Day” on March 16.

Separatists attacked the village of Rangjuli with automatic weapons, killing the three laborers and injuring four others. The victims were apparently targeted because they had come to work in the region from neighboring Bihar state.

Guantanamo Bay: Another detainee attempts suicide

A terror suspect tried to commit suicide in U.S. detention at Guantanamo Bay, a military spokesman said Saturday.

It was the 21st suicide attempt at the camp since it was set up in January 2002. The detainee, who attempted suicide Friday, was treated at the base hospital and was under medical observation, spokesman Lt. Col. Barry Johnson said by telephone from the base.

There have been 11 suicide attempts since the beginning of the year, including one in January that left a man with serious brain damage. Most prisoners have used bed sheets or pieces of clothing to try to hang themselves.

Bosnia-Herzegovina: War crime suspect dies of heart attack

Gen. Mehmed Alagic, a high-ranking Bosnian Muslim commander who had been indicted by a U.N. tribunal for war crimes, has died. He was 56.

Alagic died Friday of an apparent heart attack at his home, where he was awaiting trial, state television reported Saturday.

Alagic was one of three Bosnian Muslim wartime commanders arrested in August 2001 for alleged crimes committed during the country’s 1992-1995 war.