Hunt for French soldier's attackerFrench police at the scene of the attack on a soldier at La Defense (25 May 2013)

French police are hunting a man who attacked a soldier on patrol with two colleagues in the La Defense business district of Paris on Saturday evening.

Congress party leader Mahendra Karma with his bodyguards. File photo'Maoist rebels' kill 17 in India

At least 17 people, including a senior leader of India's governing Congress party, are killed after their convoy was attacked by Maoist rebels, officials say.

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