Suicide attacker had entered UN WFP building by pretending to use toilet

October 7th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has claimed that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Hakeemullah Mehsud is dead and the man who appeared in a recent video claiming to be Mehsud might be his look-alike. Talking to reporters after visiting the persons who were injured in the suicide attack on the UN building here, Malik said the man in the video might be Mehsud's brother.

October 6th, 2009 PESHAWAR - The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed responsibility for Monday's suicide attack on the UN World Food Programme (WFP) building in Islamabad in which five persons were killed and three others sustained grievous injury. "We accept responsibility for the attack in Islamabad.

October 6th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Pakistani Taliban Tuesday claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at UN World Food programme (WFP) offices in Islamabad. The Monday afternoon attack, which killed five employees of the WFP, prompted immediate closure of all UN offices across the country "until further notice".

October 6th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has warned that the Taliban could carry out more suicide attacks similar to Monday's strike on the UN building in which five persons were killed and three others wounded. Talking to media persons outside the UN's World Food Programme (WFP) building in Islamabad, where the attack took place, Malik said the Taliban might resort to 'rapid attacks' as a last ditch effort to pressurize the government amid reports about fresh military operation in South Waziristan.

October 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US condemned the attack on the UN food office in Pakistan Monday that left five people dead, calling it a "senseless" act against individuals helping to help feed the poor. "Such cruel acts expose the true nature of the terrorist agenda," State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said.

September 26th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed responsibility for the suicide attack on a police station in Bannu in which six persons were killed and 60 others wounded on Saturday. According to sources, TTP spokesperson Qari Hussain has claimed the responsibility for the attack.

September 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Two Chinese men ended up putting their bums on fire, after they tried lighting up a cigarette in a public toilet. The two men from Qinzhou, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, was seriously scalded when they accidentally ignited the marsh gas last Thursday.

August 30th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least 15 security personnel were killed and several others injured in a suicide attack on a police station in Mingora on Sunday. The attack took place when a suicide attacker blew himself up on the training ground near the police station where the security personnel had gathered for a training session.

August 28th, 2009 PESHAWAR - At least 22 security personnel were killed and 20 others were injured in a suicide attack which targeted one of the residential barracks of Khasadar Force in Torkham area of Khyber Agency late on Thursday. According to sources, the blast occurred when a suicide bomber entered the barrack of the Khyber Riffles and Khasadar Force and blew himself up.

July 29th, 2009 LONDON - An Australian woman was trapped in her toilet for a week before being rescued. The 67-year-old woman reportedly spent a week wedged between her toilet door and the bowl at her house in the eastern city of Ipswich, the Daily Express reports.

June 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Chinese man was pulled out from a lavatory after being stuck in the pot for three hours. It was when a woman spotted the man inside the belly of the toilet on Wednesday afternoon that cops and firefighters were called in to rescue him.

June 6th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Two policemen were killed and four others were injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up at an emergency police office here Saturday evening, officials said. "A suicide bomber tried to enter the building from the outer wall when a constable retaliated and opened fire at him.

May 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Chinese school is offering a rather unusual advice to its students, "Adjust your body rhythm as soon as possible to completely rule out needing toilet breaks during class." Sanmenxia No.1 High School has put the red banner emblazoned with the bizarre advice across the campus toilets. According to the Chongqing Times, banner that appeared on a Baidu.com forum was photographed by a Xi'an university sophmore, user name "Wrffrw", at his Henan Province alma mater on April 5.

May 4th, 2009 TOKYO - A mobile phone has been launched in Japan that will help the country's citizens locate the nearest public toilet in double quick time. According to The Telegraph, users of the mobile lavatory locator are able to upload the free software from the Check A Toilet website.

March 21st, 2009 LONDON - Supermodel Kate Moss got angry when she had to wait outside a ladies toilet at Voldstead in London. 'She barged into the ladies and when she realised there were no cubicles free she started kicking one of the doors, shouting: 'Hurry up or I'll kick the f***ing door down.' The female toilet attendant told her to calm down and offered her some tissue paper to use when it was her turn, but Kate threw it back at her, saying, 'I don't want any of your skanky toilet roll',' thesun.co.uk quoted a source as saying.