By Omar Waraich Violence returns to Pakistan's capital as bomber attacks police Militant violence returned to Pakistan's capital yesterday on the anniversary of the storming of the Red Mosque.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan _ A suicide bomber marked the first anniversary of the military operation against Islamabad's radical Red Mosque by targeting police guarding the site, killing at least 15 people.

Text of report by Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) news agency Islamabad, 2 June: The Islamabad High Court [IHC] here Monday [2 June] adjourned till 16 June hearing of a bail plea of Maulana Abdul Aziz, former cleric of Lal Masjid [Red Mosque].

By Omar Waraich At least 50 people were killed when a suicide bomber exploded a device packed with ball bearings and nails in a mosque full of worshippers in an apparent assassination attempt on Pakistan's former interior minister.

Pakistan vowed to step up its fight against terrorism Friday after a suicide attacker penetrated a high-security military base and detonated an explosive-laden vehicle, killing 16 soldiers from an elite counterterrorism task force.