Eight killed in separate attacks in Iraq
August 27th, 2012 - 12:33 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Aug 26 (IANS) Eight security personnelmembers were killed in separate gunfire and bomb attacks in and near Baghdad Sunday, police said.In Baghdad, gunmen attacked the building of a local ... Read more...
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Four injured in Kashmir attack (Lead)
May 14th, 2012 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, May 14 (IANS) Four people, including a doctor, were injured Monday when separatist guerrillas hurled a grenade on an army patrol in a Jammu and Kashmir town, police said.A ... Read more...
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Soldier killed in militant fire in Kashmir
May 3rd, 2012 - 1:13 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, May 3 (IANS) A soldier was killed when militants fired at an army patrol in a mountainous, forested area of Kishtwar district in Jammu and Kashmir, police said Thursday.A ... Read more...
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Two killed, 11 injured in Iraq blasts
April 26th, 2012 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, April 26 (IANS) Two people were killed and 11 others injured in two separate bomb blasts in the Iraqi capital Baghdad Thursday.A booby-trapped car was detonated in Al-Hurriyah district ... Read more...
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25 killed, over 170 wounded in Iraq attacks
March 20th, 2012 - 4:36 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, March 20 (IANS) At least 25 people were killed and over 170 wounded Tuesday in a series of bomb attacks across Iraq, the police said.The deadliest attack occurred in ... Read more...
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Nine dead in Iraq car bomb attacks
October 26th, 2011 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Oct 26 (IANS) Two car bombs exploded in Iraq in quick succession Wednesday, killing at least nine people and injuring 16, Xinhua reported.The first car bomb was detonated around ... Read more...
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Four killed in Iraq violence
July 19th, 2011 - 1:35 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, July 19 (IANS) Four people were killed Monday in two separate incidents of violence in Iraq's Mosul city, Xinhua reported.Early in the morning, police commandos clashed with gunmen during ... Read more...
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13 killed, 74 injured in series of blasts in Baghdad
May 22nd, 2011 - 10:09 pm ICT by BNO News
BAGHDAD (BNO NEWS) -- At least 13 people were killed and 74 others were injured on Sunday in a series of explosions that ripped through the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, Aswat al-Iraq ... Read more...
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Twelve dead in two bomb blasts in northern Iraq
April 29th, 2011 - 5:21 am ICT by BNO News
DIYALA, IRAQ (BNO NEWS) -- Two separate bomb attacks on Thursday left at least 12 people dead and many injured in northern Iraq, the Aswat al-Iraq news agency reported.In Diyala province, a ... Read more...
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Two dead in clashes between Iraqi and Kurdish forces in northern Iraq
April 25th, 2011 - 11:07 pm ICT by BNO News
KIRKUK, IRAQ (BNO NEWS) -- Two people on Monday were killed due to clashes between the Iraqi army and Kurdish security forces in northern Iraq, the Aswat al-Iraq news agency reported.The fire ... Read more...
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Zetas leader shot down in northern Mexico
January 25th, 2011 - 10:11 pm ICT by BNO News
NUEVO LEON, MEXICO (BNO NEWS) -- Mexico's Defense Ministry on Tuesday announced that a main leader of the drug trafficking organization "Los Zetas" was shot down in northern Mexico.Mexican soldiers on Monday ... Read more...
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37 killed in Iraq attacks (Night Lead)
September 19th, 2010 - 11:39 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Sep 19 (DPA) A series of bomb attacks across Iraq Sunday killed 37 people and injured dozens more, less than a month after the US declared a military drawdown of ... Read more...
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Eight killed in Iraq suicide attacks
April 13th, 2010 - 12:58 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, April 12 (DPA) Two attacks carried out by suicide bombers targeting Iraqi security forces left dozens dead and injured in different areas of the country, security sources said Monday.
Sources told the ... Read more...
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Seven killed in Iraq car bombing
March 15th, 2010 - 2:30 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, March 15 (IANS) At least seven people were killed and 13 wounded Monday in a car bomb explosion in Iraq's western Anbar province, police said.
The blast took place when a booby-trapped ... Read more...
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Nepal Army kills three Dalit women
March 12th, 2010 - 4:42 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, March 12 (IANS) Only 48 hours after Nepal's communist-led government declared International Women's Day a national public holiday, soldiers shot dead three Dalit women, including a 12-year-old girl, while ... Read more...
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Jammu encounter on, two security-personnel killed
January 29th, 2010 - 1:42 pm ICT by ANI
Kishtwar (Jammu and Kashmir), Jan 29 (ANI): Militants gunned down two security personnel early on Friday morning in Tandar village in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir.The militants had opened fire at ... Read more...
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Two soldiers killed in Jammu and Kashmir (Second Lead)
January 29th, 2010 - 11:56 am ICT by IANS
Jammu, Jan 29 (IANS) Two soldiers were killed early Friday in an ambush by terrorists in Tandar village in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir. It was the "deadliest attack" by militants ... Read more...
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Two soldiers killed in Jammu and Kashmir (Lead)
January 29th, 2010 - 11:24 am ICT by IANS
Jammu, Jan 29 (IANS) Two soldiers were killed early Friday in an ambush by terrorists in Tandar village in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir. It was the "deadliest attack" by militants ... Read more...
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Two army soldiers killed in Jammu and Kashmir
January 29th, 2010 - 9:26 am ICT by IANS
Jammu, Jan 29 (IANS) Two Indian Army soldiers were killed early Friday in an ambush by terrorists in Tandar village in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir, an official here said.
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Ethiopian plane crash: 28 bodies, no sign of survivors (Roundup)
January 25th, 2010 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
Beirut, Jan 25 (DPA) At least 28 bodies have been recovered after an Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed off the coast of Lebanon Monday, with no apparent sign of survivors among the 90 ... Read more...
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Ethiopian plane crash: 15 bodies, no sign of survivors (Fifth Lead)
January 25th, 2010 - 6:30 pm ICT by IANS
Beirut, Jan 25 (DPA) At least 15 bodies have been recovered from the scene of the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane off the coast of Lebanon Monday, with no apparent sign ... Read more...
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Three, including soldier, killed in Assam gun battles
January 14th, 2010 - 8:30 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Jan 14 (IANS) Two militants and an army soldier were killed in two separate gun battles Thursday in Assam, security officials said.
A police spokesperson said an army soldier and a ... Read more...
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Militants ambush army patrol in Rajouri
December 29th, 2009 - 10:03 pm ICT by ANI
Rajouri (Jammu and Kashmir), Dec 29 (ANI) : A soldier was injured when an army patrol was ambushed by a group of militants here on Tuesday.A column of the 16 Rashtriya Rifles ... Read more...
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10 Afghan soldiers killed in Taliban ambush
October 6th, 2009 - 2:48 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Oct 6 (DPA) Ten Afghan soldiers were killed in a Taliban ambush in southern Afghanistan while the defence ministry said Tuesday that more than 100 Taliban militants were killed and ... Read more...
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Two militants, policeman killed in Kashmir violence (Lead)
June 15th, 2009 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, June 15 (IANS) Two suspected guerrillas were killed in a gunfight with the Indian Army while a policeman was shot dead in a militant ambush in Kashmir, police said Monday.
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Two guerrillas killed in Kashmir gunfight
June 15th, 2009 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, June 15 (IANS) Two suspected separatist guerrillas have been killed in a fierce north Kashmir gunfight with the Indian Army, police said Monday.
The gun battle erupted in district Kupwara's Kumkadi village, ... Read more...
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Velupillai Prabhakaran: His life, times and death
May 18th, 2009 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS
By M.R. Narayan Swamy
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) From Nov 26, 1954 to May 18, 2009 - the following is a chronological account of the life and times of Velupillai Prabhakaran, the ... Read more...
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Iraqi blasts kill 12, injure 50 (Lead)
May 6th, 2009 - 10:32 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, May 6 (DPA) As many as 12 people were killed and another 50 injured Wednesday in terrorist attacks in the Iraqi cities of Baghdad and Kirkuk, police said.
A car bomb at ... Read more...
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Rebel attack in Philippines kills 17
March 31st, 2009 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANS
Manila, March 31 (DPA) Seventeen people were killed when communist rebels attacked a military outpost in the southern Philippines Tuesday, an army spokesman said.
An undetermined number of guerrillas swooped down on an ... Read more...
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Al Qaeda militants kill tribal sheikh, his family in Iraq
March 4th, 2009 - 6:54 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, March 4 (DPA) Al Qaeda militants in Iraq Wednesday shot and killed a tribal sheikh, his wife and their son near their home in the northern city of Tikrit, a police ... Read more...
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Suicide blast kills three in Afghanistan
July 12th, 2008 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
Xinhua
Kabul, July 12 (Xinhua) A suicide bomber blew himself up targeting an army patrol Saturday killing two soldiers and one civilian and wounding five others in the southern Afghan province of Helmand, ... Read more...
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Thai Army helicopter crash kills 10 (Lead)
June 20th, 2008 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Pattani (Thailand), June 20 (DPA) A Royal Thai Army helicopter crashed Friday while searching for Muslim separatists in the conflict-ridden deep South, killing 10 people on board, an army spokesman said. The ... Read more...
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Gunmen target army patrol in Lebanon, 12 arrested
June 15th, 2008 - 4:53 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Beirut, June 15 (DPA) Lebanese forces detained 12 people Saturday after gunmen fired at an army patrol near a Palestinian refugee camp in the north of the country, a Lebanese security official ... Read more...
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UPA response to Chinese incursion in Sikkim weak: BJP
May 19th, 2008 - 9:19 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Terming the union government's response to Chinese incursions in Sikkim as weak, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday demanded that the government summon the Chinese ambassador here ... Read more...
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At least 22 people killed, rockets discovered in Iraq
May 7th, 2008 - 10:49 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Baghdad, May 7 (DPA) At least 22 people died Wednesday in a fresh bout of violence in Iraq, including eight people in a US strike on Baghdad's Shia enclave of Sadr City, ... Read more...
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