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Pakistan army kill six militants

November 11th, 2008 - 4:58 pm ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, Nov 11 (Xinhua) Pakistan's security forces Tuesday killed six militants in Bajaur district along the Afghan border in their continuing drive against Islamist terrorists in the northwest tribal region.The troops pounded ...

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15 Taliban killed as Pak troops target their hideouts in Bajaur

15 Taliban killed as Pak troops target their hideouts in Bajaur

October 21st, 2008 - 1:56 pm ICT by ANI -
Khar (NWFP), Oct 21 (ANI): As many as 15 Taliban were killed when security forces used heavy artillery, fighter jets and helicopter gunships to target suspected hideouts in Bajaur Agency, last ...

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Tribal elder, 22 insurgents killed in Afghanistan attacks

Tribal elder, 22 insurgents killed in Afghanistan attacks

October 18th, 2008 - 6:57 pm ICT by IANS -
Kabul, Oct 18 (DPA) Gunmen killed a tribal elder and his son in southern Afghanistan, while elsewhere in the country at least 22 insurgents were killed and eight were detained in separate ...

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14 Taliban killed in Bajaur Agency

14 Taliban killed in Bajaur Agency

October 15th, 2008 - 11:10 am ICT by ANI -
Bajaur Agency, Oct 15 (ANI): At least 14 Taliban were killed last evening when Pakistani security forces targeted their hideouts in various areas of the strife-torn Bajaur Agency. The security forces used ...

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Pakistani troops kill seven Islamic militants

Pakistani troops kill seven Islamic militants

October 1st, 2008 - 12:28 am ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, Sep 30 (DPA) At least seven Islamic militants were killed and several others injured Tuesday in an operation carried out by the Pakistani army in the restive Bajaur tribal district that ...

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Pakistan claims they can defeat Talibans within months

Pakistan claims they can defeat Talibans within months

September 28th, 2008 - 5:45 pm ICT by ANI -
Islamabad, Sept 28 (ANI): Pakistani General confident that the troops, which are fighting a mountain battle, can defeat the Taliban insurgents within a matter of months. Pakistani forces in an offensive ...

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Somali prime minister calls on insurgents to join peace talks

September 25th, 2008 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS -
Mogadishu, Sep 25 (Xinhua) Somali Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein Thursday called on the insurgent groups which have not been part of the peace talks to join in the national reconciliation process ...

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Twenty killed in fighting in Somalia

September 24th, 2008 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS -
Mogadishu, Sep 24 (Xinhua) Twenty civilians were killed and 33 wounded in heavy artillery exchange between insurgents and African Union (AU) peacekeepers here, witnesses and hospital sources said Wednesday.Witnesses in Hawlwadag, Hodon ...

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Pak Army claims more than 70 terrorists killed in Bajaur crackdown

September 14th, 2008 - 5:46 pm ICT by ANI -
Khar, Sept 14 (ANI): In a fresh crackdown on radical Islamist militants in Pakistan , the countrys Army today claimed to have gunned down more than 70 terrorists in the Bajaur ...

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Encircled Russia had to attack to avoid bloody nose by Georgia: Putin

September 12th, 2008 - 6:08 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Sept.12 (ANI): Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has said that his country had no choice but to attack Georgia after it was encircled from all sides. Speaking to reporters at his ...

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25 worshippers, 30 Taliban militants killed in two separate incidents in Pak

25 worshippers, 30 Taliban militants killed in two separate incidents in Pak

September 11th, 2008 - 10:06 am ICT by ANI -
Lahore , Sept 11 (ANI): In a fresh spate of killings in Pakistan , at least 25 civilians were killed and 50 injured in a grenade-and-gun attack in a mosque in ...

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War will continue until last Tiger is killed: Rajapaksa

August 19th, 2008 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS -
Colombo, Aug 19 (IANS) Riding on public support for the ongoing war against the Tamil Tigers, President Mahinda Rajapaksa has declared that the military campaign will continue "until the last rebel is ...

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Russia intensifies attacks on Georgia (Second lead)

August 10th, 2008 - 3:58 pm ICT by IANS -
DPA Moscow/Tbilisi(Georgia), Aug 10 (DPA) Russia Sunday intensified airstrikes and a naval blockade against Georgia, as international diplomats were exploring ways to establish a ceasefire in the breakaway Georgian province of South Ossetia. ...

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Georgia calls for ceasefire in South Ossetia

August 9th, 2008 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS -
Xinhua Moscow, Aug 9 (Xinhua) Georgia's President Mikhail Saakashvili called for a ceasefire in the breakaway province of South Ossetia, reports reaching here from Tbilisi said Saturday. Georgia launched a large-scale offensive to ...

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Ossetia conflict widens in battles between Russia and Georgia (Lead)

August 9th, 2008 - 1:45 pm ICT by IANS -
DPA Moscow/Tbilisi (Georgia) Aug 9 (DPA) The war between Russia and Georgia widened Saturday morning, with fighting spilling outside the south Caucasus province of Ossetia, and both sides moving reinforcements to the region. ...

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Mortar attack on presidential residence in Somalia

August 7th, 2008 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS -
Xinhua Mogadishu, Aug 7 (Xinhua) Suspected Islamic insurgents Thursday launched mortar attacks on the presidential residence and the airport in the southern Somali town of Baidoa, the seat of the transitional Somali parliament, ...

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Hindu temple Thai, Cambodia tense military stand-off continues

July 21st, 2008 - 2:42 pm ICT by ANI -
Kantharalak (Thailand), July 21 (ANI): Hundreds of Thai and Cambodian soldiers remained locked in a tense standoff at the ruins of an ancient Hindu temple here for a sixth straight day ...

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US poised to bomb Pakistan: reports (Lead)

US poised to bomb Pakistan: reports (Lead)

July 16th, 2008 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS -
London/Islamabad, July 16 (IANS) US troops in Afghanistan are massing close to the border with Pakistan, poised to launch bombing raids on suspected terrorist bases in the North Waziristan region, British and ...

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Pak on alert after Taliban warn of reprisals against military campaign

June 30th, 2008 - 4:57 pm ICT by ANI -
Peshawar , June 30 (ANI): Pakistan has reportedly stepped up security around its airports, government buildings and diplomatic missions, after Islamic militants warned of reprisals against Islamabad s military campaign targeting ...

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Sri Lankan troops capture new LTTE territories

June 26th, 2008 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS -
Colombo, June 26 (IANS) Sri Lankan troops, backed by heavy artillery and aerial bombing, Thursday captured new territories including a village held by the Tamil Tigers in the northwestern district of Mannar, ...

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Soviet nostalgia becomes display of Russian military might

May 11th, 2008 - 9:54 am ICT by admin -
By Alissa de Carbonnel Moscow, May 11 (DPA) Russia presented a heady show that it could defend itself in a full-blown military parade that drew smiles from World War II veterans, cheers from ...

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Military parade under way in Moscow

May 9th, 2008 - 2:29 pm ICT by admin -
DPA Moscow, May 9 (DPA) Russia's new President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin surveyed a massive military parade in Moscow's Red Square Friday a day after the State Duma confirmed Putin ...

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15 killed, 66 wounded in fresh Sri Lanka clashes(Lead)

May 5th, 2008 - 11:14 pm ICT by admin -
By P. Karunakharan Colombo, May 5 (IANS) At least 10 Tamil Tiger rebels and five soldiers were killed and over 60 wounded in fierce clashes between the two sides in Sri Lanka's northern ...

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Putin defends military show planned for Victory Day

May 5th, 2008 - 10:13 pm ICT by admin -
DPA Moscow, May 5 (DPA) As Russia's military rehearsed for a military parade in Moscow's Red Square Monday, President Vladimir Putin said the planned Victory Day parade is not meant as a threat. ...

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LTTE unloaded three shiploads of arms in two months: Report

May 4th, 2008 - 7:18 pm ICT by admin -
By P. Karunakharan Colombo, May 4 (IANS) Despite the Sri Lankan Navy's claim that it had destroyed all 10 arms ships of the Tamil Tiger rebels, the country's intelligence agencies have revealed that ...

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Troops captured LTTE base, 40 rebels killed: Sri Lanka

April 30th, 2008 - 11:55 pm ICT by admin -
By P. Karunakharan Colombo, April 30 (IANS) Sri Lanka Wednesday said its troops battling the Tamil Tiger rebels had captured a rebel base in the northwestern Mannar district after fierce clashes killed 40 ...

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NATO soldier among 17 killed in Afghan attacks

April 29th, 2008 - 1:42 am ICT by admin -
DPA Kabul, April 28 (DPA) One NATO soldier and 16 insurgents were killed, and four NATO soldiers and a dozen more rebels wounded in two attacks in the eastern and southern regions of ...

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17 Talibans killed

17 Talibans killed

April 24th, 2008 - 9:45 pm ICT by admin -
DPA Kabul, April 24 (DPA) Afghan army forces clashed with Taliban militants in separate areas of the country, killing and wounding more than 17 insurgents, including a rebel commander, the army said Thursday. ...

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20 killed in Somalia clashes

April 4th, 2008 - 1:00 am ICT by admin -
DPA Mogadishu, April 3 (DPA) Somali troops and Islamist insurgents clashed Thursday, leaving at least 20 people killed and 30 injured in some of the worst fighting in weeks in the country. The ...

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Eight killed in Albania munitions blast

March 16th, 2008 - 6:37 pm ICT by admin -
(Lead) DPA Tirana (Albania), March 16 (DPA) The Albanian authorities have confirmed eight casualties from a military munitions depot explosion, but feared that many more may have been killed in a series of explosions. ...

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