Seven killed in Iraq attacks
August 6th, 2012 - 1:00 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Aug 6 (IANS) At least seven people were killed in gunfire and bomb attacks in northern and central Iraq, the police said Sunday.In Iraq's Nineveh province, gunmen attacked a ... Read more...
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Six killed, over 50 wounded in Iraq bombing
June 22nd, 2012 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, June 22 (IANS) At least six people were killed and 52 others injured Friday in a car bombing in the Iraqi capital, Xinhua reported.The blast took place at a ... Read more...
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Afghanistan: Suicide bomber kills NATO troops, children near market
May 21st, 2012 - 1:53 am ICT by BNO News
TARIN KOT, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- A suicide bomber attacked a convoy of foreign troops in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing two coalition service members and two Afghan children, officials said. A ... Read more...
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50 killed, hundreds injured in Iraq attacks (Lead)
February 23rd, 2012 - 6:50 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Feb 23 (IANS) At least 50 people were killed and hundreds wounded Thursday in a series of bomb and gun attacks across the Iraqi capital, police said.The violence targeted ... Read more...
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20 killed, 64 wounded in attacks in Baghdad
February 23rd, 2012 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Feb 23 (IANS) Twenty people were killed and 64 wounded Thursday in a series of bomb and gun attacks across the Iraqi capital, authorities said.A booby-trapped car exploded near ... Read more...
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Suicide bomber kills 53 in Iraq
January 15th, 2012 - 3:24 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Jan 15 (IANS) At least 53 people were killed and over 135 wounded in a suicide bomb attack which targeted Shiite pilgrims in Iraq's Basra city Saturday as hundreds ... Read more...
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Nine killed in Iraq insurgent attacks
November 20th, 2011 - 6:40 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Nov 20 (IANS) At least six police personnel and three insurgents were killed Saturday in separate insurgent attacks in Iraq's western Anbar province, Xinhua reported.Five policemen and ... Read more...
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Suicide bombing at Russia police checkpoint
July 12th, 2011 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 12 (IANS) A suicide bomber blew himself up at a police checkpoint in Russia Tuesday, but no one else was killed or injured in the incident, police said.The ... Read more...
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Two killed in bomb blast in northern Nigeria
May 15th, 2011 - 2:50 am ICT by BNO News
MAIDUGURI, NIGERIA (BNO NEWS) -- Two people were killed on Friday night in a bomb blast in Nigeria's northeast Borno State, Xinhua news agency reported.State police spokesperson Lawal Abdullahi told reporters that ... Read more...
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12-year-old suicide bomber kills four in Afghanistan
May 1st, 2011 - 9:38 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, May 1 (IANS) A 12-year-old suicide bomber blew himself up at a crowded market in eastern Afghanistan, killing four people, a day after the Taliban announced an offensive, ... Read more...
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Tattoo solves seven-year-old murder case
April 23rd, 2011 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 23 (IANS/EFE) A murder in the US that took place in 2004 was solved after the police noticed a detailed image of the crime tattooed on the chest ... Read more...
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78 migrants hidden in trailer intercepted in Mexico
April 13th, 2011 - 11:48 am ICT by IANS
San Cristobal de las Casas (Mexico), April 13 (IANS/EFE) Mexican police intercepted 78 Central American migrants who were travelling beneath the false bottom panel of a trailer in the southeastern ... Read more...
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227 kg bomb defused in Northern Ireland
April 10th, 2011 - 6:21 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr.10 (ANI): The police in Northern Ireland and have said that a bomb found in van on main Belfast to Dublin road could have resulted in huge devastation and loss of ... Read more...
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Suicide bomber kills nine in Afghanistan
February 18th, 2011 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Feb 18 (IANS) A suicide bomber blew himself up Friday morning in Afghanistan's Khost city, killing nine people and injuring 30, a police official said.The incident occurred in the capital of ... Read more...
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One cop killed, three injured in checkpoint bomb attack at Peshawar
February 8th, 2011 - 3:10 pm ICT by ANI
Peshawar, Feb 8(ANI): A policeman was killed and three others wounded in explosions at a security checkpoint in Pakistan's northwest city of Peshawar.Although nobody was hurt when the first bomb went ... Read more...
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New video shows skimpily clad women ushered into Berlusconi’s house
November 11th, 2010 - 2:30 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 11 (ANI): Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is mortified after a new video emerged showing miniskirted women being ushered into one of his properties.Already reeling from revelations that he had ... Read more...
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China creates 100 police checkpoint ‘firewall’ month ahead of Guangzhou Asian Games
October 11th, 2010 - 4:14 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct 11 (ANI): China has activated 100 police checkpoints on the roads and waterways to host city Guangzhou to form a security firewall, with one month to go before the ... Read more...
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520 kg cocaine found near Panama Canal
September 20th, 2010 - 11:26 am ICT by IANS
Panama City, Sep 20 (IANS/EFE) Over 520 kg of cocaine was found inside an abandoned vehicle on the banks of the Panama Canal, officials said.
The vehicle was abandoned a short distance from ... Read more...
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Eight killed, 33 hurt in Iraq attacks (Night Lead)
September 6th, 2010 - 12:25 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Sep 5 (DPA) Eight people were killed and 33 injured in separate attacks in Iraq Sunday, security sources and the local media said.
In Baghdad, six people were killed and 29 injured ... Read more...
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Seven killed, 33 injured in three blasts in Iraq (Lead)
September 5th, 2010 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Sep 5 (DPA) Seven people were killed and 33 injured in three separate bomb blasts in the Iraqi capital Sunday, security sources and local media reported.
Six people were killed and 29 ... Read more...
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Cop helps woman give birth in Russia
August 18th, 2010 - 4:10 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A policeman in Russia turned a doctor when he helped a woman give birth at a checkpoint, a police spokeswoman said Wednesday.
A pregnant woman from the village ... Read more...
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40 dead in Nigeria accident
August 16th, 2010 - 1:02 pm ICT by IANS
Nairobi/Lagos, Aug 16 (DPA) At least 40 people have died in a flaming multi-car pile-up near the Nigerian city of Lagos, reports said Monday.
An articulated lorry smashed into a queue of vehicles ... Read more...
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15 killed in Iraq violence
August 4th, 2010 - 1:00 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Aug 3 (IANS) At least 10 people were killed and 30 injured in triple car bomb explosions Tuesday in Iraq, an interior ministry source said.
The incident took place in the afternoon ... Read more...
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Seven killed in Iraq violence
July 31st, 2010 - 11:04 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, July 31 (IANS) At least seven people were killed and 23 wounded in separate attacks in Iraq Saturday, police said.
In western province of Anbar, a fuel tanker was blown up near ... Read more...
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Taliban behead six Afghan policemen
July 21st, 2010 - 3:28 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, July 21 (DPA) Taliban fighters overran a police checkpoint in northern Afghanistan and beheaded six police officers, NATO said Wednesday.
"During the attack, insurgents overran a police checkpoint and killed the ... Read more...
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10 militants killed in Afghan clash
June 26th, 2010 - 7:53 am ICT by IANS
Kabul, June 26 (IANS/AKI) Ten Taliban fighters, including two Pakistanis, and a police commander were killed in a gun battle in southwest Afghanistan, an official said.
The clash erupted in Nimroz province ... Read more...
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Afghan district governor among 21 killed in attacks (Lead)
June 16th, 2010 - 1:24 am ICT by IANS
Kabul, June 15 (DPA) A district governor and two others were killed in a car bombing in southern Afghanistan, while 12 policemen and six civilians were killed elsewhere in the country, ... Read more...
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12 Afghan police killed in insurgent attacks
June 15th, 2010 - 2:40 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, June 15 (DPA) Twelve policemen were killed in Afghanistan's volatile southern and eastern regions, officials said Tuesday.
Suspected Taliban insurgents attacked a police checkpoint in Ghazni, the capital of the province ... Read more...
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Two policemen killed by suicide bomber in Russia’s Dagestan
April 29th, 2010 - 10:31 pm ICT by BNO News
MAKHACHKALA, RUSSIA (BNO NEWS) -- A police checkpoint was attacked in Russia's Dagestan region on Thursday, killing at least two policemen and injuring several others, Russian news agencies reported.The Interfax news agency ... Read more...
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Car bombing kills four policemen in Pakistan
April 29th, 2010 - 12:56 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 28 (DPA) A suicide car bombing Wednesday at a police checkpoint killed four officers in Pakistan's north-western city of Peshawar, security and health officials said.
Separately, at least two soldiers and ... Read more...
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33 killed in Iraq bombings days before elections
March 4th, 2010 - 2:33 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, March 4 (DPA) The Iraqi city of Baquba was hit by four bomb blasts Wednesday, police said - including one targeting ambulances carrying the wounded from the two earlier attacks.
Police and ... Read more...
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29 killed in Iraq bombings (Lead)
March 3rd, 2010 - 5:17 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, March 3 (DPA) At least 29 people were killed and 42 injured Wednesday when the north-eastern Iraqi city of Baquba was hit by four bomb blasts, police said.
The attacks came amid ... Read more...
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Four killed in Peshawar blast (Lead)
December 24th, 2009 - 2:05 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 24 (IANS) At least four people were killed Thursday in a massive explosion in the Pakistani frontier city of Peshawar, an official said.
Six people were injured in the blast ... Read more...
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Suicide bomber kills Iraqi policeman, injures eight
November 22nd, 2009 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Nov 22 (DPA) A man detonated explosives packed into his car as he approached a police checkpoint north of the western Iraqi city of Falluja Sunday, killing a policeman, authorities said.
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13 killed in Afghan suicide bombing
November 20th, 2009 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Nov 20 (IANS) Thirteen people were killed and 47 wounded Friday in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan's Farah province, an official said.
Provincial governor Rohul Amin said the wounded are being treated ... Read more...
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