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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Pakistan summons US diplomat to protest drone strikes
August 23rd, 2012 - 10:53 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 23 (IANS) Pakistan Thursday summoned a senior American diplomat and conveyed its protest over the recent drone strikes in the country's North Waziristan tribal region, the Pakistani ... Read more...
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Three killed, nine injured in Iraq
April 30th, 2012 - 3:43 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, April 30 (IANS) At least three people were killed and nine injured Sunday in separate attacks in Iraq, police said.In eastern province of Diyala, two policemen were killed and ... Read more...
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Suspect confesses to Norwegian camp mass killing
July 24th, 2011 - 5:11 am ICT by IANS
Oslo, July 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Ethnic Norwegian Anders Behring Breivik, suspected of killing over 80 people on the Utoya Island, Saturday confessed his crime, Norway's Dagbladet tabloid newspaper reported quoting ... Read more...
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Five policemen killed in Chhattisgarh Maoist attacks
June 27th, 2011 - 12:46 am ICT by IANS
Raipur, June 26 (IANS) Five security personnel, including two Border Security Force (BSF) troopers, were killed Sunday in two separate attacks by Maoists in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region, police said.The ... Read more...
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Two injured in separate attacks in Sopore
February 10th, 2011 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Feb 10 (IANS) Two civilians were injured in two separate guerrilla attacks in Sopore town of Baramulla district in north Kashmir Thursday, police said.In the first case, separatist guerrillas shot at ... Read more...
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UK woman jailed for 2-yrs for falsely claiming rape against four men
January 18th, 2011 - 6:23 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 18 (ANI): A woman in Britain has been jailed for two-years after she was found to have falsely accused four men of raping her in two separate attacks.Emma Blunden, 21, ... Read more...
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Three killed in another blast in Pakistan
January 13th, 2011 - 1:24 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 13 (IANS) At least two policemen and a security man were killed Thursday in two separate attacks on security personnel in Pakistan's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, hours after 20 ... Read more...
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Tribal outfit continues murderous rampage in Assam, toll 23 (Second Lead)
November 10th, 2010 - 1:01 am ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Nov 9 (IANS) Tribal separatists continued their killing spree in Assam Tuesday, gunning down three more non-tribals and taking the death toll in overnight serial attacks to 23, police said.Militants of ... Read more...
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NDFB owns up as Assam attack toll mounts to 20
November 9th, 2010 - 1:00 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Nov 9 (IANS) In an overnight orgy of violence in Assam, the outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) launched a coordinated strike killing 20 people, most of them Hindi speakers, ... Read more...
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Four Iraqi soldiers among six killed in attacks
September 21st, 2010 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANS
Kirkuk (Iraq), Sep 21 (DPA) Six people were killed, four of them Iraqi soldiers, in separate attacks in northern Iraq Tuesday, military sources said.
Some 250 km north of Baghdad in the city ... 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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Taliban could take advantage of Pak flood crisis, warns Zardari
August 24th, 2010 - 10:18 am ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Aug.24 (ANI): Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari has defended his handling of the flood crisis, but warned that Taliban extremists could take advantage of the calamity to spread terror and ... 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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Six killed, 19 injured in Iraq attacks
July 7th, 2010 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, July 7 (DPA) Six people were killed and 19 others injured in separate attacks in Iraq, some of which targeted Shiite pilgrims, police sources and Iraqi media announced Wednesday.
Three people were ... Read more...
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15 insurgents killed by their own bombs in Afghan mosque
June 27th, 2010 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, June 27 (DPA) Eight Arab, five Pakistani and two Afghan militants were killed when bombs they were making exploded prematurely inside a mosque in eastern Afghanistan, the interior ministry said ... Read more...
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Two more American service members die in Afghanistan’s south
June 8th, 2010 - 3:11 pm ICT by BNO News
KABUL (BNO NEWS) -- Two American service members were killed in a blast in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, a day after a wave of attacks killed ten coalition service members.Wayne Shanks, a ... Read more...
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NATO: Three coalition service members and one ISAF civilian die in Afghanistan attacks
May 22nd, 2010 - 10:23 pm ICT by BNO News
KABUL (BNO NEWS) -- Three coalition service members were killed in two separate attacks in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, the NATO-led ISAF alliance said. A civilian working with ISAF was also killed.The ... Read more...
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Five killed, 16 injured in Iraq attacks
May 21st, 2010 - 11:48 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, May 21 (DPA) At least five people were killed and 16 injured in separate attacks in Iraq Friday, according to security and government sources.
Three family members were killed and a fourth ... Read more...
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12 killed, 42 injured in Iraq bomb attack
May 13th, 2010 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, May 13 (DPA) Twelve people were killed and 42 injured Thursday in two separate bomb attacks in Baghdad's predominantly Shiite suburb of Sadr City, Iraqi police and media sources said.
Seven people ... Read more...
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One student killed, 80 injured in Iraq blasts (Lead)
May 2nd, 2010 - 11:27 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, May 2 (DPA) Two consecutive bomb attacks Sunday targeting buses carrying students to Iraq's Mosul University left one Christian student dead and 80 injured, a local police source said.
The buses were ... Read more...
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Eight killed in separate attacks in Iraq
April 20th, 2010 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, April 20 (DPA) A string of attacks in Iraq left eight people dead and six injured, security sources said Tuesday.
Gunmen attacked the home of a member of the Sahwa (Awakening) movement, ... Read more...
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Five Al Qaeda men arrested in Iraq
March 9th, 2010 - 10:28 pm ICT by IANS
Mosul (Iraq), March 9 (DPA) Five suspected Al Qaeda members were arrested Tuesday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, a police source said.
"Three of the suspects admitted to firing mortar shells ... Read more...
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Rebel group tells non-locals to quit Manipur
March 7th, 2010 - 6:54 pm ICT by IANS
Imphal, March 7 (IANS) Fear and panic has gripped non-locals in India's restive northeastern state of Manipur after a separatist group issued "quit notices" to all non-Manipuri people, asking them to leave ... Read more...
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Five NATO troops killed in Afghanistan (Lead)
February 14th, 2010 - 1:26 am ICT by IANS
Kandahar, Feb 13 (DPA) Two NATO and three US soldiers were killed in separate attacks Saturday in southern Afghanistan, the same day thousands of US, British and Afghan forces began their ... Read more...
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Five killed in attacks by gunmen in Iraq
December 6th, 2009 - 1:07 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Dec 5 (DPA) Five people, including a police officer, were killed in three separate attacks carried out by unknown assailants in Iraq's northern Mosul district Saturday, police said.
A police officer and ... Read more...
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10 soldiers killed in Pakistan fighting
November 11th, 2009 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 11 (DPA) At least 10 soldiers were killed and 10 more went missing in two separate attacks by Taliban militants in Pakistan's restive tribal region, officials said Wednesday.
A spokesman ... Read more...
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Six policemen killed in Iraq attacks
October 18th, 2009 - 1:35 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Oct 18 (DPA) Six Iraqi policemen were killed and 12 injured Saturday in separate attacks near the Iraqi cities of Falluja and Kirkuk.
In Falluja, four policemen were killed and 10 wounded ... Read more...
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Two policemen killed in Baghdad violence
October 5th, 2009 - 2:32 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Oct 5 (Xinhua) Two policemen were killed and four others injured in two separate attacks in the Iraqi capital Sunday, police said.
In one incident, a bomb went off near a police ... Read more...
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Six killed, three injured in two attacks in Iraq
September 9th, 2009 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Sep 9 (DPA) Six people, including two policemen, were killed and three others injured in two separate attacks in Iraq Wednesday, according to the government.
Four civilians were killed when an explosive ... Read more...
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Five killed in Algeria attacks
August 30th, 2009 - 4:42 am ICT by IANS
Algiers, Aug 30 (Xinhua) Five people have been killed and three wounded in two separate attacks in Algeria, a media report said Saturday.
Three people including two military forces were killed in ... Read more...
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10 killed, 31 injured in two attacks in Iraq (Lead)
August 29th, 2009 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Aug 29 (DPA) At least 10 people were killed and 31 injured in two separate attacks in Iraq Saturday, security sources said.
Six of the victims died in a suicide ... Read more...
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55 killed, 300 wounded in Iraq bombings (Second lead)
August 10th, 2009 - 9:38 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Aug 10 (DPA) A series of bombings across Iraq Monday killed at least 55 people and injured more than 300, police and witnesses said.
In the deadliest of the early morning attacks, ... Read more...
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Congress calls for Chhattisgarh shutdown to protest Maoist attack
July 13th, 2009 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, July 13 (IANS) The opposition Congress has called for a shutdown Tuesday in Chhattisgarh to protest the killing of 29 policemen in three separate attacks by Maoists in Rajnandgaon district ... Read more...
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Three Jharkhand policemen wounded in landmine blast
June 13th, 2009 - 4:57 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, June 13 (IANS) Keeping up their attacks on security forces in Jharkhand, in which 24 policemen have been killed since Wednesday, Maoists Saturday ambushed a patrol in the state's Khuti ... Read more...
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