IRAQ: Up to 10 killed, 26 wounded in suicide bombing in western Iraq

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-03/03/c_13759841.htm

2011-03-03 18:34:04

RAMADI, Iraq, March (Xinhua) — Ten people were killed and 26 others wounded in Thursday’s suicide bomb attack at a government bank in Iraq’s western province of Anbar, a provincial police source said.

“Our latest report said that eight soldiers and two civilians were killed and 26 people wounded, including 20 soldiers, by the suicide bomb attack in the town of Haditha,” the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

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PAKISTAN: Pakistani public now unconcerned about terrorism: Study

Islamabad, Jan 22 (IANS) Even though nearly 4,700 people lost their lives to terrorist activities in Pakistan in the first 10 months of 2010, the general public are now showing a remakable lack of concern at the ‘curse’, a study has revealed.

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AFGHANISTAN: Oil company convoy ambushed in Pakistan

20 January 2011 Last updated at 12:42 ET

BBC

Gunmen have ambushed a convoy of oil company workers in north-western Pakistan, killing six people and seizing two others, officials say.

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AFGHANISTAN: Roadside bombs kill at least 17 civilians

Roadside bombs kill at least 17 civilians

Published: Jan. 17, 2011 at 10:37 PM

BAGHLAN, Afghanistan, Jan. 17 (UPI) — The number of civilians killed in Afghanistan by roadside and other crude homemade bombs planted by insurgents is rising, experts say.

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SOMALIA: Somali Troops Gird for Battle With Militants

February 19, 2010

By SARAH CHILDRESS in And ABDINASIR MOHAMED, The Wall Street Journal

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052748704398804575071311948344560.html

Somali government troops massed in Mogadishu for a planned offensive against al Shabaab, the powerful al Qaeda allied-militia that has been trying to topple the government.

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