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• Iraq suicide bomber kills five in car showroom

  - 2008-08-23

  KIRKUK, Iraq AFP — A suicide bomber blew himself up at a car dealership in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Saturday, killing at least five people and wounding nine, police said. The attack targeted a leader of a group fighting Al-Qaeda in the town of Khalis in...

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• World a 'better place' without Hezbollah leader: US spokesman

  - 2008-02-13

  WASHINGTON AFP — The United States said Wednesday the "world is a better place" without a top commander of the Lebanese Shiite Muslim militia Hezbollah, who was assassinated in a car bombing in Damascus. Analysts and others, however, warned of the high likelihood of retaliation against Israel, which Hezbollah...

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• Israeli airstrike in Gaza wounds four Hamas militants: Hamas

  - 2007-12-15

  GAZA CITY AFP — Four members of the Hamas military wing were wounded in an Israeli air strike on a car in Gaza City early on Sunday, Hamas and Palestinian medics said. Ezzadine al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas's armed wing, said gunmen unleashed a barrage of gunfire and missiles at Israeli...

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• Guards of Sunni MP handled explosives: Iraq

  - 2007-12-02

  BAGHDAD AFP — Iraq said on Sunday that seven detained guards of Sunni leader Adnan al-Dulaimi have tested "positive" for handling explosives after troops found two car bombs at the politician's Baghdad office. "We have found positive traces of explosives on seven of his guards," government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh...

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• Sunni bloc boycotts Iraq parliament after crackdown on leader

  - 2007-12-01

  BAGHDAD AFP — Iraq's main Sunni bloc pulled out of parliament on Saturday in protest at a crackdown on their leader Adnan al-Dulaimi, throwing the country's political process into new turmoil. "We announce our boycott of the parliament until Adnan al-Dulaimi returns to the assembly today or tomorrow," Abdul...

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• US military blames Al-Qaeda for Iraqi bombings

  - 2007-09-27

  BAGHDAD AFP — The US military on Thursday blamed Al-Qaeda for a string of bombings across Iraq this week whose targets included local Sunni leaders fighting the extremist movement. Since Monday at least 70 people have been killed although, according to the military, levels of violence half-way through the...

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• US insists Iraq violence not on uptick during Ramadan

  - 2007-09-27

  BAGHDAD AFP — The US military said Thursday that a wave of bombings across Iraq this week that left at least 70 people dead did not signify an upturn in violence during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Despite the 10 separate car bombings and suicide attacks across Iraq...

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• Indian FM injured in car accident

  - 2007-04-07

  NEW DELHI AFP — Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Muhkerjee was seriously injured when his car and a truck collided in the east of the country, the Press Trust of India PTI news agency reported early Sunday. Mukherjee received stitches to the head but was conscious and in stable condition,...

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• Rallying: Spanish duo win Dakar 12th stage

  - 2007-01-18

  KAYES, Mali AFP — Spanish motorcyclist Isidre Esteve Pujol and his car-driving compatriot Carlos Sainz came out on top of the 12th stage of the Dakar rally between Ayoun El Atrous in Mauritania and Kayes in Mali. For Sainz this was a third stage win in this year's race but...

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• Violence in Pakistan as murdered cleric buried

  - 2006-07-15

  KARACHI AFP — Fresh violence has flared in this southern Pakistani city as angry mobs went on the rampage during the funeral of a senior Shiite leader killed in a suicide blast a day earlier. Gangs torched a Pizza Hut restaurant and two petrol stations in protest at the...

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