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• Car bomb injures 11 in Turkey

  - 2008-08-21

  ANKARA AFP — Eleven policemen and soldiers were injured in a powerful car bomb blast Thursday in the western Turkish city of Izmir, officials and media reports said. The car, parked on the side of a road, exploded at around 7:45 am (0445 GMT) just as two minibuses, one...

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• Iraqi troops tighten grip on Baghdad Shiite bastion

  - 2008-05-22

  BAGHDAD AFP — Iraqi troops backed by tanks tightened their grip on Baghdad's Shiite stronghold of Sadr City on Thursday after a truce ended weeks of deadly street fighting between US troops and militiamen. Thousands of soldiers in tanks, armoured cars and trucks moved deep into the impoverished district...

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• Fresh violence claims 23 lives in Pakistan

  - 2007-08-04

  ISLAMABAD AFP — Fresh violence left 23 people, including four soldiers, dead Saturday in an escalation of the bloody unrest that has rocked Pakistan over the past month. The military said militants fired a barrage of rockets at security checkposts and then attacked one of them with automatic weapons...

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• Iraq violence slaughters nearly 80

  - 2007-03-27

  MOSUL, Iraq AFP — A suicide bomber tricked soldiers into believing he was bringing food supplies to a northern Iraqi town on Tuesday in the deadliest of a spate of attacks that killed nearly 80 people nationwide. The blast ripped through Tal Afar, unleashing carnage and destroying buildings after...

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• NATO soldier, Al-Qaeda militants killed in Afghanistan violence

  - 2006-08-11

  KABUL AFP — A NATO soldier was killed in a suicide car bomb blast and three Al-Qaeda militants died in a separate attack in the latest violence to hit Afghanistan, officials have said. A Taliban suicide bomber detonated an explosives-filled car near a NATO vehicle in the volatile town...

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• Suicide car blast kills 21 Afghans, four NATO soldiers

  - 2006-08-03

  KANDAHAR, Afghanistan AFP — A suicide car bomber killed 21 civilians in one of Afghanistan's deadliest attacks this year, while four NATO soldiers from Canada and 10 Taliban rebels died in other violence. The interior ministry said a car bomber drove his vehicle into a crowded bazaar in southern...

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• Palestinian killed, 11 wounded in Israeli strikes

  - 2006-07-08

  GAZA CITY AFP — One Palestinian was killed and 11 were wounded in Israeli air strikes over the Gaza Strip as the military pressed on with an offensive to win back a soldier and stop rocket attacks. Witnesses said an Israeli drone fired a missile at a car carrying...

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• 33 killed in CAR skirmish: UN

  - 2006-06-27

  BANGUI AFP — An attack on an army camp in the Central African Republic CAR has resulted in 33 deaths, the United Nations said. The provisional toll included 11 CAR soldiers, two Chadian soldiers from the multinational force FOMUC and 20 attackers. The UN said the strike, which...

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• Suicide car bomb kills seven Pakistani soldiers

  - 2006-06-26

  MIRANSHAH, Pakistan AFP — Seven Pakistani soldiers died and 20 were hurt when a suicide bomber blew up his car at a checkpost in a tense tribal area where militants have announced a truce, officials have said. The blast on Monday was the second suicide attack in a month...

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• Five killed in new Afghanistan suicide attack

  - 2006-02-02

  KABUL AFP — A suicide car bombing carried out by a man dressed as a woman killed three soldiers and up to two roadworkers in insurgency-hit Afghanistan. The attack against Afghan soldiers guarding a road construction site in southeastern Khost province late Wednesday was the latest in a spate...

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