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Pelosi wins praise in Hiroshima for bomb visit
HIROSHIMA, Japan AFP — US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi won praise Wednesday for becoming the most senior sitting American official to visit Japan's atom bomb memorial at Hiroshima. Pelosi, second in line to the presidency after Vice President Dick Cheney, on Tuesday laid flowers at a memorial in the...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, bomb, flower, Japan, president
Research articles 2008-09-03
Car bomb kills 4, wounds 12 in Colombia
BOGOTA AFP — A car bomb exploded early Monday in Colombia's third largest city Cali, killing four people and wounding at least 12 in one of the deadliest urban attacks this year, authorities said. The explosion occurred five minutes after midnight (0505 GMT) near the Palace of Justice, where...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, attack, bomb, Cali, car, Colombia, SECURITY
Research articles 2008-09-01
Nine killed in Iraq violence
BAGHDAD AFP — Three bomb attacks and a shootout claimed the lives of nine people and wounded more than two dozen in Iraq on Sunday, security officials said. Four Iraqi soldiers were killed and eight others were wounded when a roadside bomb blasted their patrol in the town of...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Baghdad, bomb, Iraq, ministry, SECURITY, violence
Research articles 2008-08-24
Detained Iraq Sunni leader son caught planting bombs
BAGHDAD AFP — The son of leading Iraqi Sunni Arab politician Adnan al-Dulaimi has been charged with attempted murder after he was caught planting a bomb in a house belonging to a Shiite family, police said Thursday. Police said that Muthanna Dulaimi was caught red-handed as he tried to...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Baghdad, bomb, leader, Leadership, SECURITY
Research articles 2008-08-21
Lebanese army opens fire after bomb thrown in Tripoli
TRIPOLI, Lebanon AFP — The Lebanese army opened fire early Monday after a homemade bomb was thrown in an area of the northern city of Tripoli that has seen bloody clashes since May between two rival factions, an army spokesman told AFP. "The army fired at the place from...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, bomb, Lebanon, spokesman
Research articles 2008-08-17
Ten policemen killed in Afghanistan bombing: officials
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan AFP — A roadside bomb hit a police jeep in southern Afghanistan and killed 10 officers, as a soldier and 19 hardline Taliban rebels died in other violence, officials said Sunday. The police chief of Kandahar province, Mutiullah Khan, blamed the bombing on the "enemies of Afghanistan"...
Tags: Afghanistan, Agence France-Presse, bomb, violence
Research articles 2008-08-17
Bomb explodes on Malaga beach: report
MADRID AFP — A bomb exploded Sunday without causing any casualties on a beach in Malaga, southern Spain, which was evacuated after a warning allegedly made in the name of armed Basque separatist group ETA, local officials said. "There was an explosion on the small beach of Gualdalmar. There...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, beach, bomb
Research articles 2008-08-17
American in Hiroshima warns the world about nuclear weapons
HIROSHIMA, Japan AFP — For years, Steven Leeper took the view of many fellow Americans about the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima -- that it was an inevitable part of war. But after a lifetime of reflection, he is now the first foreigner to head an anti-nuclear foundation in the...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, bomb, Japan, SECURITY
Research articles 2008-08-03
International soldier killed in Kabul blast
KABUL AFP — A bomb struck a convoy of the US-led military coalition on the outskirts of Kabul on Sunday, killing one soldier and wounding another, the force said. Afghan police said the bomb was planted on a dirt road and appeared to have been remotely detonated. "A...
Tags: Afghanistan, Agence France-Presse, bomb, Government, SECURITY, soldier
Research articles 2008-08-03
Mine kills 10 on Afghan bus
KABUL, Afghanistan AP -- A bus carrying a wedding party struck a mine in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province, killing the bride and groom and eight others, a police official said. Provincial police chief Matiullah Kahn said children were killed in the bombing, which he blamed on Taliban militants....
Tags: Afghanistan, Associated Press, bomb, SECURITY
Research articles 2008-08-03
International soldier, Afghan judge killed
KABUL AFP — A US-led coalition soldier was killed in a bomb attack in Kabul on Sunday and a judge was gunned down in southern Afghanistan, authorities said, in new attacks linked to an extremist insurgency. Another soldier was wounded in the bomb blast on the southeastern outskirts of...
Tags: Afghanistan, Agence France-Presse, attack, bomb, SECURITY, soldier
Research articles 2008-08-03
Bomb kills eight police, security workers in Pakistan valley
PESHAWAR, Pakistan AFP — At least eight police and security workers were killed Saturday when a remote-controlled bomb exploded near their vehicle in northwestern Pakistan's troubled Swat valley, officials said. Another five policemen were wounded in the blast in the valley's Kabal district, local police officer Alam Khan said....
Tags: Agence France-Presse, bomb, Government, Pakistan, SECURITY, worker
Research articles 2008-08-02
Afghan bride, groom among 13 killed in bomb blast: police
KABUL AFP — A suspected rebel bomb struck a minibus carrying a newly married couple in Afghanistan Saturday, killing the bride and groom and 11 wedding guests, police said, in the latest in a wave of insurgent attacks. Authorities meanwhile announced that more than a dozen Taliban-linked militants were...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, bomb, Government, NATO, Pakistan, SECURITY, soldier
Research articles 2008-08-02
Bomb kills six police in northwest Pakistan valley: officials
PESHAWAR, Pakistan AFP — At least six policemen were killed Saturday when a remote-controlled bomb exploded near their vehicle in northwestern Pakistan's troubled Swat valley, security officials said. Another five policemen were wounded in the blast, a security official said, requesting anonymity. One of the dead was a senior...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, bomb, Pakistan, SECURITY, valley
Research articles 2008-08-02
Bomb explodes in Spain's Basque region: official
MADRID AFP — A small bomb placed by the separatist group ETA went off overnight at a highway building site in Spain's northern Basque region, a Basque interior ministry spokeswoman said Monday. The explosion on the A-8 highway near the town of Orio caused no injuries but damaged four...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, bomb, Government, SECURITY, Spain
Research articles 2008-07-28
Police say blasts in Indian IT city were 'professional'
BANGALORE, India AFP — Police in India's IT capital Bangalore were on Saturday looking for clues to a "professional" string of bombings that left one dead and seven wounded. "They appear to be the handiwork of professionals who have come prepared to cause the blasts," Karnataka state police chief...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Bangalore, bomb, India, Strategy
Research articles 2008-07-26
One dead as bomb blasts hit Indian IT city: police
BANGALORE, India AFP — India's high-technology capital Bangalore was hit by a string of five suspected bomb blasts Friday with at least one person killed and several wounded, police said. "One woman died and four were injured in the first blast," Bangalore police commissioner Shankar Bidri told reporters, adding...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Bangalore, bomb, India, Outsourcing
Research articles 2008-07-25
One dead in Gaza bomb blast
GAZA CITY AFP — One person was killed and four others were wounded early on Friday when a bomb exploded outside a Gaza City cafe that had already been targeted two months ago, emergency services and police said. The blast, shortly after midnight, caused extensive damage to the cafe....
Tags: Agence France-Presse, bomb, cafe, INTERNET
Research articles 2008-07-25
US soldier killed in Iraq
BAGHDAD AFP — A roadside bomb killed a US soldier west of the Iraqi capital on Tuesday, the American military said. The soldier was killed when the bomb struck his vehicle at around 9:30 am (0630 GMT), the military added without specifying the exact location of the attack. ...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, bomb, INTERNET, SECURITY
Research articles 2008-07-08
Pentagon aims to reduce danger of unexploded cluster bombs
WASHINGTON -- Faced with growing international pressure, the Pentagon is changing its policy on cluster bombs and plans to reduce the danger of unexploded munitions in the deadly explosives. The policy shift, which is outlined in a three-page memo signed by Defense Secretary Robert Gates, would require that...
Tags: bomb, Government, Leadership, Pentagon, U.S.
Research articles 2008-07-08
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