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- Car bomb injures 16 in Turkey
- ANKARA AFP — Sixteen people -- most of them policemen and soldiers -- were injured in a powerful car bomb blast that targeted Turkish security forces in the western city of Izmir, officials said Thursday . Police did not say who could be behind the blast, but a cabinet...
- Research articles 2008-08-21
- Abandoned rocket kills seven in Chad market: minister
- NDJAMENA AFP — Seven people were killed and 15 wounded Monday in a blast at Ndjamena's central market caused by a rocket left over from a rebel attack on the Chadian capital, the interior minister said. Interior and Public Security Minister Ahamat Mahamat Beshir said the explosion happened when...
- Research articles 2008-08-04
- ETimor opens first national park
- MEHARA, East Timor AFP — East Timor opened its first national park Friday, turning a remote former rebel stronghold into a conservation area of forests, mountains, pristine beaches and sea. The 123,600 hectare (305,400 acre) Nino Konis Santana National Park incorporates the entire eastern tip of East Timor, previously...
- Research articles 2008-08-01
- Pakistan troops kill 20 militants in northwest: official
- PESHAWAR, Pakistan AFP — Pakistani troops Wednesday killed more than 20 Islamist militants in the troubled northwestern Swat Valley, a military spokesman said. A five-hour gunbattle erupted after fighters loyal to pro-Taliban cleric Maulana Fazlullah attacked a checkpost in the town of Sarbanda, Major Mohammad Farooq told reporters. ...
- Research articles 2008-07-30
- Five soldiers, 25 militants killed in Pakistan fighting
- ISLAMABAD AFP — Five Pakistani troops and at least 25 Islamic militants were killed on Wednesday in fighting in the northwestern Swat valley, the military said. A military statement said that up to 70 militants tried to storm the security post in the Matta area of Swat, where a...
- Research articles 2008-07-30
- Five Pakistani troops, 25 militants killed in clashes: army
- PESHAWAR, Pakistan AFP — Dozens of Taliban rebels attacked a checkpost in Pakistan's northwestern Swat valley Wednesday, sparking fierce clashes that left five troops and 25 militants dead, the military said. Authorities imposed a round-the-clock curfew after the latest fighting in the former tourist region, which has brought a...
- Research articles 2008-07-30
- Yemen court keeps journalist in jail
- SANAA AFP — A Yemeni appeals court on Tuesday refused to release a journalist whose jailing for allegedly backing Shiite rebels has drawn US criticism. The court put off looking into the demand for the release of Abdel Karim al-Khiwani until the defence team presents its arguments at the...
- Research articles 2008-07-29
- Ivory Coast seeks to boost ties with Burkina Faso
- OUAGADOUGOU AFP — Ties between Ivory Coast and neighbouring Burkina Faso should be the backbone of West Africa, Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo said on Sunday on the first day of a landmark visit here. Ivory Coast, the world's top cocoa grower and a former star French colony, was sliced...
- Research articles 2008-07-27
- Three German mountaineers kidnapped by Kurdish rebels: report
- ANKARA AFP — Separatist Kurdish rebels have kidnapped three German mountaineers on Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey, a senior local official told the Anatolia news agency Wednesday. Kurdistan Workers' Party PKK rebels seized the climbers, part of a group of 13 mountaineers, as they were ascending the mountain in...
- Research articles 2008-07-09
- US seeks extradition of rebels captured in hostage rescue
- BOGTA AFP — The United States plans to ask Colombia for the extradition of the two rebels captured during last week's rescue of 15 hostages, and President Alvaro Uribe said he would agree, a top official said Tuesday. General Freddy Padilla, the head of the military, said the extradition...
- Research articles 2008-07-08
- US hostages are in good shape: military
- SAN ANTONIO, Texas AFP — Three US defense contractors held hostage for more than five years by leftist rebels in Colombia are in good shape and have proved to be very resilient, the US military said Thursday. "They were all in very good physical condition, very strong," said Colonel...
- Research articles 2008-07-03
- British soldier among 23 killed in Afghan unrest
- KABUL AFP — A British soldier with NATO forces was killed Sunday in southern Afghanistan, officials said, as 12 policemen and 10 Taliban rebels died in different incidents elsewhere in the war-wracked country. The violence comes as rebels loyal to the ousted Taliban militia have stepped up attacks in...
- Research articles 2008-06-29
- Pakistan says anti-militant offensive successful
- BARA, Pakistan AFP — Pakistan's government claimed Sunday that it had saved the northwestern city of Peshawar from militants, as troops pushed forward on the second day of a major offensive against the rebels. Soldiers backed by armoured vehicles retook control of the main town in the Khyber tribal...
- Research articles 2008-06-29
- Sri Lanka says at least 29 killed in fresh fighting
- COLOMBO AFP — Heavy fighting between government troops and Tamil Tiger rebels across Sri Lanka's northern regions left at least 29 combatants dead, the defence ministry said on Monday. At least 23 rebels and six government soldiers were killed as troops exchanged artillery fire and smashed through guerrilla bunkers...
- Research articles 2008-06-23
- Colombian hostage calls for rebel-government talks
- CALI, Colombia AFP — A former Colombian lawmaker captured by FARC rebels a year ago accused the guerrillas and the government of "cruelty and barbarism" for refusing to negotiate a prisoner swap deal, in a video clip made public Saturday. "This is the last chance" rebel-held hostages have to...
- Research articles 2008-06-21
- Chadian rebels offer talks with govt after week of clashes
- NDJAMENA AFP — Chadian rebels abruptly changed tack Friday, calling for talks with the country's leaders just days after a major battle with government troops. On Monday, rebel spokesmen had been threatening to advance on the capital Ndjamena, as rebel forces had done in February, when they got as...
- Research articles 2008-06-20
- Chadian army claims 'decisive' win over advancing rebels
- AM ZOER, Chad AFP — Chadian troops have routed rebel forces advancing from the country's east to the capital, the army chief said Wednesday as Ndjamena again accused neighbouring Sudan of backing the insurgents. Chief of army staff, General Touka Ramadan Kore, told reporters his men had won a...
- Research articles 2008-06-18
- Chad accuses Sudan of cross border attack as rebels advance
- NDJAMENA AFP — Chad on Tuesday accused soldiers from neighbouring Sudan of attacking one of its frontier garrisons, as rebels opposed to Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno claimed further advances on the capital Njdamena. "After despatching columns of mercenaries to Chad and failing to secure strategic areas, the Sudanese...
- Research articles 2008-06-17
- Some US embassy staff moved from Chad to Cameroon
- WASHINGTON AFP — The US embassy in Chad has temporarily moved non-essential staff to Cameroon and suspended visa services, the State Department said Monday as armed rebels waged an offensive in Chad. "The embassy right now is functioning right now with the minimum staff and is providing services right...
- Research articles 2008-06-16
- Turkey bombards Kurdish rebels in Iraq: army
- ANKARA AFP — The Turkish army said Tuesday it had crushed a group of Kurdish militants operating in northern Iraq by bombarding them from across its border. The army fired artillery from Turkish soil late Monday on the 21 rebels some three kilometres two miles inside Iraq in the...
- Research articles 2008-06-16
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