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Intelligence officials say suspected US missile strike kills 3 in northwest Pakistan
Associated Press WriterDERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) _ A suspected U.S. missile strike killed five tribesmen in a Pakistani town close to the Afghan border, the latest in a series of attacks in a region where top al-Qaida leaders are believed to be living, two intelligence...Tags: Rebellions, Guerrilla Activity, Weaponry, Civil Unrest, Death and Dying
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Official: 3,000 Christians flee 'killing campaign' in northern Iraq city of Mosul
Associated Press WriterBAGHDAD (AP) _ Hundreds of terrified Christian families have fled Mosul to escape extremist attacks that have increased despite months of U.S. and Iraqi military operations to secure the northern Iraqi city, political and religious officials said...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Christianity, Guerrilla Activity, Islam, Murder
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Official: 3,000 Christians flee Iraq's Mosul
The Associated PressHundreds of terrified Christian families have fled Mosul to escape extremist attacks that have increased despite months of U.S. and Iraqi military operations to secure the northern Iraqi city, political and religious officials said Saturday. Some 3,000...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Christianity, Guerrilla Activity, Islam, Murder
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Afghan intelligence officials say suicide attack on Afghan prison holding insurgents thwarted
Associated Press WriterKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) _ Afghanistan's intelligence service said Saturday it broke up a Taliban plot to attack the country's most notorious prison with a wave of suicide bombers, while the government named a new interior minister to lead the country's...Tags: Civil Unrest, Terrorism, NATO, Rebellions, Prisons
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Publication of 'Jewel of Medina' delayed in UK after firebombing of publisher's office, home
Associated Press WriterLONDON (AP) _ A British company has delayed publication of a controversial novel about one of the Prophet Muhammad's wives after its offices were fire-bombed, a magazine reported Saturday. The Bookseller magazine said on its Web site that Gibson Square...Tags: Magazines, Book, Newspaper and Magazine, Sherry Jones, Mass Media
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Peru's Cabinet resigns amid bribery scandal
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterPeruvian President Alan Garcia accepted the resignation of his entire Cabinet on Friday amid a sweeping bribery scandal that has rocked the government of a major U.S. ally. As the corruption case was unfolding, authorities also said Friday that an attack...Tags: Corporate Crime, Values, Defense, Armed Forces, Corrupt Practices
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France raps Russia on Georgia pullout
The Associated PressRussia has only partially met its obligations under an EU-negotiated cease-fire, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner declared Friday as he toured damaged villages and spoke to Georgians displaced by the war. He confirmed that Russia had met the...Tags: Defense, Refugee, European Union, National Government, Government
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Roadside bomb kills Shiite politician
BAGHDAD A roadside bomb killed a prominent member of Muqtada al-Sadr's political movement yesterday, raising fears of new internal Shiite bloodshed ahead of regional elections expected in January. The victim's allies blamed U.S. and Iraqi forces for the...Tags: Bombings, Guerrilla Activity, Civil Unrest, Religious Conflicts, Regional Elections
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A roadside bomb killed a prominent member of Muqtada al-Sadr's political movement yesterday, raising fears of new internal Shia bloodshed. The victims' allies blamed U.S. and Iraqi forces for the blast. Suspicion also fell on Shia splinter groups, some...Tags: Bombings, Vehicles, Guerrilla Activity, The White House, Defense
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Pakistani-Americans ask Obama to ease rhetoric about bombing targets in Pakistan
Chicago Tribune reporterA group of Pakistani-Americans and anti-war activists delivered a letter Thursday to the Chicago office of Sen. Barack Obama, calling on him to cool political rhetoric about bombing targets in Pakistan. "We are particularly concerned with your public...Tags: Osama bin Laden, Devon Avenue, Wars and Interventions, John McCain, Demonstration
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In Iraq, A Shift To Assassinations
U.S. and Iraqi officials are seeing a shift in violence in Iraq from mass car bombings to assassinations using magnetic bombs, weapons with silencers and bicycle bombs. As provincial elections approach, some officials worry that assassinations will...Tags: Vehicles, Parliament, Defense, Firearms, Government
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Attacker delivers sweets, bomb
Los Angeles TimesISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A suicide bomber bearing a box of sweets managed to penetrate one of the most heavily secured police enclaves in the capital Thursday, wrecking a residential building that housed anti-terrorism police and injuring half a...Tags: Bombings, Defense, Armed Forces, Civil Unrest, Religious Conflicts
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