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1. News - World - IRAQ

   Spate of Iraq car bombs kill 17

   Posted Jan 22nd 2013, 08:26pm by AFP

   ... claimed responsibility, but Sunni militants often launch attacks in a bid to destabilise the government and push Iraq back towards the sectarian violence that blighted it from 2005 to 2008. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1133834/spate-iraq-car-bombs-kill-17
2. News - Asia

   Gunmen kill 8 in Pakistan’s troubled Baluchistan

   Posted Aug 27th 2012, 05:00pm

   ... one claimed responsibility.  In a separate incident late on Sunday, government official Pervez Ahmed said gunmen killed five Sunni Muslims in the town of Mach in Baluchistan. ...

   http://beta.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1023518/gunmen-kill-8-pakistan%E2%80%99s-troubled-baluchistan
3. News - Asia - BRIEFS

   Briefs, February 24, 2013

   Posted Feb 24th 2013, 12:00am by VARIOUS

   ... News Asia Pakistani Shiites Sunni militant Maldives Mohamed Nasheed Indonesia Road accidents Myanmar Sanctions Sunni militant chief 'must face trial' QUETTA - Pakistani Shiites yesterday demanded that the leader of a banned Sunni militant group be put on trial, a day after his arrest following deadly sectarian attacks in the city of Quetta. Malik Ishaq, the leader ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1157250/briefs-february-24-2013
4. News - World - IRAQ

   Sectarian clashes in Iraq spur fears of return to civil war

   Posted Apr 26th 2013, 12:00am by AP

   ... News World Iraq Sectarian violence Sunni-Shiite Sectaria Associated Press in Baghdad With 100 dead in two days as Sunni-Shiite clashes grow, spectre grows of full-scale civil war ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1222986/sectarian-clashes-iraq-spur-fears-return-civil-war
5. News - World - IRAQ

   Iraq's Nouri al-Maliki vows security shift as attacks kill 75

   Posted May 21st 2013, 12:00am by AFP

   ... decisions," he said without providing further details. "I assure the Iraqi people that they [militants] will not be able to return us to the sectarian conflict" that killed tens of thousands ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1242389/iraqs-nouri-al-maliki-vows-security-shift-attacks-kill-75
6. News - World - IRAQ

   Two blasts at Iraqi Sunni mosque kill 43

   Posted May 17th 2013, 08:37pm by Reuters

   ... News World Bombings Sunni Islam Shiite Muslims Baquba Al-Qaeda Reuters in Baquba First bomb explodes as worshippers leave after prayers; second blast kills people rushing to help Two bombs ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1240043/bombs-near-sunni-mosque-iraq-kill-38
7. News - World - SYRIA

   Iraqi militants join in battle for Syria on both sides

   Posted Oct 29th 2012, 12:00am by The New York Times in Baghdad

   ... Militants Iran Shiite Bashar Al-Assad The New York Times in Baghdad Sunnis are battling the regime, while Shiites support Assad as religious rivalry intensifies Militant Sunnis from Iraq have been going to Syria ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1071891/iraqi-militants-join-battle-syria-both-sides
8. News - Asia - PAKISTAN

   Anger, scuffles as Pakistan Shiites bury 89

   Posted Feb 20th 2013, 05:23pm by AFP

   ... of graves, hundreds of volunteers formed a human chain in a symbol of solidarity and protection. Shiites, who make up around 20 per cent of the mostly Sunni Muslim population of 180 million, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1154690/shiites-bury-their-dead-troubled-pakistani-city
9. News - World - UNITED STATES

   Reward rises to US$2m for militant escaped killer

   Posted May 03rd 2013, 12:00am by BLOOM

   ... News World Racial Politics Killing Militants Bloomberg in New York Woman militant placed on FBI's 'most wanted' list 40 years after she murdered state trooper A Black Liberation Army militant who fled prison for Cuba after being convicted of killing a New Jersey state trooper in 1973 has been added to the FBI's "most wanted" terrorist list ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1228805/hunt-stepped-woman-militant-who-shot-state-trooper-40-years-ago
10. News - World - NIGERIA

    Satellite photos challenge Nigerian army's account of clash with Islamists

    Posted May 02nd 2013, 12:00am by AP

    ... News World Nigeria Islamist militants Associated Press in Bagu Satellite photos show hundreds of buildings destroyed after battle in northern Nigeria Satellite photographs and witness statements strongly challenge denials by Nigeria's government about mass casualties and damage left behind after fighting between the military and Islamic extremists. The clashes in a village ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1227624/satellite-photos-challenge-nigerian-armys-account-clash-islamists

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