Suicide Bombing

29 Apr 2013

A suicide bomber killed at least eight people and wounded 45 others when he rammed his motorcycle into a bus in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar on Monday, police said.

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Suicide truck bomb kills 9 as Iraq unrest spikes

1 Apr 2013

A suicide truck bomber killed nine people at a police headquarters on Monday as data showed March was Iraq’s deadliest month since August, raising fears of a surge in violence leading up to...

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Suicide bomber kills 12 in Pakistan’s Peshawar

29 Mar 2013

A suicide bomber on Friday targeted a senior Pakistani police commander, killing 12 people, including two women, near the US consulate in Peshawar, officials said.

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Briefs, March 10, 2013

10 Mar 2013

Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada was arrested in London for breaching his bail terms, days before the British government begins an appeal against a court decision blocking his deportation to...

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Suicide bomb kills 22 near Baghdad

4 Feb 2013

A suicide bomber blew himself up near a group of anti-Qaeda fighters as they were receiving salaries north of Baghdad on Monday, killing 22 people, the second bloody attack to hit Iraq in as many...

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Briefs, February 2, 2013

2 Feb 2013

A suicide bomber detonated his explosives outside a Shiite mosque in northwestern Pakistan as worshippers were leaving Friday prayers, killing at least 21 people and wounding 36. Shiite Muslims in...

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Suicide bomber kills 19 at Pakistan mosques

A suicide bomber targeted a Shiite Muslim mosque in northwest Pakistan on Friday, killing 19 people and wounding dozens as worshippers poured out of weekly prayers.

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Briefs, January 27, 2013

Unidentified attackers blew up Yemen's main oil pipeline, forcing the country to shut down one of its most lucrative sources of income. A government source said production was halted after a...

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Suicide bomber kills nine at Pakistan political rally

A suicide bomber in Pakistan killed nine people including a provincial government official at a political rally held Saturday by a party that has opposed the Taliban, officials said.

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Briefs, December 23, 2012

Sri Lankan police have arrested 100 Chinese nationals over an online currency scam in a string of night-time raids in and around the capital. Police said the 74 men and 26 women were arrested on...

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Briefs, November 23, 2012

Suicide bomber kills 23 in Pakistan

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AFGHANISTAN

Suicide blast hits near US base in Afghan capital

Two Taliban suicide bombers struck near a US base in Kabul early on Wednesday, killing two Afghan guards in the heart of a neighbourhood filled with foreign forces and embassies.

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