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Police: Attack on Pakistan minority mosque kills 1 (AP)

September 3rd, 2010

Displaced flood victims, without tents, from various villages of Ghotki gather next to the Indus river banks at Ghotki, 65 km (40 miles) from Sukkur, in Pakistan's Sindh province September 3, 2010. Severe flooding in Pakistan has destroyed cropland and livestock and displaced millions of people, causing damage the government has estimated at $43 billion, or almost one quarter of the South Asian nation's 2009/10 gross domestic product (GDP). REUTERS/Athar Hussain (PAKISTAN - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)AP - A suicide attack on a mosque belonging to a minority sect killed at least one person and wounded several others in northwest Pakistan on Friday, police said.


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Crowds attack home of Iranian opposition leader (AP)

September 3rd, 2010

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran./p<br /></a> pIranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves as he takes part in the Jerusalem Day demonstration in Tehran September 3, 2010.  REUTERS/Caren Firouz (IRAN - Tags: POLITICS)AP - Pro-government militiamen attacked the home of an Iranian opposition leader with homemade bombs and beat one of his bodyguards unconscious, an opposition website reported, in an apparent attempt…

Bomb attack kills Afghan Muslim religious leader (AP)

September 1st, 2010

US soldiers are seen during a military parade in Kandahar province in early August. Five US soldiers were killed in Afghanistan, NATO announced, as the number of Americans to die in the war in the past four days climbed to 22.(AFP/File/Yuri Cortez)AP - A bomb attack Wednesday in Afghanistan’s volatile southern city of Kandahar killed the director of the local office for facilitating pilgrimages to Islamic holy sites, police said.


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Hamas claims responsibility for attack on Israelis (AP)

August 31st, 2010

A Palestian man walks near a section of Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. A Palestinian gunman opened fire on an Israeli vehicle traveling in the West Bank on Tuesday, authorities said, killing four passengers in a deadly attack that cast a long shadow over Mideast peace talks set to start this week. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)AP - The Islamic militant Hamas is claiming responsibility for a shooting attack that killed four Israelis in the West Bank.


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Insurgents attack 2 bases in east Afghanistan (AP)

August 28th, 2010

NATO soldiers are seen providing cover for a Chinook helicopter to land in hostile territory in the Spira mountains of Khost province in Afghanistan. A NATO base in volatile eastern Afghanistan came under attack early Saturday from possible Taliban militants, according to local police.(AFP/File/David Furst)AP - Insurgents launched pre-dawn attacks Saturday on a major NATO base in eastern Afghanistan and a nearby camp where seven CIA employees were killed last year in a suicide…