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Suicide bomber attacks Russia military base: report (Reuters)

May 9th, 2010

Reuters - A suicide attacker detonated a car bomb near a military base in the southern Russian region of Dagestan on Sunday, Interfax news agency reported, quoting an unnamed military…

Afghan suicide attack kills 1 outside CIA base (AP)

May 3rd, 2010

An Afghan police officer stands guard near the site of a gun battle in the Shar-e Naw area in the heart of the capital Kabul. The vests of suicide bombers are packed with high-explosives and detonated by remote control, timers or by the wearers themselves once they reach their targets, killing the wearer and causing indiscriminate loss of life, particularly among civilians.(AFP/File/Massoud Hossaini)AP - A suicide attack outside a CIA base killed one civilian and wounded two security guards Monday in eastern Afghanistan, an Afghan official said.


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Kyrgyz interim leader tells AP US base will stay (AP)

April 13th, 2010

Kyrgyz men stand under a poster with the images of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his Kyrgyz counterpart Kumanbek Bakiyev, in the central square of the town of Jalal-Abad in southern Kyrgyzstan, Tuesday, April 13, 2010. A leader of the self-declared interim government that has claimed power in Kyrgyzstan said Tuesday the deposed President must return to the capital or face arrest by special forces. But ousted president Kurmanbek Bakiyev was defiant, rallying some 5,000 supporters in his power base and refusing to give in to demands that he step down. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)AP - Kyrgyzstan’s interim leader told The Associated Press in an exclusive interview Tuesday that her government will extend for a year the lease of a U.S. air base key…

Kyrgyzstan interim leader says US base will stay (AP)

April 13th, 2010

Kyrgyz men stand under a poster with the images of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his Kyrgyz counterpart Kumanbek Bakiyev, in the central square of the town of Jalal-Abad in southern Kyrgyzstan, Tuesday, April 13, 2010. A leader of the self-declared interim government that has claimed power in Kyrgyzstan said Tuesday the deposed President must return to the capital or face arrest by special forces. But ousted president Kurmanbek Bakiyev was defiant, rallying some 5,000 supporters in his power base and refusing to give in to demands that he step down. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)AP - Kyrgyzstan’s interim leader tells The Associated Press that her government will extend the lease of a U.S. air base key to the war in Afghanistan.


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Kyrgyz victims mourned, US base fate on hold (AP)

April 9th, 2010

Kyrgyz gather to mourn revolt victims on central square in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Friday, April 9, 2010. Thousands of grieving and defiant citizens of Kyrgyzstan are gathering in the capital's main square to mourn victims of this week's revolt which forced the president to flee. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)AP - Thousands of grieving, angry mourners flooded the capital’s main square Friday to honor victims of Kyrgyzstan’s revolt — with many blaming the country’s absent president for ordering security…