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Baghdad bombs death toll reaches 64, minister says (Reuters)

November 3rd, 2010

Iraqi Princess Doctor Nesrine, whose grandfather is Iraq's king Faisal first bin al-Sharif Hussein al-Hashimi speaks out for victims of the attack on the Our Lady of Salvation church of Baghdad, in front of the Martyrs square in Beirut November 2, 2010. REUTERS/Jamal SaidiReuters - The death toll from a series of bomb blasts in mainly Shi’ite areas of Baghdad on Tuesday has reached 64 with 360 wounded, Iraq’s health minister said.


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Greece suspends air freight after bombs found (Reuters)

November 2nd, 2010

Investigators arrive at the Swiss Embassy in Athens after a bomb alert November 2, 2010. REUTERS/Yiorgos KarahalisReuters - Greece suspended all overseas air shipments of mail and parcels for 48 hours on Wednesday following a wave of attacks by suspected leftist guerrillas on government targets in…

Bombs kill dozens as Iraqi Christians mourn (Reuters)

November 2nd, 2010

Lebanese citizens, light candles of the victims who were killed Sunday when gunmen stormed a church in Baghdad during mass and took the entire congregation hostage, during a vigil at the Martyrs square in Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. The attack, claimed by an al-Qaida-linked organization, was the deadliest recorded against Iraq's Christians since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion unleashed a wave of violence against them. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)Reuters - BAGHDAD (Reuters) -A series of bombs rocked mainly Shi’ite areas of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 40 people and wounding dozens two days after al Qaeda militants…

Embassies targeted in wave of Athens parcel bombs (Reuters)

November 2nd, 2010

Investigators arrive at the Swiss Embassy in Athens after a bomb alert November 2, 2010. REUTERS/Yiorgos KarahalisReuters - Bombs exploded at the Swiss and Russian embassies in Athens on Tuesday and police found suspect packages at two other embassies in a wave of parcel bomb attacks…

New wave of parcel bombs target Athens embassies (Reuters)

November 2nd, 2010

Investigators arrive at the Swiss Embassy in Athens after a bomb alert November 2, 2010. REUTERS/Yiorgos KarahalisReuters - Bombs exploded at the Swiss and Russian embassies in Athens on Tuesday and police found suspect packages at two other embassies in the latest wave of parcel bomb…

Yemen frees student held over parcel bombs (Reuters)

November 1st, 2010

Men walk past the offices of FedEx in Sanaa, Yemen, October 29, 2010. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahReuters - Yemen on Sunday freed a woman suspected of mailing two parcel bombs found on U.S.-bound planes, saying she had been a victim of identity theft.


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Yemen hunts more suspects behind air parcel bombs (AFP)

October 31st, 2010

Security forces are seen outside a branch of the package delivery firm FedEx in Sanaa, Yemen. France and Germany have both announced that they had suspended all air freight from Yemen in the wake of a recently discovered bomb plot.(AFP/Mohammad Huwais)AFP - Yemeni security forces were on Sunday searching for suspects who posted parcel bombs on two US-bound flights after arresting a woman over an alleged Al-Qaeda plot that sparked…

Roadside bombs kill 11, including 2 NATO troops (AP)

October 11th, 2010

Air Force pararescueman SSgt Mark Bedell of the 46th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron looks out of the open door of a HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter as they fly low over a village in Afghanistan's Kandahar province on Saturday Oct. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP - Roadside bombs killed eleven people including two NATO troops in Afghanistan, and a suicide bomber blew up his vehicle near a military convoy, killing a child and wounding…

Roadside bombs kill 7, including 2 NATO troops (AP)

October 10th, 2010

Air Force pararescuemen of the 46th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron look out of the open door of a HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter as they fly in Afghanistan's Kandahar province on Saturday Oct. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP - Roadside bombs killed seven people including two NATO troops in war-torn Afghanistan Sunday, as a suicide bomber blew up his vehicle near a military convoy, killing a child…

Alleged suicide bombs kill 8 at Pakistan Sufi site (AP)

October 7th, 2010

A Pakistani mother mourns foor her two sons who are missing after suicide attacks on the shrine in Karachi, Pakistan on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. Twin explosions rocked a famed Sufi shrine in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Thursday, killing many people and wounding scores, and sending a stark reminder of the threat posed by Islamist militants to this U.S.-allied nation.(AP Photo/Shakil Adil)AP - Two suspected suicide bombers attacked the most beloved Sufi shrine in Pakistan’s largest city Thursday, killing at least eight people, wounding 65 others, and sending a stark reminder…