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Bombs, missiles, bullets leave 29 dead in Pakistan (AP)

April 24th, 2010

Pakistani police officers examine the site of a suicide bombing in Timergarah, the main town of Pakistan's Lower Dir district, Saturday, April 24, 2010. The suicide attack on a prison van in northwest Pakistan wounded at least 10 policemen on Saturday, authorities said. (AP Photo/M.A. Khan)AP - A suicide car bomber attacked a prison van while gunmen torched six NATO oil tankers in separate strikes Saturday that killed four Pakistani police officers and wounded 10…

Bombs kill 69 in Iraq’s deadliest day this year (AP)

April 23rd, 2010

Men carry a victim injured in one of a series of bombs in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, April 23, 2010. Iraqi officials say several people were killed when a series of bombs targeted the Sadrist offices. The bombings appeared to be targeting worshippers on their way to and from Friday afternoon prayers.(AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - The bloodiest day of the year in Iraq left at least 69 people dead n a series of bombs in mainly Shiite areas Friday — concerted attacks seen…

Bombs kill 60 in Iraq days after al-Qaida killings (AP)

April 23rd, 2010

A man carries an injured girl after a series of parked car bombs exploded in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, April 23, 2010. Triple bombings hit a Sadrist office Friday as worshippers were finishing their prayers, killing 14 and wounding an estimated 75 in a rash of attacks on Shiites across Iraq's capital.Explosions outside three other Shiite mosques in Baghdad, all timed around the end of Friday's prayers, appeared to be the work of insurgents looking anew to inflame sectarian tensions.(AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - A series of bombings mainly targeting Shiite worshippers killed at least 60 people on Friday, officials said, just days after U.S. and Iraqi forces killed the top two…

Bombs kill 9 at Myanmar New Year water festival (AP)

April 15th, 2010

In this image made from television, a person injured in a blast is carried into a hospital for treatment, in Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday, April 15, 2010. Three bombs ripped through traditional New Year festivities in Myanmar's biggest city of Yangon Thursday, killing nine people and injuring 94 others, officials and state television said. (AP Photo/MRTV via APTN) ** MYANMAR OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT **AP - Three bomb blasts at a holiday festival killed nine people in Myanmar’s biggest city on Thursday, the deadliest attack in five years in the country ruled by an…

Afghan VP voices hope for peace as bombs kill 12 (AP)

March 21st, 2010

Afghan men raise the holy flag during celebration of Nowruz, the start of spring and the traditional New Year celebrated in Afghanistan, Iran and other countries of central Asia, at the Kart-e-Sakhi shrine in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, March 21, 2010. A roadside bomb killed two civilians Sunday as a series of blasts targeted people celebrating the Afghan New Year, officials said. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)AP - Afghanistan’s hard-line vice president expressed hope Sunday that an upcoming national conference will lay the foundation for peace with insurgents as a dozen civilians died in separate bombings…

Nigeria: Car bombs explode during amnesty talks (AP)

March 15th, 2010

A Total employee inspects facilities on an oil drilling platform near Port Harcourt in the Niger Delta. Nigeria's main armed group MEND threatened to attack oil firms such as French group Total in renewed violence in the country's restive oil-rich Niger Delta region.(AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei)AP - Twin car bombs rocked a government building in Nigeria’s restive and oil-rich Niger Delta region Monday, a government spokesman said, only minutes after a militant group promised to…

Twin suicide bombs kill 43 in Pakistani city (AP)

March 12th, 2010

Pakistan's security officials and investigator gather near an army truck damaged by suicide bombing in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, March 12, 2010. A pair of suicide bombers targeting army vehicles detonated explosives within seconds of each other, killing scores of people, police said. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)AP - Two suicide bombers killed 43 people in near-simultaneous blasts Friday, the fourth major attack in Pakistan this week and a clear sign that militants have the power to…

Suicide bombs kill 43, wound 100 in Pakistani city (AP)

March 12th, 2010

Pakistan's security officials and investigator gather near an army truck damaged by suicide bombing in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, March 12, 2010. A pair of suicide bombers targeting army vehicles detonated explosives within seconds of each other, killing scores of people, police said. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)AP - A pair of suicide bombers targeting army vehicles detonated explosives within seconds of each other Friday, killing at least 43 people in this eastern city and wounding about…

Suicide bombs kill 39, wound 95 in Pakistani city (AP)

March 12th, 2010

Map locating Lahore in Pakistan where a twin suicide attack targeting army vehicles in the eastern city of Lahore killed 20 people on Friday.(AFP)AP - A pair of suicide bombers targeting army vehicles detonated explosives within seconds of each other Friday, killing at least 39 people in this eastern city and wounding nearly…

British PM pledges vehicles to battle Afghan bombs (AP)

March 6th, 2010

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (right) talks with Afghan village elders at the Shawqat Forward Operating Base, Lashkar Gah, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Saturday March 6, 2010. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is visiting his nation's troops in Afghanistan and promising them 200 new patrol vehicles that can resist roadside bombs more effectively. Brown made an unannounced trip Saturday to Camp Bastion in Helmand province to thank the troops involved in a 3-week-old offensive to wrest control of the town of Marjah from the Taliban. The Press Association news agency says he focused on the battle against homemade bombs and the need to bolster training of the Afghan police force. (AP Photo / Carl De Souza, pa)AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown promised British troops 200 new patrol vehicles that can resist roadside bombs more effectively during an unannounced visit Saturday to southern Afghanistan.


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