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Film festival shows contrasts of Mexico’s drug war (AP)

October 17th, 2010

British director Terry Gilliam speaks during a press conference at the Morelia International Film Festival in Morelia, Mexico, Sunday, Oct. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Carlos Jasso)AP - From afar it seems like Baghdad: car bombs, beheadings and corrupt politicians.


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Twin car bombs kill 25 in Iraqi city of Karbala (AP)

July 26th, 2010

Iraqi army soldiers stand in the ruins of the office of the Al-Arabiya television station after a suicide bomber driving a minibus struck in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, July 26, 2010. The bomber was apparently waved through the first checkpoint at the Al-Arabiya television station after security guards checked his identification, said Iraqi military spokesman Maj. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi. The blast killed and injured several people at the popular Arabic-language satellite news channel early Monday. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Two car bombs targeting Shiite pilgrims during a religious festival in the holy city of Karbala killed 25 people on Monday, Iraqi police and hospital officials said. Sunni…

Twin car bombs kill 27 near bank in Baghdad (AP)

June 20th, 2010

Iraqis walk past the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, June 20, 2010. Twin car bombs exploded Sunday near a major square in Baghdad, killing several people and wounding dozens in the latest attack targeting a high-profile area in the capital.(AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Two suicide car bombers struck a crowded area outside a state-run bank Sunday in Baghdad, killing nearly 30 people in the latest attack targeting a high-profile part of…

Iraq: twin car bombs kill at least 27 in Baghdad (AP)

June 20th, 2010

Iraqis walk past the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, June 20, 2010. Twin car bombs exploded Sunday near a major square in Baghdad, killing several people and wounding dozens in the latest attack targeting a high-profile area in the capital.(AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Iraqi officials say at least 27 people have been killed and more than 50 wounded in a twin car bombing in a crowded area outside a state-run bank…

Iraq: twin car bombs kill at least 18 in Baghdad (AP)

June 20th, 2010

Iraqis chant slogans demanding more electricity in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, June 19, 2010. Hundreds of protesters rallied in the mainly Shiite southern city of Basra Saturday to protest the lack of electricity as summertime temperatures soar above 120 degrees and many homes are left without electricity. The demonstration turned violent when protesters started throwing stones at the provincial council building and set fire to a guard's cabin, causing government security forces to fire into the air to disperse the crowd. (AP Photo)AP - Twin car bombs exploded Sunday near a major square in Baghdad, killing at least 18 people and wounding dozens in the latest attack targeting a high-profile area in…

Twin car bombs kill 7 in Baghdad Shiite enclave (AP)

April 28th, 2010

An Iraqi woman walks past a poster for former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi at a checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, April 27, 2010. An Iraqi court has thrown the nation's disputed election into deeper disarray by disqualifying 52 candidates, including one winner, in a legal ruling that cast doubt on the slim lead of a Sunni-backed alliance over the prime minister's political coalition. It also threatened to anger anew Sunni voters, who had thrown their support behind secular candidate Ayad Allawi's bloc to give it a two seat lead. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Suicide attackers detonated two car bombs in a Shiite enclave in southern Baghdad on Wednesday, killing seven people and wounding 21 others, Iraqi officials said.


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US consulate attacked in NW Pakistan (AP)

April 5th, 2010

Map locates Peshawar, Pakistan, where four bombs exploded near the U.S. ConsulateAP - Islamist militants attacked a U.S. consulate in northwest Pakistan with car bombs and grenades Monday, killing three people, hours after 41 people died in a suicide attack on…

Blasts near US Consulate in Pakistan kill 3 (AP)

April 5th, 2010

Map locates Peshawar, Pakistan, where four bombs exploded near the U.S. ConsulateAP - Police say two suicide car bombs detonated near the U.S. Consulate in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar have killed at least three people.


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