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Gunbattle in northern Mexico kills 3 bystanders (AP)

October 25th, 2010

Mexican federal police officers stand outside a home after the exterior gate was covered with a plastic tarp in the northern city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, late Friday Oct. 22, 2010. At least 13 young people were shot dead and 15 wounded in an attack on this house during a party in Ciudad Juarez, the second such massacre in less than a week in the violent border city. (AP Photo/Raymundo Ruiz)AP - Three bystanders died in the crossfire of a shootout between gunmen, police and soldiers in northern Mexico on Sunday.


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Mexico: Soldiers kill 25 in gunbattle near border (AP)

September 2nd, 2010

AP - Mexico’s military says 25 suspects have been shot dead by soldiers in a gunbattle near the U.S. border.

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1 dead in Mexico shootout on border with El Paso (AP)

August 22nd, 2010

Relatives and friends gather around the coffin of Edelmiro Cavazos, mayor of the tourist town of Santiago, prior to his funeral at a cemetery downtown in the municipality of Santiago, some 30 km (18.6 miles) from Monterrey, August 19, 2010. Mexicans carrying candles and flowers paid tribute on Thursday to the mayor killed by drug hitmen, while officials vowed a tough response to increasingly bold cartels but resisted calls for more troops. REUTERS/Kristian Lopez (MEXICO - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)AP - A gunbattle erupted between Mexican police and gunmen near the Rio Grande on Saturday, killing one person and prompting U.S. authorities to close a highway that runs along…

8 militants killed in gunbattle at Afghan airport (AP)

June 30th, 2010

File photo of a US soldier standing guard on the NATO air base in Jalalabad in Afghanistan. One of the biggest NATO bases in Afghanistan came under attack Wednesday, the military alliance said, in a strike claimed by the Taliban.(AFP/Pool/File/Paul J. Richards)AP - Eight militants were killed in a gunbattle after a suicide car bombing Wednesday at the entrance to an airport outside the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, airport authorities…

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