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Pakistan militants kill 35 despite floods (AP)

September 2nd, 2010

Volunteers carry an injured man to an ambulance following explosions during Shiite Muslims procession in Lahore, Pakistan on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. Pakistani police say many  people have been killed after three bombs were detonated during a a Shiite Muslim religious procession in the eastern city of Lahore.(AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary)AP - The triple bombing of a religious procession in Pakistan adds to the strains on a government already struggling with devastating floods and shows that Islamist militants are back…

Insurgents, police clash amid Pakistan flooding (AP)

August 18th, 2010

Pakistanis displaced by flooding ride on a truck with their belongings as they head away from the flood line outside of Sukkar, in Sindh province, southern Pakistan, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010.  (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)AP - Islamist militants attacked police posts in Pakistan’s northwest and killed two civilians active in an anti-Taliban militia, challenging a security establishment straining under a national flooding disaster, police…

15 Somalis killed after presidential palace attack (AP)

May 23rd, 2010

Somalis carry a wounded civilian, who was wounded by mortar shrapnel during clashes between Somali insurgents and African Union troops, as he arrives at the Medina hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, Sunday, May 23, 2010.  (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)AP - Islamist militants attacked Somalia’s presidential compound and other government positions in the capital Sunday, and at least 15 people were killed and 30 others wounded, officials and witnesses…

Somali Islamists vow to stop piracy, free hostages (AP)

May 3rd, 2010

Map of Somalia locating Harardhere in the north of the country. A hardline Islamist militia on Monday vowed to end piracy in Somalia by imposing sharia law, after seizing control of a notorious nest of pirates and forcing them to flee.(AFP/Graphic/File)AP - Islamist militants who have taken over a pirate town in Somalia say they plan to eliminate the piracy trade off East Africa’s coast.


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US consulate attacked in northwest Pakistan (AP)

April 5th, 2010

Map locates Peshawar, Pakistan, where four bombs exploded near the U.S. ConsulateAP - Islamist militants unleashed a car bomb and grenade attack against a U.S. consulate in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, killing four people and striking back after months of American…

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…

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…