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Flash floods in eastern Indonesia kill at least 29 (AP)

October 5th, 2010

Flash floods submerge an area in Teluk Wondama district in Irian Jaya, also known as West Papua province in Indonesia. The death toll from floods that smashed through a remote area of the region has risen to 26 with many victims still missing, an official said Tuesday.(AFP)AP - Heavy rain unleashed flash floods and mudslides, killing 29 people in a remote corner of Indonesia that rescuers were still struggling to reach days after the storms began,…

Blasts kill 4 NATO troops, up to 4 Afghan police (AP)

October 4th, 2010

Two Afghan army soldiers, who were wounded in an IED explosion, are carried into a U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter to be evacuated to Kandahar Air Field in Afghanistan's Kandahar province on Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010. Air Force pararescuemen and helicopter pilots from the 46th and 26th Expeditionary Rescue Squadrons are supporting ongoing military operations in southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP - Three explosions just minutes apart rocked Kandahar on Monday night, killing up to four Afghan police officers in the nation’s largest city in the south.


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Pakistani officials: Suspected US missiles kill 16 (AP)

October 2nd, 2010

A Pakistani border guard stands near Afghanistan-bound NATO trucks parked on the roadside in Pakistani tribal area of Khyber on Friday, Oct. 1, 2010. Pakistan closed the Khyber Pass supply route for U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan on Thursday after a coalition helicopter attack mistakenly killed three Pakistani soldiers at a border post, raising tensions in a vital relationship for both Islamabad and Washington. (AP Photo/Qazi Rauf)AP - Two suspected American missile strikes killed 16 alleged militants in a northwestern Pakistani tribal region Saturday, intelligence officials said, a sign the U.S. is unwilling to stop using…

Intel: 2 US missile strikes kill 12 in NW Pakistan (AP)

October 2nd, 2010

A Pakistani border guard stands near Afghanistan-bound NATO trucks parked on the roadside in Pakistani tribal area of Khyber on Friday, Oct. 1, 2010. Pakistan closed the Khyber Pass supply route for U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan on Thursday after a coalition helicopter attack mistakenly killed three Pakistani soldiers at a border post, raising tensions in a vital relationship for both Islamabad and Washington. (AP Photo/Qazi Rauf)AP - Two suspected American missile strikes killed 12 alleged militants in a northwestern Pakistan tribal region Saturday, intelligence officials said, a sign the U.S. is unwilling to stop using…

Car bombs kill 8, mar Nigeria 50th ceremony (AP)

October 1st, 2010

An unidentified man wearing a face mask stands in front of the shells of burnt cars after a car bomb exploded in Abuja, Nigeria, Friday, Oct. 1, 2010. Two car bombs blew up on Friday as Nigeria celebrated its 50th independence anniversary, killing a number of people in an unprecedented attack on the capital by suspected militants from the country's oil region. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)AP - Two car bombs exploded Friday as Nigeria celebrated its 50th independence anniversary, killing at least eight people in an unprecedented attack on the nation’s capital by militants from…

Explosions kill at least 7 near Nigeria ceremony (AP)

October 1st, 2010

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan (centre) inspects a guard of honour during a presidential fleet review to mark Nigeria's 50th independence anniversary at the Naval Western Command in Lagos on September 29. Explosions rocked an area near Nigeria's independence celebrations on Friday and killed at least seven people following threats from oil militants, witnesses and a police source said.(AFP/File/Utuk Bassey)AP - Two car bombs blew up on Friday as Nigeria celebrated its 50th independence anniversary, killing at least seven people in an unprecedented attack on the capital by suspected…

NATO: Bomb blasts kill 3 troops, 30 militants die (AP)

September 25th, 2010

A group of Pakistani students hold a rally to condemn the verdict against alleged al-Qaida suspect Aafia Siddique, in Bannu, Pakistan, Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010. Siddique, a U.S.-trained Pakistani scientist convicted of trying to kill U.S. agents and military officers in Afghanistan, was sentenced Thursday to 86 years in prison. (AP Photo/Ijaz Muhammmad)AP - Three NATO service members were killed in two bomb blasts and more than 30 insurgents died in a clash with coalition troops in eastern Afghanistan, the military alliance…

Officials: US drones kill 6 militants in Pakistan (AP)

September 20th, 2010

A Pakistani woman who survived floods cooks at a temporary shelters set up for displaced people in Makile, Sindh Province southern Pakistan, Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. Monsoon rains triggered massive floods six weeks ago that spread across the country and are still continuing in parts of the south. Some 8 million people have been made homeless in what Pakistani and U.N. officials have said is one of the largest humanitarian disasters in living memory. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)AP - Suspected U.S. drones fired missiles at militant targets in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, killing six people in the 15th such attack this month, the most intense barrage since…

Landslides, monsoon floods kill 47 in north India (AP)

September 20th, 2010

A homeless man tries to protect himself from rain with plastic sheets as he sits in a pavement in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Sept.19, 2010. Monsoon rains are active this year in most parts of India. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)AP - Heavy monsoon rains and landslides swept the hilly areas of northern India over the weekend, killing at least 47 people, officials said Monday.


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Philippine troops kill wanted Abu Sayyaf militant (AP)

September 19th, 2010

AP - Philippine troops clashed with Abu Sayyaf gunmen in a southern coastal village Sunday and killed a long-wanted militant who helped in the 2001 kidnapping of three American and…

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