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Mexico: Soldiers kill 25 in troubled border state (AP)

September 3rd, 2010

In this photo released by Mexico's Secretary of Defense (SEDENA), a soldier walks past a pick-up truck and seized weapons near the town of Ciudad Mier in northern Mexico, Thursday Sept. 2, 2010.  According to the Secretary of Defense, gunmen opened fire on soldiers after an airborne patrol detected armed men guarding a home near this town. At least 25 gunmen were killed, two soldiers were injured and three people held captive were freed.  (AP Photo/SEDENA)AP - Soldiers killed at least 25 suspected cartel members Thursday in a raid and gunbattle in a Mexican state near the U.S. border that has become one of the…

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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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…

Official: 3 bombs kill 25 at Pakistan Shiite march (AP)

September 1st, 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 - Three bombs ripped through a Shiite Muslim religious procession in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Wednesday, killing 25 people and wounding about 150 others, officials said.


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Official: 3 bombs kill 18 at Pakistan Shiite march (AP)

September 1st, 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 - Three bombs ripped through a Shiite Muslim religious procession in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Wednesday, killing 18 people and wounding at least 150 others, officials…

Police: 3 bombs kill 14 at Pakistani Shiite march (AP)

September 1st, 2010

AP - Pakistani police say 14 people have been killed after three bombs were detonated during a a Shiite Muslim religious procession in the eastern city of Lahore.

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Homemade bombs kill 3 US troops in Afghanistan (AP)

August 27th, 2010

A U.S. Army soldier of the 101st Airborne Division walks along a road during a day of joint missions with the Afghan Army, in Zhari district, Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, Thursday Aug. 26, 2010. Soldiers in Zhari operate in a district which is the birthplace of the Taliban movement, and holds many well-armed insurgents who blend in with a support network providing them with explosives and safe havens. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)AP - Homemade bombs killed three U.S. troops in southern and eastern Afghanistan on Friday, and a roadside blast tore through a crowded market in the increasingly volatile north, killing…

Militants kill 8 policeman in northern Afghanistan (AP)

August 26th, 2010

Afghan policemen stand near the skeletal remains of a burnt truck in Badghis province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. Afghan police and Spanish troops clashed early Wednesday outside a base in western Afghanistan, leaving at least one policeman dead, local officials said. Following the officer's shooting, hundreds of area residents gathered at the gate to the Spanish camp, chanting and throwing stones before moving on to the provincial government offices, the officials said. (AP Photo)AP - Insurgents killed eight Afghan policemen in a raid Thursday on a checkpoint outside the northern city of Kunduz, the provincial police chief said.


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Attacks in Iraq kill 56, raise fears of insurgents (AP)

August 25th, 2010

An Iraqi girl wears bandages after being injured in a bombing in Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. A string of attacks targeting Iraqi security forces on Wednesday left several people dead and scores wounded, police and hospital officials said the day after the number of American soldiers in the country fell bellow 50,000.(AP Photo/Ahmed al-Husseini)AP - Bombers and gunmen killed at least 56 Iraqis in more than two dozen attacks across the country Wednesday, mostly targeting security forces and rekindling memories of the days…

Devastating series of attacks across Iraq kill 55 (AP)

August 25th, 2010

An Iraqi girl wears bandages after being injured in a bombing in Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. A string of attacks targeting Iraqi security forces on Wednesday left several people dead and scores wounded, police and hospital officials said the day after the number of American soldiers in the country fell bellow 50,000.(AP Photo/Ahmed al-Husseini)AP - Bombers and gunmen killed 55 Iraqis in two dozen attacks spanning the country Wednesday, mostly targeting security forces in seemingly coordinated strikes the day after the number of…