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6 US troops killed in latest Afghanistan fighting (AP)

August 29th, 2010

NATO soldiers are seen providing cover for a Chinook helicopter to land in a hostile territory of Khost province in Afghanistan. About two dozen Taliban militants -- including suicide bombers -- were killed Saturday in a failed attempt to storm two US-run bases in a volatile town in eastern Afghanistan, NATO said.(AFP/File/David Furst)AP - A total of six U.S. troops have died in the latest attacks in Afghanistan’s embattled southern and eastern regions, NATO said Sunday.


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Three US troops killed in Afghanistan fighting (AP)

August 29th, 2010

NATO soldiers are seen providing cover for a Chinook helicopter to land in a hostile territory of Khost province in Afghanistan. About two dozen Taliban militants -- including suicide bombers -- were killed Saturday in a failed attempt to storm two US-run bases in a volatile town in eastern Afghanistan, NATO said.(AFP/File/David Furst)AP - An American serviceman was killed in fighting in southern Afghanistan on Sunday and two others were killed in battles in the country’s eastern region a day earlier, NATO…

14 militants, 1 policeman killed in Russia (AP)

August 28th, 2010

AP - Russian police say at least 14 suspected militants and one police officer have been killed in three security raids in the country’s volitive North Caucasus region.

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Jet misses runway, crashes in China; 42 killed (AP)

August 24th, 2010

In this cell phone photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, rescuers work at the site of a reported plane crash at an airport in northeast China's Heilongjiang province on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010. According to Xinhua, the plane overshot the runway in Yichun city and burst into flames. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Li Guangfu) NO SALESAP - A Chinese passenger jet overshot a fog-shrouded runway in the country’s northeast and burst into flames Tuesday, killing 42 people and injuring 49 others, state media said.


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China wants answers after 9 killed on hijacked bus (AP)

August 24th, 2010

Members of the SWAT teams prepare to assault the tourist bus seized by dismissed police officer Rolando Mendoza Monday, Aug. 23, 2010 at Manila's Rizal Park, Philippines. Police stormed the bus after shots were heard from the hostage-taker of 15 Chinese tourists and at least four of hte hostages crawled out of the back door. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)AP - China demanded answers Tuesday from the Philippines after a 12-hour hostage drama in the heart of Manila ended with eight Hong Kong tourists dead along with their Filipino…

Mayhem in Manila: 9 killed on hijacked tourist bus (AP)

August 23rd, 2010

Members of the SWAT teams prepare to assault the tourist bus seized by dismissed police officer Rolando Mendoza Monday, Aug. 23, 2010 at Manila's Rizal Park, Philippines. Police stormed the bus after shots were heard from the hostage-taker of 15 Chinese tourists and at least four of hte hostages crawled out of the back door. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)AP - It looked like a hostage rescue in slow motion: Police creeping up on the bus with sledgehammers and smashing first one window, then another, then trying and failing…

9 killed on hijacked Philippine tourist bus (AP)

August 23rd, 2010

Policemen prepare to assault the tourist bus seized by dismissed police officer Rolando Mendoza Monday, Aug. 23, 2010 at Manila's Rizal Park, Philippines. Police stormed the bus after shots were heard from the hostage-taker of 15 Chinese tourists and at least four of the  hostages crawled out of the back door. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)AP - A 12-hour hostage drama aboard a hijacked Philippine bus ended in bloodshed Monday when an angry ex-policeman demanding his job back gunned down eight Hong Kong tourists before…

8 killed on hijacked Philippine tourist bus (AP)

August 23rd, 2010

A hostage is rushed to a hospital following an assault by police and SWAT members to rescue hostages in a bus at Manila's Rizal Park Monday Aug. 23, 2010 in Manila, Philippines. Philippine police stormed the bus Monday evening after shots were heard from the hostage-taker of 15 Chinese tourists, and at least four of the hostages crawled out of the back door. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)AP - A 12-hour hostage stand-off on a hijacked Philippine bus ended in bloodshed Monday, with officials saying at least seven Chinese tourists were dead along with the disgruntled ex-policeman…

4 US troops killed in eastern Afghanistan (AP)

August 22nd, 2010

In this still made from a frame grab from high-definition video, a U.S. Army Apache attack helicopter takes off after refueling during a several-hour firefight against the Taliban, in Zhari district, Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, late Friday, Aug. 20, 2010. As the birthplace of the Taliban movement, Zhari continues to hold many well-armed Taliban fighters, and a support network which provides them with improvised explosives and safe havens. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)AP - Four U.S. troops were killed in fighting in eastern and southern Afghanistan on Sunday, and a former guerrilla leader who battled Soviet invaders decades ago was killed by…

3 Afghan policemen killed by friendly fire (AP)

August 21st, 2010

An Afghan man suffering from multiple stab wounds is transported to a hospital on a medevac helicopter near the town of Marjah in Helmand Province, August 21, 2010. REUTERS/Bob Strong  (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: CONFLICT MILITARY POLITICS HEALTH)AP - NATO says coalition forces have accidentally killed three Afghan policemen in a friendly fire incident in northern Afghanistan.


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