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Is any vessel in international waters subject to boarding and killing of passengers by countries like Israel?

February 23rd, 2011
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Is any vessel in international waters subject to boarding and killing of passengers by countries like Israel?
Who is on the list of countries with the right to board ships in international…

Attacks hit Kandahar, killing 2 Afghan civilians (AP)

October 16th, 2010

An Afghan soldier performs the call for prayers at Howz-e-Madad Forward Operating Base, Kandahar, Afghanistan, Thursday, Oct 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)AP - A series of blasts killed at least two civilians and wounded several others Saturday in Afghanistan’s main southern city, the scene of several recent deadly attacks on police.


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Floods continue to punish Asia, killing nearly 140 (AP)

October 7th, 2010

In this Oct. 6, 2010  photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, rescuers transfer residents to safe areas in Qionghai, south China's Hainan Province.  The worst flooding in southern China in nearly half a century forced the evacuation of 130,000 villagers, state media said Thursday, as the number of people killed this week by floods and landslides across Asia climbed to more than 130.  (Xinhua/Guo Cheng) ** NO SALES **AP - Asia’s death toll from vicious rains spiked Thursday to nearly 140 as disaster officials reached previously isolated areas in Vietnam, while the worst flooding in parts of southern…

2 explosions rock southern Afghan city, killing 8 (AP)

October 5th, 2010

A man wounded in a blast is brought to a hospital in Kandahar city, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. Two explosions rocked Kandahar on Tuesday where U.S. and Afghan forces are ramping up operations in areas long held by the Taliban. At least eight people were killed and another 22 were wounded in the blasts, according to the province's officials. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)AP - Two explosions rocked Kandahar on Tuesday, the second night of deadly explosions in the southern Afghan city where U.S. and Afghan forces are ramping up operations in areas…

Soldiers fire on family’s car in Mexico, killing 2 (AP)

September 6th, 2010

A family member holds a photograph of Alejandro Leon Castellanos, 15, who died when soldiers opened fire on the family vehicle, at the family home on the outskirts of Monterrey, Mexico, Monday Sept. 6, 2010.  Soldiers apparently shot at the car when the driver failed to stop at the checkpoint Sunday on the highway from the northeastern city of Monterrey to Laredo, Texas, according to state authorities. Castellanos' father Vicente Leon Ramirez also died in the shooting.  (AP Photo/Carlos Jasso)AP - Soldiers opened fire on a family’s car at a military checkpoint in northern Mexico, killing a 15-year-old boy and his father, authorities and relatives said Monday.


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Police: Plane crashes in west Congo, killing 19 (AP)

August 25th, 2010

AP - A passenger plane crashed Wednesday in western Congo, killing 19 people but police said there were two survivors.

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Mexico: Zetas gang ordered killing of mayor (AP)

August 24th, 2010

Federal policemen and explosive experts work at the site of a car bomb attack in Ciudad Juarez July 16, 2010. A Mexican drug cartel was responsible for a cell phone-detonated car bomb that killed four people in a city on the U.S. border, state security forces said. REUTERS/Alejandro BringasAP - The Zetas drug gang ordered the killing of a mayor in northern Mexico because he had disciplined police officers secretly working with the cartel, authorities said Tuesday.


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Hezbollah, Sunni group clash in Beirut, killing 3 (AP)

August 24th, 2010

A gunman carries an RPG during clashes between supporters of the Shiite Hezbollah and a Sunni conservative group in the mixed residential area of Bourj Abu Haidar near central Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010. Lebanese Shiite and Sunni groups traded machine gun fire and grenades in Beirut on Tuesday, killing two people and wounding several others just blocks from a busy downtown packed with tourists at this time of year. (AP Photo)AP - Lebanese Shiite and Sunni groups fought street battles using machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades for more than four hours Tuesday, killing three people and wounding several others just…

Jet misses runway and crashes in China, killing 43 (AP)

August 24th, 2010

In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, the tail section of a plane sits amidst other wreckage 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 broke apart as it approached a fog-shrouded runway in the country’s northeast and burst into flames as it hit the ground Tuesday, killing 43…

Suicide bomber attacks Somali hotel, killing 32 (AP)

August 24th, 2010

A nurse at Medina hospital treats a wounded civilian,at Medina hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010. after he was wounded by mortar shrapnel during fighting between Somali insurgents and African Union troops. A suicide bomber and gunmen stormed a hotel in Somalia's capital on Tuesday, killing at least 15 people including members of parliament in an attack that set off an hour-long gun battle, a military spokesman and a witness said. (AP Photo/ Mohamed Sheikh Nor)AP - A suicide bomber and gunmen wearing military uniforms attacked a hotel near Somalia’s presidential palace Monday, sparking a one-hour gun battle with security forces. At least 32 people…