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At least 7 blasts rip through Baghdad, killing 49 (AP)

April 6th, 2010

Rescuers search for survivors at the scene of a bomb attack in central Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, April 6, 2010. Massive explosions hit apartment buildings across Baghdad killing at least 34 and wounding more than 100 in the latest sign that Iraq's fragile security could dissolve in the chaos of the country's unresolved election. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - At least seven bombs ripped through apartment buildings across Baghdad Tuesday and another struck a market, killing 49 people and wounding more than 160, authorities said.


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3 blasts rock central Baghdad, killing at least 21 (AP)

April 4th, 2010

Women sit in one of the houses attacked by unknown gunmen and mourn the deaths of their relatives in Baghdad April 3, 2010. Gunmen wearing military uniforms stormed a Sunni Muslim village near Baghdad and killed 24 people, some of them former insurgents who turned against al Qaeda, Iraqi authorities said on Saturday. REUTERS/Saad Shalash (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)AP - Suicide attackers detonated three car bombs near foreign embassies in Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 21 people and wounding more than 100, authorities said.


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Afghan official: At least 35 die in avalanche (AP)

March 23rd, 2010

Special Representative of the United Nations for Afghanistan Staffan de Mistura speaks during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, March 23, 2010. Mistura said Tuesday that he backs the Afghan government's peace talks with a major Taliban-linked militant group. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)AP - At least 35 people have died in an avalanche in a remote mountainous area of northeastern Afghanistan.


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At least 3 snowmobilers dead in Canadian avalanche (AP)

March 14th, 2010

Royal Canadian Mounted Police direct traffic at the staging area for avalanche search & rescue operations near Revelstoke, B.C. on Saturday March 13, 2010. Rescuers were scouring  Boulder Mountain in the Rocky Mountains near Revelstoke, B.C. into the darkness Saturday night after an avalanche struck a large gathering of snowmobilers, killing at least one person and leaving an unknown number missing. Up to 200 people were on the mountain at the time for the annual Big Iron Shoot Out. (AP Photo//David Rooney - The Canadian Press)AP - An avalanche struck a rally of up to 200 snowmobilers in Canada’s Rocky Mountains on Saturday, killing at least three people and leaving an unknown number missing, police…

Suicide attackers hit Afghan city; at least 30 die (AP)

March 13th, 2010

Map locates Kandahar and Kandahar province, Afghanistan where multiple explosions have been reportedAP - A suicide squad detonated bombs at a newly fortified prison, police headquarters and two other locations late Saturday, killing at least 30 people in the largest city of…

4 suicide attacks hit Afghanistan; at least 30 die (AP)

March 13th, 2010

Map locates Kandahar and Kandahar province, Afghanistan where multiple explosions have been reportedAP - The Afghan president’s half-brother says at least 30 people have died and dozens more hurt in four suicide attacks in the southern city of Kandahar.


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Earthquake hits eastern Turkey; at least 57 dead (AP)

March 8th, 2010

Rescue workers and people remove rubble from a destroyed house in Okcular village in the eastern province of Elazig, Turkey, Monday, March 8, 2010, hours after a strong earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6, hit eastern Turkey early Monday. The temblor struck six villages in Elazig province, toppling stone or mud-brick homes and minarets of mosques. (AP Photo/ Omer Fansa, Anatolia)AP - A strong earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6, hit eastern Turkey on Monday, killing 57 people and knocking down houses in at least six small villages, an…

Earthquake hits eastern Turkey; at least 41 dead (AP)

March 8th, 2010

A man points at a seismic chart indicating the registered tremors of a powerful earthquake. At least 39 people have been killed in an earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale that struck the eastern Turkish province of Elazig, the local governor has said.(AFP/File/Sam Yeh)AP - A strong earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6, hit eastern Turkey on Monday, killing at least 41 people and knocking down houses in at least six small…