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Police say exchange of fire erupts in NW Pakistan (AP)

August 28th, 2010

Pakistani flood-affected people stand in queue to get food at a camp in Sukkur, in southern Pakistan on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010. According to the United Nations, almost 17.2 million people have been significantly affected by the floods and about 1.2 million homes have been destroyed or badly damaged. The floods began almost a month ago with the onset of the monsoon and have ravaged a massive swath of Pakistan. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)AP - A heavy exchange of fire erupted Saturday at an office of security forces in northwest Pakistan, but the motive behind the attack was not immediately clear, police said.


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Afghan soldier’s motive for killing Brits unclear (AP)

July 16th, 2010

A flag-draped casket is placed in a hearse after a remembrance service for U.S. Army Spc. Keenan Cooper Friday July 16, 2010, at the National Guard Armory in Wahpeton, N.D. Cooper was killed while on duty in Afghanistan July 5. Cooper was with the Fort Bragg, N.C.-based 82nd Airborne Division.  (AP Photo/The Forum, Dave Wallis)AP - Four days after three British troops were slain at their base in the middle of the night, it remains unclear what motivated a rogue Afghan soldier to commit…

UK police look for motive in shooting spree (AP)

June 3rd, 2010

Floral tributes are left at the taxi rank in Whitehaven, northwest England Thursday June 3, 2010 where gunman Derrick Bird shot colleagues during a shooting rampage on Wednesday which left 12 people dead.  A taxi driver drove his vehicle on a shooting spree across a tranquil stretch of northwest England, methodically killing 12 people and wounding 25 others before turning the gun on himself, officials said.  (AP Photo/John Giles/PA Wire)  ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT  **AP - British detectives searched for clues to the motive behind a taxi driver’s murderous rampage in a tranquil part of rural England that left 12 people dead and more…

Investigators seek motive in 3 slayings in Mexico (AP)

March 15th, 2010

Soldiers patrol a crime scene where a crashed car sits in Ciudad Juarez, Sunday, March 14, 2010.  A U.S. consulate employee and her husband were shot to death Saturday in their car near the Santa Fe International bridge linking Ciudad Juarez with El Paso, Texas, and their baby was found unharmed in the back seat, according to Vladimir Tuexi, a spokesman for Chihuahua state prosecutors' office.  (AP Photo)AP - The two families climbed into white SUVs and almost simultaneously left the children’s birthday party put on by the U.S. consulate. One headed deeper into one of the…