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Germany: 4 die after blast, shooting (AP)

September 19th, 2010

Firefighters stand in front of a house where an explosion occured in Loerrach, southern Germany, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010. Shortly after the explosion in the house that is situated close to the St. Elisabethen hospital a woman opened fire killing at least one person and wounding several others, before being fatally wounded. (AP Photo/dapd, Winfried Rothermel)AP - Four people died and a policeman was seriously wounded in a town in southwestern Germany on Sunday, after an explosion in an apartment building and a shooting in…

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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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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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…

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