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4 NATO troops, Afghan policemen die in Afghanistan (AP)

October 4th, 2010

Two Afghan army soldiers, who were wounded in an IED explosion, are carried into a U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter to be evacuated to Kandahar Air Field in Afghanistan's Kandahar province on Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010. Air Force pararescuemen and helicopter pilots from the 46th and 26th Expeditionary Rescue Squadrons are supporting ongoing military operations in southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP - Three explosions just minutes apart rocked Kandahar on Monday night, killing up to four Afghan police officers in the nation’s largest city in the south.


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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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Militants kill 7 policemen, soldiers in Baghdad (AP)

July 29th, 2010

FILE - In July 26, 2010 file photo, Iraqi army soldiers stand near a massive crater outside the office of the Al-Arabiya television station after a suicide bomber driving a minibus struck in Baghdad, Iraq. An al-Qaida-linked group is claiming responsibility for the bombing earlier this week targeting the Baghdad offices of the pan-Arab television station, Al-Arabiya. A statement posted Thursday, July 29, 2010, on the website of the Islamic state of Iraq said the operation was carried out by a 'hero of Islam.' (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)AP - Iraqi police and army officials say seven members of the country’s security forces have been killed in what apparently were coordinated attacks in Baghdad’s Sunni district of Azamiyah.


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Road bombs kill 6 Afghan policemen, 2 US troops (AP)

July 19th, 2010

Afghan police officers check vehicles and passengers as security measures are tightened ahead of the International Conference on Afghanistan in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, July 19, 2010. Some 40 foreign ministers are expected to attend the conference. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)AP - Six Afghan policemen and two U.S. troops were killed Monday by roadside bombs in southern Afghanistan where the Taliban are pushing back against Afghan and international forces efforts to…

29 inmates killed in Mexico prison clashes (AP)

June 14th, 2010

AP - At least 29 inmates were killed Monday as rival gangs clashed inside a prison in a cartel-plagued Mexican state, authorities said. Three policemen guarding the prison were wounded.

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20 inmates shot dead during Mexico prison battle (AP)

June 14th, 2010

AP - Twenty inmates were shot to death Monday when a group of prisoners attacked another gang inside a prison in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, authorities said. Two policemen…

Bombs kill 6 in Iraqi capital, including policemen (AP)

June 6th, 2010

An Iraqi police officer stands near a smoldering vehicle at the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, June 6, 2010. The car bomb exploded outside a Baghdad police station Sunday in the deadliest of a pair of attacks that killed several people in the Iraqi capital, security and hospital officials said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - A car bomb exploded outside a Baghdad police station Sunday in the deadliest of a pair of attacks that killed six people in the Iraqi capital, security and…

Bombs kill 6 in Baghdad, including policemen (AP)

June 6th, 2010

Iraqi soldiers stand guard outside the Baghdad headquarters of the Iraqi National List, ex-premier Iyad Allawi's bloc. A member of Allawi's political bloc has been gunned down in his home near the main northern city of Mosul, a security official said.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AP - Iraqi security officials say an explosives-packed car driven by a suicide bomber has killed at least six people and wounded 15 outside a western Baghdad police station.


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New Thai violence kills 2, mars compromise moves (AP)

May 8th, 2010

An anti-government demonstrators working as a security guard look on Saturday, May 8, 2010, from a downtown Bangkok, Thailand, encampment.   New violence erupted overnight in the Thai capital, killing a policeman and marring tentative progress to resolving a sometimes bloody tow-month standoff between the government and protestors seeking new elections.  Anti-government demonstrators say they agree in principle with a proposal by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to dissolve Parliament and hold new elections.  (AP Photo./David Longstreath)AP - Hopes for an end to Thailand’s political crisis diminished Saturday following a new eruption of violence that killed two policemen and wounded 13 people in double nighttime attacks.


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10 policemen wounded in suicide attack in Pakistan (AP)

April 24th, 2010

Pakistani cricket player Shoaib Malik and his wife, Indian tennis star Sania Mirza, leave the Indian High commission after meeting the Indian ambassador in Islamabad April 23, 2010. Malik married Mirza last week in India. REUTERS/Stringer    (PAKISTAN - Tags: SPORT CRICKET TENNIS)AP - Police say a suicide attack on a prison van wounded at least 10 policemen in northwest Pakistan.


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