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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…