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Iraq church raid ends with 52 dead (Reuters)

November 1st, 2010

Iraqi security forces survey the scene outside the Sayidat al-Nejat Catholic Cathedral in Baghdad. At least 37 Christians including two priests were killed in a US-led assault on a Baghdad cathedral to free dozens of hostages held by Al-Qaeda gunmen.(AFP/Sabah Arar)Reuters - Fifty-two hostages and police were killed when an attempt by Iraqi security forces to free more than 100 Catholics held in a Baghdad church by al Qaeda-linked gunmen…

Fifty-two killed in Iraq church raid (Reuters)

November 1st, 2010

Iraqi Christian lawmaker, Younadem Kana, center, is flanked by security guards as he arrives at Our Lady of Deliverance church the morning after its congregation was taken hostage in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday Nov. 1, 2010. Iraqi security forces stormed a Baghdad church where militants had taken an entire congregation hostage for four hours, leaving dozens of people dead, including a priest, Iraqi officials said Monday.(AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)Reuters - Fifty-two hostages and police officers were killed when security forces raided a Baghdad church to free more than 100 Iraqi Catholics held by al Qaeda-linked gunmen, a deputy…

Russia Returns to Afghanistan for a Joint Drug Raid (Time.com)

October 29th, 2010

Time.com - Moscow uses the war on drugs as its pathway back to scene of one of its most humiliating defeats

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Wenger rules out Rooney raid after Gunners romp (AFP)

October 19th, 2010

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger ruled out entering the race to sign Wayne Rooney after watching the Gunners turn on a dazzling display of goalscoring as they swespt aside Shakhtar Donetsk 5-1, in their Chapions League Group H clash.(AFP/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger ruled out entering the race to sign Wayne Rooney after watching the Gunners turn on a dazzling display of goalscoring.


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Islamic militants raid Chechen parliament, 6 dead (AP)

October 19th, 2010

Special Force (OMON) officers are seen in front of Chechen parliament complex after a bomb blast in Grozny, Chechnya, southern Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010. Insurgents stormed the parliament complex in Russia's volatile Chechnya region on Tuesday, killing at least 2 police officers and one parliamentary official, authorities said. At least three insurgents were also killed, ending the attack, they said. One insurgent set off a bomb at the gates of the parliament complex in the provincial capital, killing himself and wounding others, Chechen police spokesman Ramzam Bekkhoyev told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev)AP - Islamic insurgents attacked Chechnya’s parliament Tuesday in a brazen suicide raid that left six people dead and 17 wounded, defying Kremlin claims of stability in the volatile southern…

Colombia: No. 2 rebel commander killed in raid (AP)

September 23rd, 2010

FILE - In this June 28, 2001, file photo, Jorge Briceno, military commander of the Colombian rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, smiles at a rebel camp in La Macarena, Colombia. National police spokesman Wilson Vaquero told The Associated Press that Briceno, also known as Mono Jojoy, was killed Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, in Colombia's eastern plains during a military raid. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan, file)AP - Colombia’s military killed the No. 2 leader and top military strategist of the country’s main rebel army in blistering bombardments of a major jungle camp, officials announced Thursday,…

UN experts: Israel flotilla raid broke int’l law (AP)

September 22nd, 2010

AP - A report by three U.N.-appointed human rights experts Wednesday said that Israeli forces violated international law when they raided a Gaza-bound aid flotilla killing nine activists earlier this year.

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Peres resists Gul’s call for an apology on raid (AP)

September 20th, 2010

Shimon Peres, President of Israel, responds to questions during a news conference at United Nations headquarters Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)AP - A planned meeting between Israeli President Shimon Peres and his Turkish counterpart was scrapped because of the Israeli leader’s refusal to apologize for the deadly commando raid on…

US-Iraqi raid on Fallujah kills at least 6 (AP)

September 15th, 2010

U.S. Army soldiers secure the scene of a roadside bomb attack in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)AP - U.S. and Iraqi forces launched a raid on the former insurgent stronghold of Fallujah Wednesday, killing at least six people in the second incident this week in which…

US-Iraqi raid on Fallujah kills 7 (AP)

September 15th, 2010

U.S. Army soldiers and Iraqi security forces secure the scene of a roadside bomb attack in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)AP - U.S. and Iraqi forces launched a raid on the former insurgent stronghold of Fallujah Wednesday, killing seven people in the second incident this week in which American troops…

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