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Hostage shot dead by Somali pirates (Reuters)

November 7th, 2010

Reuters - A man was shot dead on Sunday after he refused to disembark from a yacht in the Indian Ocean that was hijacked by Somali pirates last week, pirates…

Mayor-elect shot as hits on Mexico politicos climb (AP)

October 10th, 2010

AP - The mayor-elect of a small town near Oaxaca state’s Pacific coast has been shot to death, the latest in a string of politicial figures who have been slain…

Clone High Episode 6 Homecoming: A Shot in DArc (Part 1/3) (HQ)

September 25th, 2010

Underrated but not forgotten, Clone High stands atop my pedestal as one of the best cartoons to have ever been my pleasure to enjoy. Hopefully others share my enthusiasm for…

Philippines says police might have shot hostages (AP)

September 9th, 2010

Members of the special weapons and tactics (SWAT) team take their position as a body lies on the steps of the bus during the assault on a bus with tourists being held hostage at Quirino Grandstand in Manila August 23, 2010. Philippine police commandos crouched around a bus where a sacked former policeman was holding 15 Hong Kong tourists hostage in Manila on Monday and shots were heard at the scene, TV pictures and a Reuters witness said. REUTERS/ Erik de Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST)AP - Investigators in the Phillipines say some victims in a botched hostage rescue may have been hit by police fire.


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Man shot in head felt bullet only 4 years later (AP)

August 26th, 2010

The X-ray photo released by German police in Herne Tuesday, Aug 24, 2010 shows the skull of a man with a bullet in the back of his head. Police said a Polish man living in Germany was shot in the back of his head, but that it took him five years to realize it. Police said Tuesday that the 35-year-old men was hit by a .22-caliber bullet in the western town of Herne as he was out in the street partying drunk on New Year's Eve five years ago. They say the man recalled receiving a blow to the head, but told them he didn't seek medical assistance at the time. (AP Photo/Polizei Herne)AP - A 35-year-old man who walked around for five years with a bullet lodged in the back of his head says he suspected for a while something was there…

Afghan gov’t: Soldier shot Americans amid argument (AP)

July 21st, 2010

A U.S. Army soldier from the 1-320th Alpha Battery, 2nd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division searches an Afghan villager during a foot patrol towards COP Nolen, in the volatile Arghandab Valley, Kandahar, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)AP - An Afghan soldier opened fire on U.S. civilian trainers at an army base in northern Afghanistan, killing two Americans and another Afghan troop before being shot dead, the…

Iran remembers victims of airliner shot down by US (AP)

July 3rd, 2010

An Iranian girl scatters flower into the Persian Gulf, Saturday, July 3, 2010, during a ceremony remembering the 290 passengers killed when a U.S. warship shot down an Iranian airliner 22 years ago. About 250 relatives of victims and officials sailed from the southern port city of Bandar Abbas on Saturday to the spot where the airliner was downed. The USS Vincennes shot down Iran Air A300 Airbus on July 3, 1988 shortly after it took off from Bandar Abbas for Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.(AP Photo/Mehr News Agency, Abdolhossein Rezvani)AP - Iranian helicopters scattered flowers into the Persian Gulf waters on Saturday as family members and relatives remembered the 290 passengers killed when a U.S. warship shot down an…

UN vehicle shot in Afghan capital, driver killed (AP)

June 29th, 2010

An Afghan police officer stands next to a U.N. pickup truck, left, in central Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, June 29, 2010, after it was shot up by an unknown attacker. Two people were in the vehicle, but only the driver was hit, said a man who saw the shooting. (AP Photo/Ahmad Massoud)AP - An Afghan man working for the United Nations was shot and killed in his vehicle Tuesday near a busy traffic circle in Afghanistan’s capital, the world body said.


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UN vehicle shot in Afghan capital, driver wounded (AP)

June 29th, 2010

An Afghan police officer stands next to a U.N. pickup truck, left, in central Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, June 29, 2010, after it was shot up by an unknown attacker. Two people were in the vehicle, but only the driver was hit, said a man who saw the shooting. (AP Photo/Ahmad Massoud)AP - A U.N. vehicle was shot up at a busy traffic circle in Afghanistan’s capital Tuesday, and at least one person was wounded, witnesses said.


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UN vehicle shot in Afghan capital, driver hurt (AP)

June 29th, 2010

US Army soldiers are seen close to Spinboldak near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. US and Afghan troops were flown in on a pre-dawn attack using Black Hawk helicopters and seized mountainous high ground in Kunar's Marawara district as part of a major offensive recently.(AFP/File/Romeo Gacad)AP - A U.N. vehicle was shot up at a busy traffic circle in Afghanistan’s capital Tuesday, and at least one person was hurt, witnesses said.


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