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Greece resumes air freight after parcel bomb spate (Reuters)

November 4th, 2010

Police investigators search for evidence after controlled explodion of a package outside the ACS courier offices in Athens on November 4. Greek police announced that a 14th parcel bomb had been intercepted and detonated after staff at the French embassy raised the alarm over a package delivered to them.(AFP/Louisa Gouliamaki)Reuters - Greece resumed the shipment of all mail and packages abroad after midnight on Friday, following a suspension it imposed in the wake of a spate of parcel bombs…

Spate of blasts in Iraq kill 17 ahead of key vote (AP)

March 4th, 2010

Iraqi security forces inspect the scene where a blast killed seven people in the Hurriya neighborhood about 500 yards (meters) from a polling station, in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, March 4, 2010. A string of blasts across the capital killed 17 people Thursday, authorities said, ratcheting up fear in an already tense city as many Iraqis cast early ballots ahead of Sunday's nationwide parliamentary elections. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - A string of blasts across the Iraqi capital targeting voters killed 17 people Thursday, authorities said, ratcheting up fear in an already tense city as many Iraqis cast…

Death toll climbs to 17 in spate of Baghdad blasts (AP)

March 4th, 2010

Hospital patient Coka Khudhyer, 72, attached to an oxygen tube, displays her inked finger after casting her vote at Al-Fayha hospital in Basra, Iraq, Thursday, March 4, 2010. Early voting in Iraq for detainees, hospital patients and military and security personnel is taking place Thursday, ahead of the parliamentary elections on Sunday, March 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)AP - A string of blasts across the Iraqi capital targeting voters killed 17 people Thursday, authorities said, ratcheting up fear in an already tense city as many Iraqis cast…