Strike

U.S. missile strike kills 20 militants in Pakistan (Reuters)

November 16th, 2010

Reuters - Unmanned U.S. drone aircraft Tuesday fired four missiles into North Waziristan, a major sanctuary for al Qaeda and Taliban militants in Pakistan, killing at least 20 insurgents, local…

Behind an Israeli Strike in Gaza, Help from Egypt (Time.com)

November 11th, 2010

Time.com - An Israeli missile assassinates a Gaza militant allegedly plotting against US forces in the Sinai Peninsula. Did Cairo provide the key assist?

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BBC journalists strike for 2nd day over pensions (AP)

November 6th, 2010

BBC employees, some holding placards joins a strike outside the organization's television centre in west London, Friday Nov. 5, 2010. A two-day journalists' strike over pension benefits forced the BBC Friday to cancel a number of its radio and television news broadcasts. The National Union of Journalists set up picket lines Friday at BBC Television Center in west London and at other BBC locations throughout Britain. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - BBC reporters are planning further strikes after a two-day walkout over pension changes successfully disrupted the broadcaster’s TV and radio programs, a labor union said Saturday.


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Tsunami, volcano eruption strike Indonesia (AP)

October 26th, 2010

An Indonesian rescue team prepares to evacuate earthquake victims in Padang, West Sumatra on October 26. At least 108 people were killed and more than 500 missing, including a group of Australian surfers, after a tsunami triggered by a powerful earthquake hit a remote Indonesian island chain, destroying villages in its path.(AFP/RUS AKBAR)AP - Rescuers battled rough seas Tuesday to reach remote Indonesian islands pounded by a 10-foot tsunami that swept away homes, killing at least 113 people. Scores more were missing…

French strike to save ‘birthright’ of privileges (AP)

October 20th, 2010

AP - Battling for benefits is a tradition in the Gilly family, passed from generation to generation — as it is for families across the country. And that goes some…

Palestinians say 1 dead in Israeli strike in Gaza (AP)

October 17th, 2010

Palestinian workers collect iron for use in new buildings from the ruins of a Gaza City beach front hotel that was destroyed during Israel?s 22-day military offensive in 2009. A delegation of the Elders group of retired world figures on Saturday visited the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip and called Israeli restrictions on the Palestinian enclave both illegal and an obstacle to peace.(AFP/File/Mohammed Abed)AP - Palestinian officials say an Israeli strike has killed one and wounded two in northern Gaza.


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Some fuel shortages as French strike yet again (AP)

October 16th, 2010

Cologne's Mato Jajalo from Croatia, left, and Dortmund's Sven Bender challenge for the ball during the German first division Bundesliga soccer match between FC Cologne and Borussia Dortmund in Cologne, western Germany, Friday, Oct. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/dapd,  Juergen Schwarz) ** NO MOBILE USE UNTIL 2 HOURS AFTER THE MATCH, WEBSITE USERS ARE OBLIGED TO COMPLY WITH DFL-RESTRICTIONS, SEE INSTRUCTIONS FOR DETAILS **AP - Diesel fuel supplies are running low around France’s eastern city of Lyon as the country braces for a whole new day of nationwide protests against government plans to…

6 Afghan militiamen killed in NATO chopper strike (AP)

October 8th, 2010

US soldier Sergeant Bill Myers, from Phoenix, Arizona, from Bravo Company 2-502 Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, prepares to patrol after a break near Forward Operation Base Howz-e-Madad, Zhari district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)AP - Firing from NATO helicopters in an eastern province Friday killed six Afghan militiamen who had allegedly shot at the aircraft, an Afghan official said.


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US strike kills 5 German militants in Pakistan (AP)

October 4th, 2010

A soldier patrols at Gare du Nord train station in Paris, Monday, Oct.4, 2010. Japan issued a travel alert for Europe on Monday, joining the United States and Britain in warning of a possible terrorist attack by al-Qaida or other groups, but tourists appeared to be taking the mounting warnings in stride. At right is a board signaling security measures. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)AP - An American missile strike killed five German militants Monday in the rugged Pakistan border area where a cell of Germans and Britons at the heart of the U.S.…

5 Germans said killed in Pakistan missile strike (AP)

October 4th, 2010

Pakistani firefighters try to extinguish burning NATO oil tankers following the gunmen attack on the outside of Islamabad. Pakistani Taliban militants have claimed two fiery attacks on Afghanistan-bound NATO supply convoys in which nearly 60 trucks have been torched in three days -- and vowed more to come.(AFP/Aamir Qureshi)AP - A U.S. missile killed five German militants taking shelter in a house in northwest Pakistan on Monday, intelligence officials said.


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