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Indonesia’s twin disasters kill more than 300 (Reuters)

October 27th, 2010

A woman covers her baby as she runs from ash falling from an erupting volcano at Kaliurang village in Sleman, near Indonesia's ancient city of Yogyakarta, October 26, 2010. Mount Merapi erupted on Tuesday, prompting terrified villagers to flee and join the thousands already evacuated from its slopes, witnesses said. REUTERS/BeawihartaReuters - A tsunami and a volcanic eruption in Indonesia have killed more than 300 people with over 400 missing and tens of thousands displaced, authorities said on Wednesday.


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Twin car bombs kill 25 in Iraqi city of Karbala (AP)

July 26th, 2010

Iraqi army soldiers stand in the ruins of the office of the Al-Arabiya television station after a suicide bomber driving a minibus struck in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, July 26, 2010. The bomber was apparently waved through the first checkpoint at the Al-Arabiya television station after security guards checked his identification, said Iraqi military spokesman Maj. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi. The blast killed and injured several people at the popular Arabic-language satellite news channel early Monday. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Two car bombs targeting Shiite pilgrims during a religious festival in the holy city of Karbala killed 25 people on Monday, Iraqi police and hospital officials said. Sunni…

Twin suicide bombs kill 62 in Pakistan tribal area (AP)

July 9th, 2010

A elderly man injured by a suicide bomb attack in Pakistan's Mohmand ethnic Pashtun tribal region is assisted after being brought to the Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar on July 9, 2010. REUTERS/Fayaz AzizAP - A pair of suicide bombings killed 62 people Friday outside a government office in a region along the Afghan border where the Pakistani army and U.S. missiles have…

Twin car bombs kill at least 28 in Iraq near bank (AP)

June 20th, 2010

A man gestures at the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, June 20, 2010.  Twin car bombs exploded Sunday near a major square in Baghdad, killing several people and wounding dozens in the latest attack targeting a high-profile area in the capital.(AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - A double suicide car bombing tore through a crowded commercial district near a state-run bank Sunday in Baghdad, killing at least 28 people in the second strike to…

Twin car bombs kill 27 near bank in Baghdad (AP)

June 20th, 2010

Iraqis walk past the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, June 20, 2010. Twin car bombs exploded Sunday near a major square in Baghdad, killing several people and wounding dozens in the latest attack targeting a high-profile area in the capital.(AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Two suicide car bombers struck a crowded area outside a state-run bank Sunday in Baghdad, killing nearly 30 people in the latest attack targeting a high-profile part of…

Iraq: twin car bombs kill at least 27 in Baghdad (AP)

June 20th, 2010

Iraqis walk past the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, June 20, 2010. Twin car bombs exploded Sunday near a major square in Baghdad, killing several people and wounding dozens in the latest attack targeting a high-profile area in the capital.(AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Iraqi officials say at least 27 people have been killed and more than 50 wounded in a twin car bombing in a crowded area outside a state-run bank…

Iraq: twin car bombs kill at least 18 in Baghdad (AP)

June 20th, 2010

Iraqis chant slogans demanding more electricity in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, June 19, 2010. Hundreds of protesters rallied in the mainly Shiite southern city of Basra Saturday to protest the lack of electricity as summertime temperatures soar above 120 degrees and many homes are left without electricity. The demonstration turned violent when protesters started throwing stones at the provincial council building and set fire to a guard's cabin, causing government security forces to fire into the air to disperse the crowd. (AP Photo)AP - Twin car bombs exploded Sunday near a major square in Baghdad, killing at least 18 people and wounding dozens in the latest attack targeting a high-profile area in…

Iraq: twin car bombs kill at least 16 in Baghdad (AP)

June 20th, 2010

Iraqis chant slogans demanding more electricity in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, June 19, 2010. Hundreds of protesters rallied in the mainly Shiite southern city of Basra Saturday to protest the lack of electricity as summertime temperatures soar above 120 degrees and many homes are left without electricity. The demonstration turned violent when protesters started throwing stones at the provincial council building and set fire to a guard's cabin, causing government security forces to fire into the air to disperse the crowd. (AP Photo)AP - Iraqi officials say at least 16 people have been killed and more than 40 wounded in twin car bombs near a major square in Baghdad.


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Twin car bombs kill 7 in Baghdad Shiite enclave (AP)

April 28th, 2010

An Iraqi woman walks past a poster for former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi at a checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, April  27, 2010.  An Iraqi court has thrown the nation's disputed election into deeper disarray by disqualifying 52 candidates, including one winner, in a legal ruling that cast doubt on the slim lead of a Sunni-backed alliance over the prime minister's political coalition. It also threatened to anger anew Sunni voters, who had thrown their support behind secular candidate Ayad Allawi's bloc to give it a two seat lead. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Suicide attackers detonated two car bombs in a Shiite enclave in southern Baghdad on Wednesday, killing seven people and wounding 21 others, Iraqi officials said.


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Twin suicide bombings kill 38 in Moscow subway (AP)

March 29th, 2010

A woman cries as Interior Ministry officers block her way in front of the exit of Lubyanka metro station in Moscow March 29, 2010. Two blasts ripped through packed Moscow metro stations on Monday during rush hour, killing at least 34 people and wounding 18, Russian officials said. REUTERS/Alexander Natruskin  (RUSSIA - Tags: DISASTER CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST TRANSPORT)AP - Terror returned to the heart of Russia, with two deadly suicide bombings on the Moscow subway at rush hour, including an attack at the station beneath the headquarters…