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Some hostages leave bus as police enter vehicle (AP)

August 23rd, 2010

A hostage walks away from the bus after being released during the hostage taking at Quirino Grandstand in Manila August 23, 2010. Two foreign tourists have been released from the bus being held by a heavily armed former policeman in central Manila, officials said on Monday. Radio station DZMM radio station said 25 foreign tourists, including some children, and three Filipinos were on the bus when the heavily-armed man boarded it in downtown Manila. REUTERS/ Erik de Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST)AP - Philippine police have entered a bus after shots were heard from the hostage-taker of 15 Chinese tourists, and at least four of the hostages crawled out of the…

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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