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Motorbike bomber kills six in Afghan town: police

AFP Asian Edition 7 hours ago

A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle blew himself up in the heart of Afghanistan's southwestern town of Farah, killing six people and wounding 36 civilians, the provincial police chief said. The attack occurred the day after Afghan President Hamid Karzai was sworn ...

Suicide bomber kills six in Afghan town: police

AFP Asian Edition 7 hours ago

A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle blew himself up in the heart of Afghanistan's southwestern town of Farah, killing six people and wounding 36 civilians, the provincial police chief said. The bomber struck in an area where heavy trucks were being loaded ...

Afghan Actress Stars In Soap Opera

Getty Images 9 hours ago

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - NOVEMBER 20: Afghan actress Trena Amiri, 22, (R) watches as an Afghan National Army military policeman argues with the cameraman during the filming of the soap opera November 20, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Trena has been acting for two ...

U.S. missile strike kills 8 in Pakistan

Reuters US Online Report Top News 10 hours ago

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Eight Islamist militants were killed in a U.S. missile strike in northwest Pakistan on Friday, officials said, after three policemen were killed in a bomb blast. The attack came shortly before the director of the U.S. Central Intelligence ...

More than 20 killed in separate Afghan blasts

Reuters US Online Report Top News 10 hours ago

HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber in southwestern Afghanistan killed 17 people Friday, and an Afghan lawmaker escaped a separate blast on the outskirts of Kabul but five of his bodyguards were killed, officials said. The provincial governor of southwestern Farah ...

British lawyer appointed Karadzic standby counsel

AP News 13 hours ago

UN war crimes court appoints British lawyer as standby counsel for Radovan Karadzic The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal has appointed a British lawyer to represent Radovan Karadzic if the former Bosnian Serb leader continues to boycott his trial when it resumes in ...

AFGHAN MOTORCYCLE BOMB

AP News 16 hours ago

Map locates Farah, Afghanistan, where a suicide bomber on a motorcycle detonated his explosives Copyright 2009 AP News

Top Islamist militants killed in Philippines: army

AFP Asian Edition 17 hours ago

Philippine troops have killed one of the top commanders of the Al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group, the military said Friday. The death of the Islamist militant, Abdulla Ajijul, in a special operation on the southern island of Basilan Thursday is "a significant ...

Eight dead in suspected U.S. missile strike in Pakistan

Reuters US Online Report World News 18 hours ago

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suspected U.S. drone aircraft fired two missiles at a northwestern Pakistani militant stronghold on Friday, killing eight people, the second such attack this week, security and Taliban officials said. The United States has carried out more than ...

Motorbike bomber kills 12 in Afghan town: police

AFP Global Edition 18 hours ago

A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle blew himself up in the heart of Afghanistan's southwestern town of Farah, killing 12 people and wounding dozens more, an official said. The attack occurred the day after Afghan President Hamid Karzai was sworn in for ...

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