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Bombs in Thailand kill 14, wound 341

Last updated Saturday, March 31, 2012 - 2:10pm

HAT YAI, Thailand -- Suspected Muslim insurgents staged the most deadly coordinated attacks in years in Thailand's restive south, killing 14 people and wounding 340 with car bombs that targeted Saturday shoppers and a high-rise hotel frequented by foreign tourists.

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Indian security personnel inspect the wreckage of a police vehicle that was destroyed in an explosion in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra state, India, Tuesday, March 27, 2012. Maoist rebels ambushed a patrol team in central India Tuesday, killing at least 15 paramilitary policemen, a police official said. The policemen were traveling through a densely forested area of Maharashtra state when the rebels set off a land mine, blowing up their vehicle, the official said. (AP Photo/TV9)

11 killed, 29 injured by roadside bomb in India

Mark Magnier Los Angeles Times

Last updated Wednesday, March 28, 2012 - 11:24am

NEW DELHI -- A roadside bomb killed 11 paramilitary officers and wounded 29 others Tuesday as they were traveling in a minibus in India's western state of Maharashtra. Although no group took immediate responsibility, authorities blamed insurgent Maoists.

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People inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, March 20, 2012. Officials say attacks across Iraq have killed and wounded scores of people in a spate of violence that was dreaded in the days before Baghdad hosts the Arab world's top leaders. (AP Photo/Emad Matti)

Attacks kill 46 across Iraq ahead of Arab summit

Lara Jakes The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - 3:39pm

BAGHDAD -- Insurgents plotting to derail next week's Arab League meeting in Baghdad unleashed bloody attacks across Iraq on Tuesday, killing 46 people. The government vowed not to be scared off from hosting the summit -- the first in the country in a generation and a chance to prove it is moving toward normalcy after years of war.

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(CARLOS JULIO MARTINEZ/The Associated Press) Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos greets journalists at a military base where he spoke to and shook hands with soldiers who took part in the operation that led to the death of Alfonso Cano, 63, the top leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, in Popayan, Colombia, Saturday Nov. 5, 2011. Cano was killed in a military raid in a remote area of the southwestern state of Cauca. The rebel leader’s body was taken to a morgue in Popayan.

Slaying plunges Colombia rebels into uncertainty

Cesar Garcia, Libardo Cardona The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, November 5, 2011 - 4:19pm

BOGOTA, Colombia — President Juan Manuel Santos on Saturday called on fighters of Latin America’s only major rebel force to accept the killing of their top leader as proof the movement is doomed and to surrender.

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(RAMI RAKI/The Associated Press) With new Libyan flags in the background, Libyan minister of oil and finance, Ali al-Tarhouni, center talks to supporters after his arrival in the desert city of Sabha, Libya Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011. Libya’s transitional government has delivered 20 million dinars ($16 million) to this remote southern city beset by fighters loyal to Moammar Gadhafi, hoping to bolster support for revolutionary forces. The 20 boxes of 20-dinar notes, each weighing 116 pounds (78 kilograms), were delivered to the Sabha central bank.

Libya’s new rulers believe Gadhafi hiding in south

Kim Gamel The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - 9:36am

TRIPOLI, Libya — Libya’s new rulers believe Moammar Gadhafi may be hiding in the southern desert, possibly in a vast area near the Algerian border, under the protection of ethnic Tuareg fighters, an official said Wednesday.

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(MUSADEQ SADEQ/The Associated Press) An Afghan policeman looks at the bodies of militants, unseen, in the building which was occupied by Taliban militants in Kabul, Afghanistan Wednesday Sept. 14, 2011. The Afghan government says the two-day insurgent assault in the heart of Kabul has ended and all the attackers have been killed.

NATO commander says 27 dead in Kabul attack

Amir Shah, Heidi Vogt The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, September 14, 2011 - 9:56am

KABUL, Afghanistan — The top commander for NATO and U.S. forces in Afghanistan says the Kabul attack has left 27 dead — including Afghan police, civilians and insurgents.

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(MOHAMMAD SAJJAD/The Associated Press) A Pakistani child who was injured in an attack is treated at a local hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan on Tuesday, Sept 13, 2011. Gunmen attacked a school van in northwestern Pakistan killing three children, the driver and police said.

Gunmen attack school van in Pakistan; 5 dead

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - 9:06am

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Gunmen attacked a school van in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing three children, a teacher and the driver, police said.

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Smoke and dust rises from a building, unseen in distance, which is occupied by Taliban insurgents during a coordinated assault in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011. Taliban insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles at the U.S. Embassy, NATO headquarters and other buildings in the heart of the Afghan capital Tuesday while suicide bombers struck police buildings. The U.S. Embassy and NATO reported no casualties. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

Insurgents attack US Embassy in Afghan captital

Amir Shah, Rahim Faiez The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - 9:15am

KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban insurgents launched a coordinated attack Tuesday on the U.S. Embassy and NATO headquarters in the heart of the Afghan capital on Tuesday, firing rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles.

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Afghan police arrest suspected insurgent on plane

Rahim Faiez, The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, November 9, 2010 - 10:36am

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghan security forces on Tuesday arrested a member of the deadly Haqqani network and three other associates after ordering the plane flying him to Saudi Arabia to return to the capital, NATO said.

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