Three policemen killed in gunmen attacks in Iraq

BAQUBA, Iraq, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Three policemen were killed and five people wounded in two attacks by insurgents against Iraqi security forces in the eastern province of Diyala on Sunday, a provincial police source told Xinhua.On early Sunday, gunmen attacked a police checkpoint on Imam Wais area, 115 km northeast of Baghdad, killing three policemen and wounding three...

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Two bomb planters killed by their own IED in Uruzgan

TIRINKOT (PAN): It was a fatal disaster for two bomb planters when their explosives went off prematurely, killing both in central Uruzgan province on Sunday, according to officials.The blast occurred at around 5 am in Garmau Manda area, on the outskirts of Tirinkot, the provincial capital, when the suspects planted a bomb and were in the midst of fixing a second in a popular...

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At least 4 killed, several injured in northern Nigeria church explosion

KADUNA, Nigeria, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- At least four persons have been killed and several others were injured in an early morning explosion which rocked St. Rita Catholic Church in Malaila area of northern Nigeria's Kaduna State during Sunday mass, a top Red cross official told Xinhua on Sunday.Although the zonal coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)...

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Wave of Deadly Attacks Reported Across Iraq

A wave of deadly attacks has shattered the peace in Iraq, where Muslims are marking the second day of the Eid al-Adha holiday.Officials say at least 15 people were killed in a series of explosions and shootings on Saturday, many of them Shi'ite pilgrims marking the holiday.The violence includes a bombing north of Baghdad that killed at least five Shi'ite pilgrims who were...

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Three killed, 25 injured in Nowshera, Pakistan blast

(file photo) PESHAWAR: Three people were killed and at least 25 injured when an explosion took place in the Ziarat Kaka Sahib area in Nowshera on Sunday. According to the Nowshera police, a remote-controlled bomb had been planted on a bicycle in front of the main gate of the shrine of Kaka Sahib. The shrine houses the grave of a famous Pashtun Sufi saint Kasteer...

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Indonesia Arrests 11 in Terror Plot to Bomb US Embassy

Indonesian police officers stand guard outside a building after a raid in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012. Indonesian police say 11 people have been arrested in a suspected plot to attack the U.S. embassy in Jakarta and other domestic and foreign targets.National police spokesman Suhardi Alius said Saturday the arrests by a special anti-terror unit...

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British troops deaths in Afghanistan ‘not due to friendly fire’

An initial review into the deaths of a Royal Marine and an army medic in Afghanistan has revealed the killings were not caused by “friendly fire”, the Ministry of Defence has said. Corporal Channing Day, 25, who served with the 3 Medical Regiment, and Corporal David O’Connor, 27, of 40 Commando, were fatally injured while on patrol in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand...

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Oct. 28., 2012. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition forces detained an insurgent and cleared two improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, Oct. 27. Khowst Province Afghan National Security Forces found and safely cleared two IEDs, one in Gurbuz District and one in Terezayi District. Afghan Border Police and coalition forces...

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R.I.P. - Staff Sgt. Kashif M. Memon, Sgt. Clinton K. Ruiz

DOD Identifies Army Casualties           The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.           They died of wounds suffered Oct. 25 when their unit was attacked by small arms fire in Khas Uruzgan, Oruzgan Province,...

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