Abducted Israeli, Norwegian tourists freed in Egypt

CAIRO, March 26 (Xinhua) -- An Israeli man and a Norwegian woman who were kidnapped Friday in Egypt's governorate of South Sinai have been freed, a local security source told Xinhua Tuesday.The release came after two days of negotiations between the security authorities and the kidnappers under the mediation of tribal elders, the source said.The freed hostages, both in good...

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Afghanistan car bomb attack injures 10 British troops

English: Cropped version of a larger map to show detail around Lashkar Gah (Photo credit: Wikipedia) One of the injured soldiers is airlifted to Camp Bastion after blast and gun battle in which five insurgents are killedAt least 10 British troops have been injured in a suspected suicide car bomb attack on a patrol base in Afghanistan's Helmand province. The insurgents...

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8 suicide bombers, 5 police killed in Jalalabad attack

NATO and Afghan troops arrive at the site of a suicide attack in Jalalabad, March 26, 2013. (PARWIZ/REUTERS) JALALABAD (PAN): More than a dozen people were killed on Tuesday when a group of suicide bombers stormed the Quick Reaction Force (QRF) headquarters in eastern Nangarhar province, officials said. (more photos from REUTERS) Eight suicide bombers and five police...

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In Several Joint Clearance Operations, 23 Armed Taliban Killed (Mar.26.2013.)

Publish Date: Mar 26, 2013 In Several Joint Clearance Operations, 23 Armed Taliban Killed Counterterrorism: In past 24 hours, Afghan National Police conducted several joint clearance operations with the cooperation of Afghan National Army, NDS and Coalition Forces to clean some of the areas from terrorists and enemies of...

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Mar. 26., 2013. - ISAF Joint Command Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Taliban leader and detained one other insurgent during an operation in Shah Wali Kot district, Kandahar province, today. The leader is accused of ordering assassinations against members of the government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, coordinating the movement of weapons and supplies used...

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Mar. 26., 2013. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition forces found and safely cleared three improvised explosive devices, killed one insurgent and detained two suspected insurgents during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, March 25. Ghazni province Afghan and coalition forces detained two suspected insurgent during operations in the Ab Band district....

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5 killed, 13 injured in Iraqi violence

BAGHDAD, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Four people were killed and 13 others wounded in separate attacks in Iraq Monday, while an al- Qaida militant leader was shot dead in a raid, the police said.In Iraq's eastern province of Diyala, two policemen were killed when a roadside bomb struck a joint police-army patrol in the western part of the provincial capital city of Baquba, some...

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French forces kill two Indians in Bangui airport

In these photos taken on Friday March 22, 2013 and provided on Monday March 25, 2013 by the French Army Communications Audio visual office, French soldiers arrive at Bangui airport, Central Africa Republic. Rebels overthrew Central African Republic's president of a decade on Sunday, seizing the presidential palace and declaring that the desperately poor country has...

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Syrian Jihadist Fighters Getting Western Weapons

Syria's al-Nusra rebels posted this photo of its fighters using an M-60 anti-tank weapons March 24. A Syrian rebel group the Obama administration considers a terrorist organization is managing to obtain modern anti-tank weapons meant for other groups fighting to oust President Bashar al-Assad, according to regional experts.The Jihadist Jabhat al-Nusra militia is managing...

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