...road bombs, etc. It would be of help to the people of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq to see in actual figures who is inflicting more death, injuries and terror on their people. Last week alone, there...

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...at the bottom of the screen plagues us to this day. But overall, it was a good indication of how well our news organizations do when disaster strikes. Bob says: When the first plane hit the World Trade...

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...the fragile security as Iraq heads into a general election in March. The two-day oil auction in an auditorium of the Oil Ministry called the "Nationalisation Room" took place under intense security, with...

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...in the eastern city was the third in Pakistan in two days and underscored the relentless security troubles facing the U.S. ally whose help is vital in efforts to stabilize neighboring Afghanistan. The...

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Clinton pledges US support in struggle for peace A MASSIVE car bomb ripped through a crowded market killing 90 people in Pakistan's city of Peshawar yesterday. The latest urban attack since the army launched a...

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...to be a suicide attack, officials said. At least two civilians were killed, and two Afghan army soldiers and 12 civilians were wounded, an Afghan army commander said. The attacks come as 4,000 U.S. troops...

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The blast is the latest in a series of high-profile explosions that have raised concerns about a resurgence of violence as the U.S. military faces a June 30 deadline to withdraw from urban areas in Iraq. The...

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...two others, an Iraqi security official said. The official added that gunmen had killed a woman and wounded her sister at a bus station in west Mosul. A 12-year-old girl was killed near Mosul when American...

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...and at least one suicide car bomb have attacked the US embassy in Yemen. Sixteen people were killed, including six assailants. American officials said the attack bore "all the hallmarks" of al Qa'ida.

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...car bomb assaulted the embassy, leaving at least 16 people dead, including six assailants. No Americans were hurt. In other Nymex trading, heating oil futures fell about half a penny to $2.7186 a gallon,...

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... assaulted the U.S. Embassy in the Yemeni capital on Wednesday. The coordinated attack killed 16 people, including six assailaints, officials said. The U.S. said no Americans were hurt. Multiple explosions...

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...it did not confirm it was a suicide attack. U.S. and Iraqi forces had secured the area and the wounded had been evacuated to hospitals, according to a statement. It was one of the worst bombings this year...

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