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Torture, drones, indefinite detention breeding home-grown terror?
The broad-daylight hacking death of a soldier in London this week was Britain’s Marathon Moment. Like the twin bombings at the race finish line in Boston last month, Wednesday’s attack by two machete-wielding men spouting venomous threats to...
Tags: Politics, Wars and Interventions, Murder, Boston Marathon, BBC
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Afghan security concerns to ease after 2014, Karzai says
NEW DELHI -- Afghan security after the departure of foreign combat troops in 2014 will become easier because of the ill-advised, misdirected and often corrupt ways NATO and its contractors have pursued the "war on terror," Afghan President Hamid Karzai...
Tags: Politics, Elections, Kabul (Afghanistan), Unrest, Conflicts and War, India
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Afghan women's rights in peril, group says
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The number of women and girls jailed by Afghan authorities for "moral crimes" has risen by 50% in the last year and a half, an alarming statistic that reflects the Afghan government's need to step up efforts to protect women'...
Tags: Politics, Wars and Interventions, Renewable Energy, Taliban, Human Rights Watch
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Suicide bomb blast kills Afghan provincial leader, 12 others
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A suicide bomb blast killed a top leader of a northern Afghan province and at least 12 other people Monday, the latest in a step-up of attacks by Taliban insurgents ahead of Washington’s planned troop withdrawal at the end of...
Tags: Emergency Incidents, Wars and Interventions, Kabul (Afghanistan), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Taliban
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Anti-Taliban Afghan police chief gunned down in motorcycle attack
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.KABUL, Afghanistan -- A police chief who had stood up repeatedly to the Taliban was shot and killed in a drive-by attack by four insurgents on motorcycles, officials said Saturday. The police chief, Abdul Ghani, was leaving his driveway in his car...Tags: Politics, Kabul (Afghanistan), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Transportation Accidents, Taliban
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Russia defends weapons shipments to Syria
MOSCOW -- Russian officials on Friday defended the country’s weapons sales to Syria, saying the country is primarily providing defense systems that are in line with international treaties. Responding to news reports that Russia has sent advanced...
Tags: Ban Ki-moon, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Bashar Assad, Missile Systems, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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Six Americans among at least 15 killed in Afghanistan bombing
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The U.S.-military contractor DynCorp International says four American employees were killed in a suicide car bombing Thursday in the Afghan capital, Kabul, bringing the number of Americans slain to six. Nine Afghan civilians were...
Tags: Kabul (Afghanistan), Suicide, Bombings, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Taliban
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Afghan militants threaten more attacks after deadly bombing
KABUL, Afghanistan — A militant group said its attack Thursday on a NATO convoy in the Afghan capital marked a stepped-up campaign against the foreign presence in Afghanistan, and promised more such assaults. The suicide bombing killed six...
Tags: Emergency Incidents, Wars and Interventions, Kabul (Afghanistan), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Transportation Accidents
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Afghanistan suicide attack kills 15, including at least two Americans
KABUL, Afghanistan – The death toll from a powerful suicide car bomb that shook the Afghan capital of Kabul on Thursday morning has increased to 15, including two American troops and four foreign civilian contractors, according to U.S. and Afghan...
Tags: Fishing, Emergency Incidents, Kabul (Afghanistan), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Transportation Accidents
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Car bombings, shooting in Iraq kill at least 17
BAGHDAD — Car bombs struck Shiite neighborhoods of the Iraqi capital and a northern city Thursday, killing 16 people, while gunmen in Baghdad shot dead the brother of a Sunni lawmaker, officials said. The attacks followed a wave of bombings...
Tags: Emergency Incidents, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Transportation Accidents, Baghdad (Iraq), Motorvehicle Accidents
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Judge clears way for fresh investigation of Spanish princess
MADRID -- In another blow to Spain's scandal-plagued royal family, a judge Thursday cleared the way for a new investigation into King Juan Carlos' youngest daughter, rejecting her appeal to have her tax returns shielded from further scrutiny. The...
Tags: Olympic Games, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Spain
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Taiwan says Filipino apology in fisherman's death not enough
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippines' coast guard has spiraled into a series of sanctions and sparked a rare anger-fest threatening the normally solid Pacific Rim alliance. The dispute has not eased despite...
Tags: Fishing, Taipei (Taiwan), Roman Catholicism, China, Benigno Aquino III
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