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US-led troops kill 14 insurgents in clashes in southern Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S.-led troops killed 14 militants in two days of clashes in southern Afghanistan, U.S. military statements said Friday. Ten militants were killed by mortar fire following an insurgent attack on a military base in Helmand...Tags: Civil Unrest, Wars and Interventions
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18 killed in Iraqi explosions
Los Angeles TimesExplosions tore through two police stations in Fallujah on Thursday, killing at least 16 people dead. And a blast in a northern city killed two U.S. soldiers. The attacks followed other large explosions earlier in the week that targeted Iraqi and U.S....Tags: Wars and Interventions, Bombings, Emergency Incidents, Police, Civil Unrest
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Iraq blasts in Fallouja and Mosul kill at least 18, including 2 U.S. soldiers
Explosions tore through two police stations Thursday in the western Iraqi city of Fallouja, leaving at least 16 people dead, and a blast in a northern city killed two U.S. soldiers in the latest reminders of this country's fragile security situation. The...Tags: Nouri Maliki, United Nations, Terrorism, Wars and Interventions, Bombings
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AP IMPACT: Lacking money and training, Pakistan police are losing in war on terrorism
Associated Press WriterBADABER, Pakistan (AP) — Brothers Mushtaq and Ishaq Ali left the police force a month ago, terrified of dying as their colleagues had — beheaded by militants on a rutted village road before a shocked crowd. They went straight to the local...Tags: Crimes, Terrorism, Law Enforcement, Wars and Interventions, Bombings
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Fixing Iraq's deadliest city is major test
The Associated PressIt's a dirty, numbing, dangerous job in Iraq's deadliest city, and pays a modest $500 a month. But when the police department recently advertised for college graduates to fill 200 positions as traffic policemen, it was deluged with 2,000 applications....Tags: Government, Armed Conflicts, Water Supply, Local Authority, Police
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Jobs, good cops, Kurdish-Arab reconciliation needed to fix Iraq's most violent city
Associated Press WriterMOSUL, Iraq (AP) _ It's a dirty, numbing, dangerous job in Iraq's deadliest city, and pays a modest $500 a month. But when the police department recently advertised for college graduates to fill 200 positions as traffic policemen, it was deluged with 2,...Tags: Government, Religious Conflicts, Terrorism, Armed Conflicts, Election Results, 2008 U.S. Presidential Election
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Clock is ticking on Iraqi army
Tribune correspondentMUHALLADIYA, Iraq — At this dusty combat outpost 4 miles west of Mosul, Iraqi soldiers complain that they haven't been paid in four months, even though the nation's coffers are bulging with tens of billions of petro-dollars. Stationed along a key...Tags: Corruption, Armed Conflicts, Wars and Interventions, International Military Interventions, Defense
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Insurgents rocket NATO supply trucks in Pakistan, as bomber kills 8
Associated Press WriterPESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) _ Militants in northwestern Pakistan attacked trucks ferrying supplies to NATO and U.S. forces in Afghanistan on Monday, killing two people and destroying a dozen vehicles, witnesses and police said. Meanwhile, a suicide bomber...Tags: Prosecution, Mumbai Terror Attacks, Terrorism, Law Enforcement, Armed Conflicts
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Pakistan dismisses claims that Mumbai attackers were trained by Pakistani militants
Pakistan today dismissed Indian investigators' claims that the Mumbai attackers underwent months of training at camps run by a Pakistani militant group, saying no such proof had been provided. "There is no evidence at all about this," said Foreign...Tags: News Agency, Government, Crimes, Asif Ali Zardari, Condoleezza Rice
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Sri Lankan military says it has seized key northern town held by rebels for 18 years
Associated Press WriterCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) _ Sri Lankan soldiers have recaptured a key northern town near the Tamil Tigers' headquarters, 18 years after the area was seized by the insurgents, the military said Monday. Troops seized Kokavil town, about 12 miles (20...Tags: Civil Unrest, Wars and Interventions, Armed Forces, Defense
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US passes along hard-learned lessons to Iraqis on how to defeat deadly roadside bombs
Associated Press WriterBESMAYA RANGE COMPLEX, Iraq (AP) _ Two Iraqi soldiers acting as insurgents hook up a cellular phone detonator to a 155mm artillery shell with a coiled red wire, bury the mock bomb in a pile of dirt next to a rusty electricity pole and then disappear...Tags: Armed Conflicts, Wars and Interventions, Bombings, Defense, Emergency Incidents
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U.S. forces show Iraqi troops how to foil roadside bombs
The Associated PressBESMAYA RANGE COMPLEX, Iraq -- Two Iraqi soldiers acting as insurgents hook up a cellular-phone detonator to a 155mm artillery shell with a coiled red wire, bury the mock bomb in a pile of dirt next to a rusty electricity pole and then disappear down...Tags: Deerfield, Armed Conflicts, Wars and Interventions, Bombings, Texas
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