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Lebanon says Islamic militants responsible for bombings arrested
Special to The TimesLebanese security forces rounded up a group of Islamic militants believed to be responsible for a pair of bomb attacks targeting soldiers in the northern city of Tripoli, authorities said Monday. Security officials did not disclose the circumstances of...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Terrorism, Armed Forces, Civil Unrest, Refugee
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Pakistanis worry they're at risk in global crisis
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterTake a restive, nuclear-armed nation with an untested new government, an escalating Islamic insurgency, long-standing tensions with its neighbors and an economy in free fall for months. Then add in a global financial crisis. Some analysts and diplomats...Tags: Terrorism, Diplomacy, Economic Organization, Government Debt, Benazir Bhutto
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Christians flee Iraqi city of Mosul after wave of killings
Associated Press WriterBAGHDAD (AP) _ Cars and trucks loaded with suitcases, mattresses and passengers cradling baskets stuffed with clothes lined up at checkpoints Monday to flee Mosul, a day after the 10th killing of an Iraqi Christian in the northern city so far this month....Tags: Christianity, Migration, Ramadan, Armed Conflicts, International Organizations
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American man arrested in Pakistani border region where troops are fighting militants
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) _ A 20-year-old American man was arrested late Monday at a checkpoint near the Afghan border in a tribal region where Pakistani troops are fighting Taliban and al-Qaida militants, police said. Officers were investigating what...Tags: Police Arrests, Florida, Osama bin Laden, Police, Police Investigations
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AP Impact: Insurgents worldwide take cues from Iraq, grabbing foreigners for ransom, influence
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) _ Five years ago, retired Air Force intelligence officer Kirk von Ackermann became the first of 39 Americans to be kidnapped in Iraq. He's still missing, his wife fearing she'll never see him again. Besides the personal tragedy, his...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Terrorism, Armed Forces, Rebellions, Civil Unrest
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Gimme shelter: Tate Modern installation turns gallery into refuge from apocalyptic London
Associated Press WriterLONDON (AP) _ Visitors to the Tate Modern gallery are about to face an apocalyptic vision of London partly inspired by the World War II Blitz and the July 7, 2005 transit bombings. French artist Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster has transformed the gallery's...Tags: Railway Accidents, Fiction, Metal and Mineral, Ray Bradbury, Alexander Calder
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Somali pirates consider extending deadline to destroy Ukrainian ship
Associated Press WriterNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) _ Somali pirates holding an arms-laden Ukrainian tanker off Somalia may extend the deadline on their threat to destroy the vessel, a spokesman said Monday. In Kiev, angry relatives of the ship's crew members demanded that Ukraine's...Tags: NATO, National Government, Weaponry, Armed Conflicts, Government
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Lebanon says it has arrested Islamic militants responsible for bombings
Special to The TimesBEIRUT -- Lebanese security forces rounded up a group of Islamic militants believed to be responsible for a pair of bomb attacks targeting soldiers in the country's northern city of Tripoli, authorities disclosed Monday. Security officials were tight-...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Terrorism, Armed Forces, Civil Unrest, Refugee
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Clashes in Pakistani tribal regions kill 51 as fighting along Afghan border spreads
Associated Press WriterISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) _ Clashes between Taliban militants and pro-government forces killed 51 people as fighting spread across Pakistan's volatile northwest tribal regions along the Afghan border, officials said Monday. The army media center in the...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Nawaz Sharif, Terrorism, Rebellions, Armed Conflicts
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WORLD & NATION UPDATE: AT HOME
Firefighters backed by water-dumping helicopters and planes gained ground yesterday on a wildfire that destroyed two homes and forced the evacuation of 1,200 people in a rugged area 20 miles north of downtown Los Angeles. The blaze charred 750 acres and...Tags: Santa Ana, Wildfires, Real Estate Sellers, Murder, Los Angeles
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At least 33 killed in five explosions in Baghdad
BAGHDAD - Five explosions ripped through central and southwestern Baghdad last evening as families shopped for an upcoming holiday, killing at least 33 and injuring at least 111. In southwest Baghdad, a minivan exploded in a side street of a market...Tags: Vehicles, Emergency Incidents, Ramadan, Explosions, Armed Conflicts
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WAR UPDATE
The commander of U.S. forces in Iraq said yesterday that American intelligence reports suggest Iran has attempted to bribe Iraqi lawmakers in an effort to derail a bilateral agreement that would allow U.S. troops to remain in Iraq after the end of this...Tags: Corporate Crime, Wars and Interventions, Death and Dying, Terrorism, Armed Forces
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