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Blast, gunfire, rock Philippine jail, leaving 10 dead

Blast, gunfire, rock Philippine jail, leaving 10 dead

Aug 12, – Senior Inspector Xavier Solda, spokesman of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, said eight of the inmates killed in the Paranaque City jail in metropolitan Manila faced drug cases, including two Chinese nationals found with large amounts of drugs. The two others were facing robbery and homicide charges. A blast from […]

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Car bomb targeting police kills 11, wounds 36 in Istanbul

Car bomb targeting police kills 11, wounds 36 in Istanbul

Jun 08, – The car was detonated as police buses passed, Istanbul Governor Vasip Sahin told reporters, in the fourth major bombing in Turkey’s biggest city this year. A car bomb ripped through a police bus in central Istanbul during the morning rush hour on Tuesday, killing 11 people and wounding 36 near the main […]

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Blast kills 17 as Pakistani Taliban avenge executed Islamist

Blast kills 17 as Pakistani Taliban avenge executed Islamist

Mar 07, – The bomber, who police said was aged around 20 and had up to six kilograms (13 pounds) of explosives strapped to his chest, attacked as lawyers and litigants were arriving at a court complex during the morning rush hour in the town of Shabqadar. A suicide bomber killed 17 people and injured […]

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Egypt in turmoil as street clashes leave 51 dead

Egypt in turmoil as street clashes leave 51 dead

Oct 07, –  The high death toll in Sunday’s clashes between security forces and Islamist protesters came as crowds from Egypt’s two rival camps — supporters of the ousted Islamist president, Mohammed Morsi, and backers of the military that deposed him — poured into the streets and turned on each other. Egypt stumbled deeper into […]

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