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Pakistan interrogation center bombed, killing 13

Pakistan interrogation center bombed, killing 13

LAHORE, Pakistan – A suicide car bomber Monday struck a building where police interrogate high-value suspects in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore, killing at least 13 people and wounding dozens including women taking children to school, officials said.

Suicide bombers kill dozens as Iraq vote nears

Suicide bombers kill dozens as Iraq vote nears

BAGHDAD — Even with Iraqi security forces on a heightened state of alert in advance of Sunday’s national elections, dozens of Iraqis were killed on Wednesday in a devastating series of suicide bombings in the restive city of Baquba northeast of Baghdad.

Courthouse car bombers condemned

Courthouse car bombers condemned

Dissident republicans who planted a car bomb of up to 800lb outside a court in Northern Ireland are intent on derailing the peace process, political leaders said.

Car bombs kill 40 in Iraq, tensions simmer

Car bombs kill 40 in Iraq, tensions simmer

BAGHDAD, (Reuters) – Twin car bombs killed at least 40 people and wounded 145 others on Friday in Iraq’s holy city of Kerbala as hundreds of thousands of Shi’ite pilgrims observed a major religious rite, health officials said.

Car bomb wounds six near US base in Afghan capital

Car bomb wounds six near US base in Afghan capital

KABUL – A Taliban suicide car bomber struck near a military base in Afghanistan’s capital Tuesday, wounding at least six people, Afghan and NATO officials said.

Car bombs strike three sites in Baghdad

Car bombs strike three sites in Baghdad

BAGHDAD — A series of apparently coordinated car bombs exploded in central Baghdad on Tuesday morning near the Green Zone, government ministries and the Iranian Embassy, killing four people and wounding at least 14 others, Iraqi police officials said.

Spate of lethal bombings prompts change of command in Baghdad

Spate of lethal bombings prompts change of command in Baghdad

Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) — Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has replaced the commander of Iraqi forces in Baghdad after a string of car bombs killed nearly 130 people, his office announced Wednesday.

Blast in Peshawar kills two

Blast in Peshawar kills two

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A blast near a fast food restaurant in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday killed at least two people, officials said, a day after militants killed dozens at a mosque near the country’s military headquarters.

Two killed, ten wounded in Kirkuk car bomb blast

Two killed, ten wounded in Kirkuk car bomb blast

KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) – A car bomb exploded in a crowded market place in northern Kirkuk on Monday, killing two people and wounding 10 others, Iraqi police and hospital sources said.

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