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 Bomb at Pakistan 
 Market Kills 24 

Car blast targeting civilians thought to be work of Taliban

Nov 10, 09 9:48 AM CST
(AP) - A car bomb exploded outside a crowded market in northwestern Pakistan today, killing at least 24 people and wounding more than 100. The blast, the third in as many days, appears to be the latest attack by militants avenging an army offensive along the Afghan border. More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Peshawar • suicide bombing • bombing • bomb • car bomb • terrorist • terrorist attack

'FIGHT NOT PAKISTAN'S ALONE'


 Clinton Backs Pakistan 
 as Bomb Toll Hits 90 

Secretary of state says 'this is our struggle as well'

Oct 28, 09 9:34 AM CDT
(AP) - Offering sympathy for victims of today's terrorist bombing, Hillary Clinton praised Pakistan's offensive against extremists and pledged US support at a critical point in the country's history. "Pakistan is in the midst of a struggle against tenacious and brutal extremist groups who kill innocent people and terrorize communities,"... More »

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Iraq • Hillary Clinton • terrorism • Pakistan • Peshawar • secretary of State • Islamic militants • Islamic extremists • bombing

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 Bomb Kills 80 as 
 Clinton Arrives 
 in Pakistan 

More than 100 injured in attack on family market in Peshawar

Oct 28, 09 7:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - At least 80 people were killed today when a bomb ripped through a busy market in Peshawar, hours after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in the country to show American support for its campaign against Islamist militants. Clinton, on her first official visit to the country as secretary of... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Taliban • Pakistan • Peshawar • bombing • Waziristan • Islamist extremists • North West Frontier Province

Oct. Deadliest Afghan Month as 8 US Troops Die

'Complex' bombings in south also take 1 Afghan life

Oct 27, 09 10:05 AM CDT
(AP) - Eight American troops have been killed today in multiple bomb attacks in southern Afghanistan, making October the deadliest month for American troops there since the war began in 2001. The 8 deaths occurred in "multiple, complex" bomb attacks in the south, according to the US military. More »

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Taliban • US military • US troops • bombing • Afghanistan war • war dead • military offensive

 New Pakistan Blast Kills 11 

Peshawar explosion rocks beleaguered nation

Oct 16, 09 4:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - The string of deadly bombings in Pakistan continued today as 11 people died in a blast at a police station in Peshawar, the capital of the dangerous North West Frontier Province near the Afghan border. Two of the victims were children. The Taliban are being blamed for two weeks of... More »

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Taliban • terrorism • Pakistan • Peshawar • bombing • North West Frontier Province

Terror Suspect Zazi Arrives Back in NYC

Man accused of plotting bomb attacks faces Tuesday hearing in Brooklyn

Sep 25, 09 9:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Terror suspect Najibullah Zazi arrived tonight in New York from Denver, where he was arrested on charges of plotting bombings around the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. He’ll spend the weekend in jail and has a hearing set for Tuesday in a Brooklyn court. More »

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New York • Denver • Brooklyn • bombing • al-Qaeda • 9/11 attacks • Najibullah Zazi

 Zazi Linked 
 to 9/11 Redux 
 Bomb Strike 

Accused terrorist bomber ordered to face charges in New York

Sep 25, 09 1:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Najibullah Zazi may have been planning a bomb attack in New York on the anniversary of September 11th, a federal prosecutor said today. “There is a chilling, disturbing sequence of events showing the suspect was intent on being in New York on Sept. 11,” said Assistant US Attorney... More »

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terrorism • New York City • September 11 • bombing • federal indictment • al-Qaeda • 9/11 attacks • Najibullah Zazi • bomb plot

 Zazi Charged With Plotting 
 Bomb Attacks in US 

Terror suspect will face charge in New York after Denver court date

Sep 24, 09 10:12 AM CDT
(AP) - Terror suspect Najibullah Zazi has been indicted on a charge of trying to detonate bombs in the United States. The new charge of conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction was filed today in New York. Authorities plan to transfer him to federal court there to face the new charge... More »

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terrorism • New York City • federal courts • bombing • federal indictment • al-Qaeda • criminal charges • Najibullah Zazi • bomb plot

Feds Have Up to 12 Suspects in NYC Bomb Plot

Qaeda link could lead to material support charges for Zazi

Sep 22, 09 10:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Investigators have linked up to 12 others to the alleged bomb plot that led to the arrest of Najibullah Zazi, his father, and an informant Saturday, the Los Angeles Times reports. While details of the investigation and the plot are sketchy—an assistant AG says “no specific information... More »

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terrorism • New York City • terror plots • federal investigation • bombing • al-Qaeda • Najibullah Zazi • Ahmad Wais Afzali • Ronald Kuby • material support

 Iconic Vietnam War  
 Survivor a Symbol of Hope 

Kim Phuc now gives hope to burn victims

Sep 10, 09 3:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - When Kim Phuc was only 9, she unintentionally played a part in ending the Vietnam War. Nick Ut of the AP photographed Phuc running naked from a napalm attack in which she was horribly burned. She wasn't expected to survive, but survive she did, with the help of Ut, who... More »

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United Nations • Vietnam • bombing • photograph • attack • Vietnam War • Associated Press • burn victim • Kim Phuc • Nick Ut • UN goodwill ambassador

(Newser) - It was an unusually bloody day for US troops abroad today, as eight soldiers were killed—four in Iraq and four in Afghanistan. It was the deadliest day for the US in Iraq since troops left the cities earlier this year, reports the BBC. Three soldiers were killed by a... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • roadside bomb • bombing • casualties • Iraq war • Afghanistan war

GQ Buries Story on 'Putin's Dark Rise to Power'

Piece on '99 bombings at odds with Condé Nast's biz in Russia

Sep 4, 09 1:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - GQ is keeping a tight lid on one of its own articles that questions the Russian government’s involvement in the 1999 bombings that catapulted Vladimir Putin to power, NPR reports. GQ owner Condé Nast operates in Russia, where dissent is often met with crippling “audits.”... More »

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terrorism • Vladimir Putin • censorship • bombing • Chechnya • Conde Nast • journalistic ethics • GQ magazine • Scott Anderson • expose

Family: Lockerbie Bomber 'Too Sick' to Give Interviews

British TV correspondent skeptical, however

Aug 31, 09 8:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, convicted in the 1988 airplane bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland, and recently released to his native Libya on grounds he was terminally ill, is in hospital and “too sick” to answer questions, his son and doctors tell Britain’s Channel 4 News. Megrahi was wearing an oxygen... More »

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terrorism • Libya • bombing • Lockerbie • terminal illness • Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi

(AP) - A bomb blast in Afghanistan killed an American service member today, making August the deadliest month of the 8-year war for US forces. The service member's vehicle struck a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan, NATO forces said, bringing the number of troops killed in August to 45, one more than... More »

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 Brown 'Repulsed' by Libya 


Aug 25, 09 12:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Gordon Brown finally broke his silence on the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi today, denying speculation that it had been part of a deal between the UK and Libya. “When I met Colonel Gaddafi over the summer I made it absolutely clear to him that I had... More »

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Gordon Brown • Libya • bombing • Lockerbie • Pan Am Flight 103 • compassionate release • Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi

Interview

Released Lockerbie Bomber Chats With UK Reporter


Aug 22, 09 10:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - London Times reporter Martin Fletcher didn’t expect to be admitted when he visited the home of Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, the convicted Lockerbie bomber who was released and flown home to Tripoli to a hero's welcome. But admitted he was. “You came to our house,” Megrahi explained... More »

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Libya • bombing • Lockerbie • interview • Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi

(Newser) - Opposition parties are turning up the heat on Gordon Brown after Moammar Gadhafi’s son said the fate of the Lockerbie bomber came up often in trade talks between Libya and the UK. Tories say that raises “serious questions” about 10 Downing St.’s role in the release... More »

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United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • Scotland • Libya • bombing • David Cameron • Moammar Gadhafi • Seif al Islam Gadhafi • Lockerbie • 10 Downing Street • Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi

 Libyans Welcome Home 
 Lockerbie Bomber 

Obama called release 'a mistake'

Aug 20, 09 4:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi arrived in Libya to a hero's welcome today after being released by Scottish authorities, the BBC reports. Hundreds greeted him at the Tripoli airport waving Libyan flags, and he was then escorted to a private meeting with Moammar Gadhafi. "We have been in contact... More »

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Barack Obama • terrorism • Scotland • Libya • bombing • Moammar Gadhafi • Lockerbie • President Obama • Pan Am Flight 103

(Newser) - The only person convicted in the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am flight over Lockerbie, Scotland, has been released on compassionate grounds and will return to Libya, reports the BBC. Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi was sentenced to life for the murder of 270 people, but he is suffering from prostate cancer... More »

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terrorism • Scotland • Libya • bombing • clemency • parole • Lockerbie • plane hijacking • Pan Am Flight 103 • Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi

(Newser) - Iraq was rocked by two deadly, possibly destabilizing bombings this weekend, but the proof is in the reprisals, Larry Kaplow writes in Newsweek—and there were none. “Iraq today is a different place than it was when ethnic conflict threatened to engulf the country in 2006,” Kaplow... More »

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Iraq • sectarian violence • Sunni • Shiite • Nouri al-Maliki • bombing • Muqtada al-Sadr • reprisal

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