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Italian Cruise Ship Shoots Back at Pirates, Foils Attack

Captain's use force wards off buccaneers

Apr 26, 09 10:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Italian cruise ship with 1,500 passengers survived a pirate attack yesterday when the ship's captain ordered his security crew to fire back, CNN reports. The six armed men fled in their speedboat after drawing fire from the Melody, which was sailing off the coast of Somalia on the... More »

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Somalia • Italy • attack • cruise ships • pirates

 Study Pal 
 Recounts 
 Close Call 
 With Markoff 

Saved by friend after Markoff slammed her against a wall

Apr 23, 09 7:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - A college friend of the accused Craigslist Killer says she saw hints he was dangerous—including a frightening moment of aggression—but shrugged them off, she tells the New York Daily News. The two studied together and shared the same friends; one night, walking home from a bar, Philip Markoff... More »

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crime • attack • Philip Markoff • Craigslist killer • Morgan Houston

Shells Hit Baghdad's Green Zone After 3-Month Lull

Baghdad violence is down sharply, but has been increasing recently

Apr 18, 09 4:45 PM CDT
(AP) - Suspected militants shelled Baghdad's protected Green Zone today in the first such bombardment in more than 3 months. The back-to-back strikes reverberated across the Tigris River to a popular promenade, sending families packing up from fish restaurants and abruptly halting a party at a club. No casualties or damage have... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • Green Zone • attack • Iraq violence

Somali Insurgents Fire at
US Congressman's Plane

Three killed in following skirmish, locals say

Apr 13, 09 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Somali insurgents fired mortars at a Somalia airport as a US congressman was departing, the AP reports. None of the six shells hit the airport, and New Jersey Rep. Donald Payne made it away safely—but 19 civilians were wounded when the shells landed in nearby neighborhoods, a hospital administrator... More »

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Somalia • insurgents • congressman • airport • attack • pirates • insurgency

 20 Killed 
 in Siege 
 at Pakistan 
 Police School 

Paramilitary forces are locked in gun battle with attackers

Mar 30, 09 2:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistani troops were locked in a fierce firefight today with gunmen who stormed a police academy near Lahore, killing 20 officers. The attackers, armed with automatic rifles and grenades, stormed the academy's morning turnout dressed as police, reports the Times of London. They "opened fire after throwing grenades,"... More »

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terrorism • Pakistan • police • attack • Lahore • gunmen

 Indian Women Fight 
 Extremism With Underwear 

Journalist wages campaign in response to group that beats women

Mar 25, 09 2:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - A group of Indian women is fighting back against Hindu fundamentalism with an unlikely weapon: pink underwear, the Times of London reports. The “Consortium of Pub-going, Loose and Forward Women,” a protest group, has encouraged women to send their pink underwear to the leader of the Sri Ram... More »

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India • fundamentalism • attack • Hindu • Bangalore • underwear • Howard Stern Grid

Mystery Archer Busted in NY
Arrow Attack

Plumber was acting 'squirrely' during questioning, say cops

Mar 20, 09 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - A plumber who said he was just playing around was busted yesterday in a bizarre bow-and-arrow attack on a Yonkers woman. A 30-inch arrow arced from the sky to pierce the woman's stomach as she walked in the Bronx last Sunday. Police became suspicious when the plumber, who lived near... More »

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New York City • crime • Bronx • attack • assault • bow and arrow

 Wild Dogs Kill, Maul in Sicily 

Police catch up to 30 strays after attack

Mar 17, 09 3:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Packs of wild dogs are a public threat in Sicily, where they have killed a 10-year-old boy and mauled a 24-year-old woman, the BBC reports. The police have caught nearly 30 strays but believe at least 20 to still be at large. Police believe many of the dogs were starved... More »

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Italy • attack • animal attack • Sicily • dog

New Yorker Felled by
Arrow in Mystery Attack

'They shot me with an arrow,' screamed the woman in bizarre attack

Mar 16, 09 2:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Yonkers woman was shot in the stomach yesterday by an arrow from a mystery assailant, reports the New York Daily News. She was struck as she dropped off churchgoers at a Bronx nursing home. "They shot me with an arrow," she screamed as she clutched the 30-inch... More »

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crime • New York • Arrowhead Ripper • Bronx • attack • assault • shooting • archery • bow and arrow

 Crazed Chimp, Owner 
 Acted Like a Couple 

Animal was surrogate spouse for his owner

Feb 19, 09 10:06 AM CST
(Newser) - Sandra Herold and her chimp, Travis—who viciously mauled her friend—were unusually close, sharing wine and lobster and exchanging gifts, the New York Post reports. “What she had with that monkey was not normal,” one friend said. But Herold said outsiders don’t understand: “Until you've... More »

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Connecticut • chimpanzees • attack • animal attack • animal • mauling • Sandra Herold • Charla Nash • Travis

Baby Killed by
Grandma's Dogs

Infant's death renews calls for tougher laws

Feb 8, 09 4:00 AM CST
(Newser) - A sleeping infant was killed by his grandmother’s two dogs yesterday, the Times of London reports. “The grandmother was screaming, ‘The baby is dead!’” said one neighbor, who witnessed a "severe injury" to the baby's neck. Another speculated the dogs were jealous of the... More »

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United Kingdom • attack • dog • mauling

 Israel Pounds 
 Gaza Targets 

Attacks follow militant fire in heaviest exchange since truce

Feb 2, 09 3:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Israeli aircraft pounded Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip late last night after militants there unleashed 10 rounds of rocket and mortar fire on Israel. It's the region's heaviest exchange since a ceasefire began two weeks ago, the Los Angeles Times reports. Six explosions rocked Rafah, a border town near... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Gaza • Palestine • bomb • attack • ceasefire • Arab Israeli conflict • Gaza Egypt border • Rafah

OPINION

 Karaoke Rage 
 Will Only 
 Get Worse 

Assaults based on musical taste and performance come to a crescendo

Jan 31, 09 7:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Karaoke is getting downright dangerous, Brian Rafferty writes in Slate. Last fall, a drunk in a Wisconsin bar pummeled a man for singing a heavy metal tune; a Seattle man's version of Coldplay's Yellow earned him a beating the year before. It's even worse in Bangkok, where a gunman allegedly... More »

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attack • singer • assault • karaoke

OPINION

 Gazans Choked in Israeli Noose

Despite promises, Israeli occupation still hasn't ended

Dec 28, 08 1:17 PM CST
(Newser) - If the latest Israeli attacks against Gaza prove anything, it’s that the Israeli occupation isn’t over, Peter Beaumont writes in the Guardian. “To be in Gaza is to be trapped. Without future or hope, limited to a few square miles,” the columnist says. “Its borders,... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Israel and Palestinians • Palestinians • attack • airstrike

UK Mailman
Maimed by Rottweilers

Passerby clubbed, drove over dogs; may have saved man's arm

Dec 23, 08 2:29 PM CST
(Newser) - A British mailman suffered serious injuries when he was mauled by rottweilers while delivering Christmas cards yesterday, the Times of London reports. The two dogs ripped his arm, and bit his back and legs, until a passerby intervened, clubbing the canines with an iron bar and running over one with... More »

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Cambridge • attack • Britain • Royal Mail • dog • post office • rottweiler

 Panda Bites 
 Hand, Er, Leg, 
 That Feeds It 

Visitor to Hong Kong zoo captures attack on tape

Dec 9, 08 7:33 AM CST
(Newser) - A giant panda bit the left leg of a Hong Kong zookeeper while he was laying bamboo leaves in the animal's pen, reports the AP. The keeper was recovering well after the panda attack, which was partially captured and posted on YouTube by a zoo visitor. The panda—a male... More »

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Hong Kong • zoo • panda • attack • animal attack • zookeeper • animal

US: Attack Was 'Warning'
to Jihadist-Friendly Syria

Damascus closes American school, cultural center

Oct 28, 08 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US says its attack Sunday on a Syrian village was a warning to Damascus to take more action against Iraq-bound militants. “We are left with no choice but to take matters into our own hands,” an official tells the Times of London. Washington recently praised Syria for... More »

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Iraq • Bush administration • terrorism • Syria • diplomacy • sovereignty • attack

Gunmen Open Fire on
US Consulate in Mexico

No injuries reported in the pre-dawn attack in which grenade failed to explode

Oct 13, 08 4:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Unidentified gunmen opened fire on a US consulate in Mexico before dawn yesterday and one threw a grenade at the building that failed to explode, reports AP. Nobody was injured in the incident—which occurred in the northern city of Monterrey—and no suspects are yet in custody. Two grenades... More »

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Mexico • attack • gunman • US Consulate

US: Embassy Attack Bears al-Qaeda 'Hallmarks'

Improved security at diplomatic compound in Yemen blunted terrorists' attempt

Sep 17, 08 12:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Explosions and gunfire outside the US embassy in Yemen earlier today bore "all the hallmarks" of al-Qaeda, says a US official. Gunfire raged for 10 minutes as the assailants—carrying automatic weapons, grenades, and a suicide bomb—failed to enter the embassy grounds. The building’s security upgrades and... More »

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bombing • Yemen • attack • US Embassy • al-Qaeda

OPINION

 Gorbachev: Blame Georgia

Former Soviet leader blasts one-sided America coverage

Aug 20, 08 1:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - It is important to remember that Georgia, not Russia, struck first in the conflict over South Ossetia, writes former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev for the New York Times. Russian leadership is strong domestically and did not need a victory to rally support—rather, Moscow “was dragged into the fray... More »

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Russia • Georgia • war • Mikhail Gorbachev • attack • Mikheil Saakashvili • invasion

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