The State Department says two Americans have been confirmed killed and two others wounded in the Mumbai terrorist attacks and that additional U.S. citizens were still at risk in the Indian financial hub. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is engage

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Along Israel's Border, Preparations Made for Iran-Backed Attacks Israel and the United States are planning joint military exercises in early 2012 with a focus on missile defense. The moves come amid recent Israeli media reports that Israel's governme

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By Barbara Schoetzau New York 11 September 2006 In public ceremonies and private reflections across the nation, and much of the world, people observed a moment of silence in remembrance of the nearly 3,000 victims of the September 11, 2001, terroris

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The African Union's special envoy for Somalia has condemned the rise in attacks on AU peacekeepers in the country in the past week. He asserted the right of AU troops to defend themselves, but reinforced the mission's neutrality in the country's con

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By Sarah Simpson Lagos 24 September 2007 One of the main armed groups operating in Nigeria's oil rich delta, The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, or MEND, has released a statement calling an end to a four-month ceasefire on attacks a

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The Pentagon says it has no indication that Iran has reduced what a spokesman calls its meddling in Iraq, even though attacks by Iranian-backed militias are down significantly. VOA's Al Pessin reports from the Pentagon. Geoff Morrell (file photo) Pr

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Acid Attacks Continue in Cambodia Despite Harsher Punishments For Som Bunnarith, memories of the day acid violence changed his life forever are as vivid in his mind as the scars on his skin. When it splashed on me, it felt hot. It even burned through

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US Says Haqqanis Behind Afghan Attacks The coalition says the attacks mark the start of the spring fighting season in Afghanistan. Militants pounded Kabul and other parts of eastern Afghanistan in coordinated attacks for nearly 18 hours. The Taliban

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The U.N. refugee agency says it is increasingly concerned about the humanitarian situation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as attacks by the Ugandan rebel group, the Lord's Resistance Army, continue. The UNHCR says the number of deaths, abdu

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Recent Taliban attacks on both sides of Pakistan's border with Afghanistan have targeted trucks carrying NATO supplies near Peshawar, Afghan government buildings and a U.S. military base in Khost province. Visiting Afghan President Hamid Karzai said

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Experts: Africa's Energy Facilities Could Face More Sophisticated Attacks Terrorists with links to al-Qaida stormed a gas production complex in Algeria in January. They wrecked equipment and took hostages. Government forces re-took the facility, but

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Americans Resilient Despite Terror Attacks Boston from some vantage points can appear idyllic, and that's usually the feeling when the marathon is run. Tracy Shea was there and was loving it. The day was so joyful, she recalled. It was such a joyful

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Islamist Radicals React Online to Boston Attacks The bombings at the Boston Marathon not only caught U.S. intelligence services by surprise; on Jihadist websites, debate has raged over the motivations and implications, according to Shiraz Maher of th

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By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 29 October 2007 Rebels in Darfur say Sudan's government launched attacks in the troubled region along the border with Chad the same day that it announced a cease-fire at peace talks in Libya. As Nick Wadhams reports from Nairo

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With schools closed during the terror attacks in Mumbai, many of the city's children stayed indoors during the three-day siege, watching tragedy unfold on television. Now that schools have opened, some children are finding it difficult to focus on t

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 26 February 2008 The U.N. Refugee Agency (UNHCR) reports more Sudanese refugees have arrived in eastern Chad, following renewed attacks on Jebel Moun in West Darfur. The UNHCR says it is difficult to estimate how many people ha

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By Dorian Jones Istanbul 16 December 2007 Turkish jets have launched airstrikes against Kurdish rebels bases in northern Iraq. According to Iraqi authorities one civilian was killed and several others were injured. Kurdish rebels say Turkish air and

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With less than 50 days to go until Election Day on November 4, the U.S. presidential race between Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama appears to be a dead heat. Analysts say the final weeks of the campaign promise to be intense and fill

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By George Dwyer Washington 09 May 2007 A U.S. military commander has apologized for the killings of Afghan civilians by U.S. Marines in early March. Colonel John Nicholson told reporters in Afghanistan that he met Tuesday (May 8th) with the families

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By Sean Maroney Islamabad 15 October 2009 Pakistani police commandos rush to a police training school, stormed by terrorists in Lahore, 15 Oct 2009 Pakistani officials say five attacks on government sites across the country have killed at least 39 p

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