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At Least 1 Killed in Nairobi Blast Ahead of Clinton Visit

Posted August 3rd, 2012 at 12:45 pm (UTC-5)
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An explosion in Kenya’s capital has killed at least one person, a day before U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is due to visit the city. A VOA reporter in Nairobi says the explosion occurred in the neighborhood of Eastleigh, an area where many Somali immigrants live. He says the explosion was apparently the result […]

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Attacks Across Pakistan Kill 19

Posted July 21st, 2012 at 1:40 pm (UTC-5)
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Attacks across Pakistan Saturday killed at least 19 people. In the deadliest attack, authorities say a suicide bomber detonated explosives outside the compound of militant commander Mullah Nabi in the town of Spin Tal. Nine of the dead were killed in that attack. The town is in northwestern Pakistan, near the Afghan border. Nabi is […]

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Suicide Bomber Kills 9 in Pakistan

Posted July 21st, 2012 at 5:55 am (UTC-5)
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Police say a suicide bomber blew himself up in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least nine people and wounding around 16. Authorities say the bomber detonated his explosives Saturday just outside the compound of militant commander Mullah Nabi, in the town of Spin Tal, near the Afghan border. Nabi is a rival to another prominent commander, […]

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Bulgaria Releases Video of Suspected Suicide Bomber

Posted July 19th, 2012 at 7:20 pm (UTC-5)
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Authorities in Bulgaria have released video footage of a man they suspect carried out Wednesday’s deadly suicide attack on a bus carrying Israeli tourists. Bulgaria’s Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov said Thursday that the suspected bomber, wearing shorts and carrying a backpack, looked like any other tourist. While the suspect has not been identified, Tsvetanov said […]

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Bulgaria Releases Video of Suspected Suicide Bomber

Posted July 19th, 2012 at 9:50 am (UTC-5)
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Authorities in Bulgaria have released video footage of a man they suspect carried out Wednesday’s deadly suicide attack on a bus carrying Israeli tourists. Bulgaria’s Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov said Thursday that the suspected bomber, wearing shorts and carrying a backpack, looked like any other tourist. While the suspect has not been identified, Tsvetanov said […]

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Bulgaria: Suicide Bomber Kills 7 in Bus Attack

Posted July 19th, 2012 at 2:55 am (UTC-5)
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Bulgarian officials say a suicide bomber carried out Wednesday’s deadly attack on a bus carrying Israeli tourists. Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov said Thursday the attack in the Black Sea city of Burgas killed six Israelis along with the Bulgarian driver of the bus. He said the suspected bomber has not been identified, but was carrying […]

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Bus Explosion in Bulgaria Kills 6 Israelis

Posted July 18th, 2012 at 4:30 pm (UTC-5)
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An explosion on a bus carrying Israeli tourists in Bulgaria has killed at least six people and wounded about 30 others. Wednesday’s blast occurred in the Black Sea city of Burgas, about 400 kilometers from the capital, Sofia. Police say several other buses at the site were also damaged. Israeli officials have blamed Iran for […]

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3 Killed in Blast on Bus Carrying Israelis in Bulgaria

Posted July 18th, 2012 at 2:00 pm (UTC-5)
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Bulgarian police say an explosion has ripped through a bus carrying Israeli tourists, killing at least three people and injuring more than 20 others. Wednesday’s blast occurred at an airport in the Black Sea city of Burgas. Police say several other buses at the site were also damaged. The cause of the explosion was not […]

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Explosion Rips Through Bus Carrying Israeli Tourists in Bulgaria

Posted July 18th, 2012 at 12:35 pm (UTC-5)
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Bulgarian police say an explosion has ripped through a bus carrying Israeli tourists killing at least three people. At least 20 others were injured in the blast. Wednesday’s explosion occurred at the airport in the Black Sea resort area and damaged at least one other bus. The cause of the blast is unknown.

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No Let-up in Attacks in Pakistan’s Baluchistan Province

Posted July 13th, 2012 at 9:50 am (UTC-5)
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Pakistan’s volatile Baluchistan province suffered another attack Friday, when a bomb struck a political rally in the provincial capital. At least six people, including a child, were killed in the blast, which occurred while members of the Awami National Party were meeting in Quetta. Police say more than 12 others were wounded when a bomb […]

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