Archive for May 2nd, 2008
Friday, May 2nd, 2008
The death toll of Iraqis across the country climbed to 1,073 people mostly by fierce clashes between Sadr's followers and U.S.-backed Iraqi security forces, a security source said on Thursday.
Figures compiled by Iraqi Interior, De ...
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Friday, May 2nd, 2008
Al-Quds Brigades, Islamic Jihad (Holy War) movement's armed wing claimed responsibility on Thursday for launching four homemade rockets from northern Gaza Strip at southern Israel.
The group said in a leaflet sent to reporters that ...
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Friday, May 2nd, 2008
Eight more rebels of the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) surrendered to Turkish Security Forces in southeastern Turkey on Thursday, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.
Some eight PKK rebels escaped from the base i ...
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Friday, May 2nd, 2008
A Hamas court on Thursday allowed a Palestinian newspaper to resume distribution in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip after nearly three months of banning.
Following the decision, the Ramallah-based al-Ayyam daily will appear in the newsst ...
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Friday, May 2nd, 2008
U.S. soldiers killed nine gunmen in two incidents in Baghdad eastern neighborhood of Sadr City, the U.S. military said on Thursday.
U.S. soldiers killed five gunmen Wednesday while they were loading multiple rockets onto a launch sl ...
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Friday, May 2nd, 2008
Israeli air force on Thursday carried out a strike on a car in southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah, killing a wanted Palestinian fighter, witnesses and security sources said.
The targeted man escaped the missile but was seriously inj ...
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Friday, May 2nd, 2008
A car bomb struck a U.S. military patrol in eastern Baghdad on Thursday, killing nine people and wounding 23 others, an Interior Ministry source said.
A car bomb detonated near a U.S. patrol in the Garage al-Amana area in the neighb ...
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Friday, May 2nd, 2008
An earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale hit the Andreanof Islands at 9:33 a.m. local time (0144 GMT) Friday, according to China's Seismological Network.
The epicenter was initially determined to be 52 degrees north latitude ...
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