News tagged with 'violence'. Found 439 tagged news.

Obama assassination? Bet the Closest Date

Boston :: MA :: USA | about 11 hours ago

Posted by pranay

BOSTON (Reuters) - Passions flared in a Maine town on Thursday over a sign in a store asking customers to place bets on an assassination of President-elect Barack Obama. The Town Council in Standish condemned the sign on Thursday in a 6-0 vote...

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Kosovo Serb protest ends peacefully

Priština :: Kosovo | 2 days ago

A Serb protest at the plans of a Kosovo Albanian to rebuild a house in Brdo in northern Kosovska Mitrovica, ended just after 13:00 CET. "At about 13:00 CET some 40 Serbs started moving in the direction of the house. The police then evacuated the owner...

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Girl Is Killed Outside Party in the Bronx

New York City :: NY :: USA | 4 days ago

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A 17-year-old girl was killed on Sunday morning when she was shot and then trampled outside a house party in the Bronx, the police said. It was unclear whether the girl, Nadairee Walters, was an intended target or how many people were shooting, the police...

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Iraq cabinet approves Iraq-US security pact

Baghdad :: Iraq | 5 days ago

Government spokesman Ali Al Dabbagh confirmed that the cabinet had backed the pact, which would be sent to parliament for a final vote. A majority of two thirds of the cabinet approved the draft law presented by Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki.

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Royal Marines killed in Afghanistan blast

Kabul :: Afghanistan | 8 days ago

They were killed yesterday, the MoD said in a brief statement...The announcement came as a suicide car bomb targeting a US military convoy in the east of the country killed more than 20 people, including an American soldier, according to US military officials.

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Six killed in attacks across Iraq

Baghdad :: Iraq | 8 days ago

Six people were killed in attacks across Iraq on Thursday, including three when a suicide car bomber targeted police in the Anbar province west of Baghdad, security officials said. The car bomb attack took place west of Ramadi, the main city in the province...

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Ban on migrant film

Mumbai :: India | 8 days ago

The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena’s anti-migrant campaign is the theme of Khan’s debut Hindi film. “We feel the film can create tensions and disturb law and order. We have given our inputs to the government and it has taken a decision,” director-general...

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Acid attack on Afghan schoolgirls

Kandahar :: Afghanistan | 9 days ago

They say that the attack happened shortly before at least six people were killed in a bomb blast near a government building in the city. Doctor say that the six girls were wearing Islamic burkas or veils which provided them with some protection. Correspondents...

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India sugar trade cuts output, export forecast

New Delhi :: India | 9 days ago

India’s sugar output in the season that began in October will drop below a forecast of 20 million tonnes due to a late start to cane crushing in key regions, a leading trade official told Reuters on Tuesday. Exports in 2008/09 were likely to fall to 500,000...

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Iraqi soldier kills two US troops

Baghdad :: Iraq | 9 days ago

It was the second such incident since the start of the year in Mosul, but there have been no accounts of Iraqi soldiers killing US troops anywhere else in the country since the end of the 2003 US-led invasion. Major General Mohammed al-Askari, a spokesman...

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