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The crude bomb that killed a French teenager and injured 24 others at a famous Cairo bazaar was made of gunpowder and detonated by a washing machine timer, according to a crime lab report carried in newspapers Tuesday.
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Economic recession has hit countries of the entire world hard. It included even the most booming ones like India and China, where the estimated growth was not reached....
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Oil prices lingered above $54 a barrel Tuesday in Asia as growing investor optimism about the global economy left crude poised to break out of a month-long trading...
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AP, Peshawar
A suicide car bomber killed four security forces and wounded passing schoolchildren Tuesday in Pakistan’s volatile northwest, where the government is under...
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AP, Seoul
North Korea runs a cyber warfare unit that tries to hack into U.S. and South Korean military networks to gather confidential information and disrupt service, a news...
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AP, Peshawar
A senior police official says a suicide car bomber has killed at least four paramilitary security forces in northwestern Pakistan.
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The chief of Indonesia’s anti-corruption watchdog was arrested Monday and named a suspect in the murder of a prominent state company official, police and his...
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AP, Beijing
Mexican officials angry about China’s decision to quarantine more than 70 Mexicans over swine flu fears sent a plane Monday to the communist country to bring its...
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AP, Kabul
President Hamid Karzai chose a powerful warlord accused of rights abuses as one of his vice presidential running mates on Monday, hours before leaving for meetings in...
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AP, Taipei
A Taiwanese business tycoon has criticized U.S. investor Warren Buffett’s decision to invest in a Chinese battery and car maker facing a lawsuit accusing it of...
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Two janitors were arrested in the attempted sabotage of the helicopter of an Indian billionaire, a senior police official said Monday, describing the tampering as part...
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Embattled insurer American International Group Inc. is close to selling its Japanese headquarters for around $1 billion to help pay off its debt to Washington, The Wall...
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North Korea took a fresh swipe at President Barack Obama on Monday, saying his administration is no different from that of his predecessor, George W. Bush.
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AP, Islamabad
Clashes in a northwestern region covered by an increasingly fragile peace pact killed seven militants and one soldier Monday, authorities said, adding to strains on an...
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AP, Shanghai
Robust investment backed by stimulus spending will likely help China’s economy to expand 7 percent in the second quarter, showing the economy may be rebounding...
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China’s Foreign Ministry on Monday rejected accusations by President Barack Obama that China is among nations that regularly harass and detain journalists.
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Asian stock markets soared Monday, led by gains of 5 percent or more in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and India, amid upbeat economic signs from China and the United...
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A South Korean navy warship has rescued a North Korean freighter by driving away a pirate ship chasing it off Somalia.
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Sri Lankan forces battled Tamil Tiger insurgents from three sides Monday, pushing deeper into rebel-held territory in its bid to end this island nation’s...
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President Hamid Karzai registered as a candidate for Afghanistan’s August presidential election on Monday and selected a powerful warlord and former top political...
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Taliban militants attacked an army convoy Monday in a northwestern region covered by an increasingly fragile peace pact, killing one soldier and dealing another blow to...
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A gas explosion tore through a Siberian apartment block early Sunday and sparked a fire that engulfed the building, killing eight people, including two children,...
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An Italian woman has died and her 4-year-old grandson is in critical condition after a hyberbaric chamber exploded at a South Florida clinic.
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Attorneys for one of the nation’s largest sugar producers say a whistleblower faked a report to company executives warning of explosive dust days before a fatal...
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Three people were hospitalized after a natural gas explosion destroyed a truck and sent a flaming tank hurtling into the air near a busy street.
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AP, Islamabad
A suicide bomber blew up at a busy bus terminal near the Pakistani capital Monday, killing at least nine people and wounding 18 more, officials said.
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AP, Islamabad
Pakistani officials say a suicide bombing at a bus terminal near the capital has killed at least five people and wounded 16 others.
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AP, Islamabad
A bomb exploded at a busy bus terminal near of the Pakistani capital on Monday, killing four people and wounding several more, officials said.
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AP, Islamabad
Police say an explosion has killed three people and wounded several more just south of the Pakistani capital.
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Authorities say one man is dead and three others have been seriously injured in a blast at a south Louisiana oil facility.
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The crude bomb that killed a French teenager and injured 24 others at a famous Cairo bazaar was packed with gunpowder and nails and detonated by a washing machine...
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A homemade bomb killed a French woman, wounded 21 others and sent panicked tourists and worshippers fleeing from a 650-year-old bazaar and a nearby mosque in the first...
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Egyptian police say a bomb blast in a crowded Cairo tourist bazaar killed a French woman and wounded 17 others, mostly foreigners.
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A bomb exploded Sunday in a famous Cairo bazaar frequented by tourists, wounding at least 14 people, mostly foreigners, said police and medical sources.
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A bomb exploded Sunday in a crowded Cairo market frequented by tourists, wounding at least 14 people, including foreigners, said police and medical sources.
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Egyptian police say a bomb exploded outside a historic Cairo mosque in the crowded bazaar area popular with tourists, wounding at least eight people.
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When 150 pounds of highly unstable commercial-grade dynamite went missing, officials knew just what to do: Blow something up to demonstrate how dangerous high...
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AP, Los Angeles
An explosion in an underground electrical vault has caused evacuations at four downtown Los Angeles buildings. No injuries have been reported.
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AP, Savannah
A year after he escaped badly burned from a huge blast at the nation’s second-largest sugar refinery, Jamie Butler still needs physical therapy once a day to...
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AP, London
A would-be suicide bomber who tried to detonate a nail bomb in a restaurant but injured only himself was sentenced Friday to at least 18 years in prison.
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Somalis look at the wreckage of a car a, Wednesday, March 11, 2009 that was destroyed by a roadside bomb in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. Police say a roadside bomb has killed a senior Somali security official and three government soldiers. Among those..
