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Orphan of slain rabbi in Mumbai lands in Israel

Jerusalem :: Israel | about 5 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by apriljieh11

By MARK LAVIE, Associated Press Writer ERUSALEM – The cries of little Moshe Holtzberg wounded hearts Monday at a tearful memorial for his parents in India. "Mommy, mommy, mommy!" he wailed, clutching a toy basketball while squirming in the arms...

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Iraq: Bombs kill more than 30 in Baghdad, Mosul

Baghdad :: Iraq | about 12 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by kalex

BAGHDAD – A series of bombs struck U.S. and Iraqi security forces in Baghdad and the northern city of Mosul on Monday, killing at least 32 people and wounding dozens, Iraqi officials said. The bloody attacks came less than a...

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Iraq: double bombing kills 16 in Baghdad

Baghdad :: Iraq | about 16 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by kalex

BAGHDAD – Iraqi police and hospital officials say a double bombing targeting police recruits in Baghdad has killed 16 people and wounded 45. A police officer says a car parked near a police academy exploded in a mainly Shiite area...

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The homemade liquor create poison,kills 12 and many blinded:Iran

Tehrān :: Iran | 1 day ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by aarana

Alcohol is banned in the Islamic Republic, which has enforced Islamic sharia law since its 1979 Islamic revolution. Twelve people in southern Iran have died after drinking homemade liquor and dozens more have been blinded or are in a serious...

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US training Iraqis to defeat deadly roadside bombs

Baghdad :: Iraq | 1 day ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by kalex

Two Iraqi soldiers acting as insurgents hook up a cellular phone detonator to a 155mm artillery shell with a coiled red wire, bury the mock bomb in a pile of dirt next to a rusty electricity pole and then disappear...

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Breaking news:The cargo crossings won't open until militants halt ...

Jerusalem :: Israel | 2 days ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by aarana

Israel says cargo crossings won't open until militants halt rocket fire at Israeli towns. Palestinian militants fired a total of 11 mortars at southern Israel from Gaza on Friday. Three of them landed at the base. One of the soldiers...

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Suicide bomber targets mosque worshippers

Baghdad :: Iraq | 2 days ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by apriljieh11

Big News Network.com Friday 28th November, 2008 A suicide bomber has blown himself up among worshippers outside a mosque in the town of Musayyib, south of Baghdad. The bomb killed 12 people and wounded 15 others. The blast came just...

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US special forces launch rare attack inside Syria

Damascus :: Syria | about 1 month ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by cooldiponline

DAMASCUS, Syria – U.S. military helicopters launched an extremely rare attack Sunday on Syrian territory close to the border with Iraq, killing eight people in a strike the government in Damascus condemned as "serious aggression." A U.S. military official said...

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Iraq: Christian families flee Mosul in fear of attacks

Mosul :: Iraq | about 1 month ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by peoplestalk

Mosul, 10 Oct. (AKI) - At least 75 Christian families have fled the northern Iraqi city of Mosul fearing a wave of attacks that have recently targeted members of the religious minority. "Twenty-five Christian families left their houses in Mosul...

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Syrians hold funerals for people killed in US raid

Şūrān :: Syria | about 1 month ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by news24hours

SUKKARIYEH, Syria – Families in this Iraqi border village prepared to hold funerals Monday for eight people they say were killed when the U.S. military launched a rare attack in Syrian territory. Clergy washed the bodies as angry residents chanted,...

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