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A car bomb blast injures 17 people in South Iraq
Kirkūk :: Iraq | 4 months ago
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At least seventeen people including Afghan pilgrims were wounded when a car bomb exploded north of Karbala southern Iraq Thursday morning. The car bomb, parked in a square in the Imam Aoun area north of Karbala, exploded near a bus carrying Afghan
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Shiites throng Iraq shrine city for Arbaeen
Baghdad :: Iraq | 5 months ago
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Shiite pilgrims from Iraq and around the world are to throng Iraq's shrine city of Karbala on Thursday for the climax of Arbaeen mourning rituals amid tight security for fear of militant attacks. Over the past 10 days, the annual commemoration
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Police: 6 Shiites killed in attack in Pakistan
Quetta :: Pakistan | 11 months ago
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Pakistan (AP) Police say suspected Sunni militants fired a rocket and sprayed gunfire at a bus carrying Shiite pilgrims in southwest Pakistan, killing at least six people. Police officer Hamid Shakeel says the bus was traveling from Iran to Quetta,
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Quetta: Blast Near Pilgrims Bus.14 Killed, More Than 30 Injured
Quetta: Blast Near Pilgrims Buss. 14 Killed, More Than 30 Injured A tragic news is here that a blast hit a pilgrim's bus in "Hazar Gangi" near Quetta. Rescue team told that more than 10 persons are critically injured.
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Relatives of abducted Shia pilgrims block airport road
Aleppo :: Syria | 11 months ago
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The relatives of the 11 Lebanese Shia pilgrims that were abducted in Syria last month staged a sit-in and blocked the road leading to Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport, the National News Agency reported on Monday. The report also said that
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Thousands pack Baghdad for Shiite commemoration
Baghdad :: Iraq | 11 months ago
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Tens of thousands of pilgrims packed northern Baghdad on Saturday for the peak of commemorations of the death of a revered Shiite imam, amid tight security measures after a wave of attacks killed 72. The ceremonies began about 8:00 am (0500 GMT) at
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Sleiman calls for release of Abboudiyeh abductees
Beirut :: Lebanon | 12 months ago
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President Michel Sleiman voiced concern over the recurrent abductions that have taken place along the Lebanese-Syrian border and called on Syrian authorities to release the two Lebanese nationals from the northern town of Abboudiyeh who had been
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Lebanon On the Brink (I of II)
Beirut :: Lebanon | 12 months ago
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Monday May 28, 2012 Search About Salem-News.com is the premiere Independent Online Newsgroup in the United States. Lebanon is always on the verge of civil war, but this status does not always mean that civil war is necessarily around the corner. It
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Syrian rebels to release 2 kidnapped Lebanese men: sheikh
Beirut :: Lebanon | 1 year ago
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Syrian rebels will set free on Friday two Lebanese men kidnapped in Syria this week, a cleric who brokered the release said. A statement from head of Free People of Syria, Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zoaby, said efforts were being made with several sides in
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Pakistan:Mass killer protected, victims' families threatened
Mastung :: Pakistan | over 1 year ago
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A mass killer has been provided protection while the families of his victims continue to suffer threats Malik Ishaq, well known as a killer in many incidents of sectarian violence and bomb blasts has been taken by the state after killing over 100
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