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Pakistan: At least 1 dead as motorcycle bomber hits bus
A suicide bomber on a motorcycle struck a Pakistani Defense Ministry bus Thursday, killing at least one person and wounding 29 others, Rawalpindi police and medical officials said.
21 killed in suicide attack on African Union base in Somalia
A brazen, daylight suicide bombing on the African Union’s peacekeeping mission in Somalia’s capital has killed at least 21 people, mostly peacekeepers, the mission said Friday. Suicide bombers, disguised in two U.N.-marked vehicles, Thursday rammed through the security gate of the mission’s headquarters, which is attached to Mogadishu’s airport
Two rockets strike southern Israeli city
Two rockets were fired Saturday morning from Gaza and landed in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, one of them hitting an educational institution and the other landing in an open area, the Israeli military said. Josias Krumpf, 83, lived for years after the war in Racine, Wisconsin.
Poll: Support for Afghan war at all-time low
Support for the war in Afghanistan is at an all-time low, according to a new national poll. A CNN/Opinion Research Corp.
Obama team ponders what to do with Guantanamo inmates
President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team has begun examining what to do with suspected terrorists at the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, which Obama has pledged to close, an aide said Monday
Afghanistan blast kills at least 16
At least 16 people were killed, including international soldiers, and 55 were wounded when a car bomb rocked parts of Afghanistan’s capital Thursday, authorities said. At least six Italian soldiers were killed and four others were wounded in the blast, Ignazio La Russa, Italy’s defense minister said
U.S. military closes detention camp in Iraq
The U.S. military closed its detention facility in southern Iraq on Thursday after a plane carried the last remaining prisoners to another facility in Baghdad.
Terror cell leader arrested in Pakistan
Authorities arrested a commander of a terror cell in Pakistan and captured dozens of suspected militants as part of an ongoing offensive in the country, military officials said Wednesday.
Oldest Medal of Honor recipient, 100, downplays ‘hero’ talk
Dozens of America’s greatest military heroes are gathered in Chicago, Illinois, possibly the last large gathering of living Medal of Honor recipients.