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Iraq - Just a week after the end of the US combat mission in Iraq, two American soldiers have been killed in northern Iraq, says a US army spokesman.

"There was an incident that resulted in casualties to US forces," Lieutenant Colonel Jeff Allen told AFP on Tuesday.

The spokesman did not give further details about the incident.

Nearly 50,000 US troops are currently stationed in Iraq, supposedly on training and advisory roles until

More floods peril in Pakistan

Millions of Pakistanis remain dependent on aid handouts after the country's worst flooding in history [EPA]

Pakistan - Authorites race to protect two southern towns and their 360,000 residents from surging floods.

Pakistani authorities are racing to protect two southern towns and their 360,000 residents from surging floods, as the nation struggles to cope with its worst natural disaster in nearly a century.

Advancing floodwaters continue to threaten towns in Sindh province, where 19 of its 23 districts have been deluged, displacing more than

Somali men carry weapons during a demonstration organized by the Al-Shabaab group in July 2010.

U.N.: More than 230 civilians killed in Somalia in recent weeks

Somalia - More than 230 civilians in Somalia's capital of Mogadishu have died in fighting over the past two weeks between Somali

US-led soldiers patrol a village in Afghanistan.

US soldier killed in Afghanistan

Afghanistan - An American soldier has been killed in war-ravaged Afghanistan, bringing to 502 the foreign troop casualties in 2010.

NATO issued a statement on Tuesday, saying

Curfew imposed in Kashmir again

Kashmir - Indian security forces have imposed a strict curfew in Indian-administrated Kashmir after four protesters were shot dead by police in the volatile region.

The latest

Militants kill Afghan district governor

Afghanistan - Taliban have killed a district governor and his driver in northern Afghanistan by attacking his car, official sources have said.

Ahmad Masrour, the

File photo of floods in Ethiopia in 2007.

Ethiopia floods displace thousands

Ethiopia - Days of heavy rainfall and flooding in northeast Ethiopia have displaced another 16,000 people and caused extensive damage to agricultural crops, report says.

Crops

Petraeus bashes plan to burn Qurans

Afghanistan - Top US military commander in Afghanistan has denounced a Florida church's plans to burn Qurans on September 11, saying it would put the lives of American troops

Several families in Bahrain have erected banners condemning the rioters and praising the government [Reuters]

Bahrain activists fear wider unrest

Critics of recent terrorism arrests accuse government of trying to silence opposition ahead of October elections.

Human rights groups and activists in Bahrain say the government's

General David Petraeus, commander of US-led forces in Afghanisan

US eyes more troops for Afghanistan

Afghanistan - Commander of the US-led forces in Afghanistan wants 2,000 extra troops in the country as foreign soldiers are experiencing their deadliest year since the 2001

Saeed al-Shahabi of the Bahrain Freedom Islamic Movement

Bahraini Shias demand referendum

Bahrain - A senior Bahraini opposition figure has denounced the government's discriminatory policies against the country's majority Shia population, demanding a referendum on

Afghans burn an effigy of Dove World Outreach Center's pastor Terry Jones during a demonstration against the United States in Kabul on Monday.

Afghans hold anti-US rally in Kabul

Afghanistan - Hundreds of Afghans have held an anti-US protest in Kabul to denounce a plan by a church in the US to burn Islam's holy book of Qur'an on the anniversary of

Lebanon PM retracts Syria charge

Lebanon - Lebanon's prime minister has said he was wrong to accuse Syria of killing Rafik al-Hariri, his father, in 2005 and said the charge against Damascus had been politically

Four protesters shot dead in Kashmir

Kashmir - Four more protesters have been killed by security forces in Indian-controlled Kashmir as violence continues to sweep the disputed Himalayan region.

The latest

TV anchor assassinated in Kabul

Afghanistan - A leading Afghan TV anchor and political activist has been murdered in the capital Kabul amid surging violence in the war-torn country.

Afghan police say Sayed

Somalia - Somalia's President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed has fired military chief General Mohamed Gelle Kahiye along with several other top military and police commanders.

The

Afghan vice president dies of cancer

Afghanistan - General Mohammad Qasim Fahim, a prominent Afghan military commander, politician and vice president to Afghan leader Hamid Karzai, has reportedly died in France.

Fahim,

US soldier killed in Afghanistan

Afghanistan - An American soldier has been killed in southern Afghanistan, bringing the total number of US-led troops killed in Afghanistan this year to 500.

NATO's International

Vehicles ablaze in Nigeria pile-up

Nigeria - A multiple pile-up involving more than a dozen vehicles, including three fuel tankers and two mini-buses, has resulted in a huge fire on a Nigerian highway, reports

14 Qaeda suspects arrested in Yemen

Yemen - Security forces have arrested 14 suspected members of the al-Qaeda network during sweeping operations in the Abyan province, south of Yemen.

The raid took place

Congo boat accidents claim hundreds

D R Congo - Hundreds of people are feared dead in two separate boat incidents on the Democratic Republic of Congo's vast rivers over the weekend, reports say.

Early Saturday,

Afghanistan - The Taliban have warned Afghans not to participate in Afghanistan's upcoming parliamentary elections, saying they will attack polling stations.

"It

Duke of Lancaster's Soldier Dies of Wounds!

Afghanistan - The ministry of Illegal Wars has announced the death of another British serviceman whilst being used as mercenary for US Oil companies.

The soldier

Bahrain dissidents charged

Bahrain - Prosecutors in Bahrain have pressed terrorism charges against Shia opposition activists, raising tension in the run-up to an October 23 election in the Gulf state.

The charge

BP well 'poses no further risk'

USA - The American official in charge of cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill says that the BP oil well poses no further risk to the environment.

"I'm very pleased to announce

RPG claims Royal Scots Borderer's in Nad-e Ali Afghanistan

Afghanistan - The ministry of Illegal Wars has announced the death of another British serviceman whilst being used as mercenary for US Oil

Bomber attacks Dagestan army base

Russia - A suicide car bomber has killed three soldiers and wounded 32 others in an attack on a military base in the Russian republic of Dagestan, government officials say.

Green Nutter attempts to bomb the Discovery Channel!	05/09/2010 13:15
3 US-led soldiers killed in Afghanistan	05/09/2010 12:52
Three NATO trucks burn in Pakistan	05/09/2010 12:36
Panic grips Afghan bank customers	05/09/2010 12:00
Eta announces 'ceasefire'	05/09/2010 10:35
Deadly clashes erupt in south Yemen	05/09/2010 10:09
ElBaradei lashes at 'smear campaign'	05/09/2010 08:43
Karzai seeks reintegrating Taliban	05/09/2010 06:30
US-led convoy attacked in Afghanistan	05/09/2010 04:10
3 policemen killed in north Afghanistan	04/09/2010 21:28

African Bastards

U.N.: More than 230 civilians killed in Somalia in recent weeks

Somalia - More than 230 civilians in Somalia's capital of Mogadishu have died in fighting over the past two weeks between Somali transitional government forces and Al-Shabaab militants, the U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday.

At least 400 people have been wounded and 23,000

Ethiopia floods displace thousands

Somali president fires top commanders

Vehicles ablaze in Nigeria pile-up

Congo boat accidents claim hundreds

ElBaradei lashes at 'smear campaign'

American Bastards

Two US soldiers killed in Iraq

Iraq - Just a week after the end of the US combat mission in Iraq, two American soldiers have been killed in northern Iraq, says a US army spokesman.

"There was an incident that resulted in casualties to US forces," Lieutenant Colonel Jeff Allen told AFP on Tuesday.

The spokesman did not give further details about the incident.

US soldier killed in Afghanistan

Obama plans $ 50 billion in 'New Deal'

Petraeus bashes plan to burn Qurans

US eyes more troops for Afghanistan

US soldier killed in Afghanistan

Asian-Pacific Bastards

China kicks off war games in Yellow Sea

The US aircraft carrier "USS George Washington" moves to come alongside the pier at a port in Busan, southeast of Seoul, on July 21.

China - China has begun naval exercises in the disputed Yellow Sea amid growing tension with the US and South Korea over their upcoming joint military drills there.

The Chinese military launched a "live ammunition drill" on Wednesday in the sea between China and the Korean peninsula, Xinhua news agency reported.

Afghan killings send Aussies to court

Aussie soldier killed in Afghanistan

2 Aussie soldiers killed in Afghanistan

China now world's 2nd largest economy

Australian soldier killed in Afghanistan

European Bastards

US eyes more troops for Afghanistan

Afghanistan - Commander of the US-led forces in Afghanistan wants 2,000 extra troops in the country as foreign soldiers are experiencing their deadliest year since the 2001 invasion.

General David Petraeus claims the extra troops are intended to mainly train Afghan security forces, a NATO official said on Monday.

"There

Afghan vice president dies of cancer

Bomber attacks Dagestan army base

3 US-led soldiers killed in Afghanistan

Three NATO trucks burn in Pakistan

Eta announces 'ceasefire'

Middle Eastern Bastards

Two US soldiers killed in Iraq

Iraq - Just a week after the end of the US combat mission in Iraq, two American soldiers have been killed in northern Iraq, says a US army spokesman.

"There was an incident that resulted in casualties to US forces," Lieutenant Colonel Jeff Allen told AFP on Tuesday.

The spokesman did not give further details about the incident.

Bahrain activists fear wider unrest

Bahraini Shias demand referendum

Lebanon PM retracts Syria charge

14 Qaeda suspects arrested in Yemen

Bahrain dissidents charged

South Asian Bastards

More floods peril in Pakistan

Pakistan - Authorites race to protect two southern towns and their 360,000 residents from surging floods.

Pakistani authorities are racing to protect two southern towns and their 360,000 residents from surging floods, as the nation struggles to cope with its worst natural disaster in nearly a century.

Advancing floodwaters

US soldier killed in Afghanistan

Curfew imposed in Kashmir again

Militants kill Afghan district governor

Petraeus bashes plan to burn Qurans

US eyes more troops for Afghanistan

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