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Explosive standoff in Beirut kills 2
An explosive, eight-hour shootout in west Beirut that apparently erupted after a domestic dispute killed at least two people early Thursday, including ...
White supremacist gets 40 years in Ariz. bombing
A white supremacist likely will spend the rest of his life behind bars after a federal judge sentenced him to 40 years in prison Tuesday for a 2004 ...
Bomb kills 5 in Syrian capital
A bomb that apparently struck a restaurant in the Syrian capital killed at least five people, the state-run news agency said Tuesday, as activists ...
After bombing, somber Yemen marks National Day
Grieving Yemenis held somber ceremonies Tuesday to mark the country's National Day following a suicide bombing a day earlier that killed nearly 100 ...
96 Yemeni soldiers killed in suicide bombing
A Yemeni soldier detonated a bomb hidden in his military uniform during a rehearsal for a military parade, killing 96 fellow soldiers and wounding at ...
Fort Hood bomb plot suspect wears mask in court
A soldier accused of planning to bomb Fort Hood troops in a restaurant last summer wore a mask in court for the first time Monday as a jury was ...
Monti embraces dad of girl slain by school bomb
Italian Premier Mario Monti on Monday embraced the grieving father of a 16-year-old girl who was killed by a bomb blast outside her school in southern ...
Death toll in Yemen bombing rises to 38 soldiers
Officials say the death toll from a suicide bombing at a military parade rehearsal in the capital Sanaa has risen to 38 troops. The military officials ...
Prosecutors seek life for Bali bombing suspect
Prosecutors said Monday an Indonesian militant known as the "Demolition Man" should spend the rest of his life in prison for helping to build the car ...
Families of Lockerbie victims still seek answers
The death of the only man convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing has left some victims' relatives relieved and others raising questions about his ...
Gunbattle in Beirut amid fears of Syria spillover
Gunmen fired rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns early Monday in intense street battles in the Lebanese capital, wounding six people as fears ...
Convicted Lockerbie bomber dies of cancer in Libya
He was the embodiment of one of modern Libya's darkest chapters — a man synonymous with horrifying scenes of wreckage, broken families and a plane ...
Lawyers for fugitive Iraqi VP quit case in protest
Lawyers for Iraq's fugitive Sunni vice president charged with running death squads quit the case on Sunday in protest after judges rejected their ...
Italy bombing revives memories of dark era
A bomb blast outside a high school in southern Italy that killed a 16-year-old student has revived dark memories of the 70s and 80s, when terrorists, ...
After Italy bombing, no claim of responsibility
A bomb blast outside a high school in southern Italy that killed a 16-year-old student has stirred memories of the dark days decades ago when ...
Bomb kills 1 student, wounds 7 in Italy
A bomb exploded outside an Italian high school named after the wife of an assassinated anti-Mafia prosecutor, killing one student and wounding at ...
7 charged with terror crimes in Real IRA crackdown
Seven Irish republicans, including three relatives of a senior reputed Real IRA member and four others allegedly operating a forest rifle range, were ...
Car bomb in eastern Syrian city kills 9
A car bomb in the parking lot of a Syrian military compound killed at least nine people Saturday, the latest in increasingly frequent bombings in the ...
Student dies, 7 hurt in blast near Italian school
A bomb exploded Saturday outside an Italian high school named after a slain anti-Mafia prosecutor, killing a student and wounding several others, ...
Suicide blast kills 13 in eastern Afghanistan
A suicide bomber blew himself up at a police checkpoint Saturday in a volatile area of eastern Afghanistan, killing 13 people, police said. The bomber ...
Student killed, 7 hurt in blast near Italy school
A bomb exploded outside a high school in southern Italy named after a slain anti-Mafia prosecutor as students arrived for class Saturday, killing a ...
Bomb blasts at bird market in Baghdad kill 5
Three bombs struck near simultaneously at a busy bird market in eastern Baghdad on Friday morning, killing five people and wounding dozens, police and ...
Young man sought in Colombia bombing
Colombian investigators on Wednesday were seeking a man between 17 and 20 years old they say could be the bomber who killed two bodyguards of a ...