Tuesday, April 16, 2013
At least 10 Maoists were killed in a gun battle between security forces and the rebels in Kanchal forests close to the inter-state border of Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh in tribal Bastar region on Tuesday morning, police said.
Preliminary reports said a joint team of Greyhounds-the elite commando force of Andhra Pradesh-and Chhattisgarh police had a fierce encounter for three hours between 0400 and 0700 hours under Pamed police station area in Bijapur district.
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Monday, April 15, 2013
Two people were killed and more than 100 others were injured this afternoon as two powerful explosions detonated in quick succession near the Boston Marathon finish line in Boston’s Back Bay section, transforming a scene of athletic celebration into bloody chaos.
When the smoke cleared, dozens of victims lay in the street, some unconscious, some grievously injured, including some whose limbs had been torn off by the blast. The dead included an 8-year-old boy, according to two law enforcement sources briefed on the investigation.
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A spate of bomb attacks, including 23 car bombings, struck Iraqi cities, killing at least 20 people and wounding 195 in the latest escalation of violence, just five days ahead of the country’s provincial polls.
The deadliest attacks occurred in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad when seven car bombs separately ripped through the city during the morning rush hour, killing 10 people and wounding some 52 others, an Interior Ministry told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
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Local Red Cross officials in the capital of Central African Republic say at least 17 people are dead after fighting between rebels and residents.
The violence comes three weeks after fighters from the rebel alliance known as Seleka invaded the capital and overthrew President Francois Bozize.
Bozize, who had ruled for a decade, had himself come to power through a rebellion.
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Sunday, April 14, 2013
The Syrian air force struck on Sunday a rebel’s suburb east of the capital Damascus, activist groups said.
The suburb of Subaineh was raided four times on Sunday, activists said, alleging that the strikes targeted residential buildings. But the account could not be verified independently.
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