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Thousands mourn Pakistan bomb victims
KARACHI (Reuters) - Several thousand mourners attended funerals on Tuesday for victims of a suicide bombing that killed 43 people in Pakistan's commercial capital, an emotional reminder of a raging Taliban insurgency.
Nations:Pakistan Afghanistan Activities:Anti-terror War in Pakistan Source:(Reuters)
2009-12-29
Bomb suspect came from elite family, best schools
LAGOS, Nigeria - As a member of an uppercrust Nigerian family, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab received the best schooling, from the elite British International School in West Africa to the vaunted University College London.
Nations:Yemen Nigeria Afghanistan Activities:2009 Flight 253 Terrorism Plot Source:(AP)
2009-12-27
Afghan member of parliament gunned down by police
KABUL - A member of the Afghan parliament was mistakenly killed in an early morning shootout between his bodyguards and police officers, officials said Wednesday.
Nations:Afghanistan Poland People:Hamid Karzai Activities:Afghan Terror War Source:(AP)
2009-12-23
Taliban blow up Pakistan girls school: official
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) - The Taliban blew up a girls' school in Pakistan's Khyber district, where troops are fighting against militants in the tribal region bordering Afghanistan, an official said Wednesday.
Nations:Pakistan Afghanistan Activities:Anti-terror War in Pakistan Source:(AFP)
2009-12-23
Who's in charge of nuclear-armed U.S. ally Pakistan?
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan , a country that's critical to the U.S.-led war on terrorism, Friday appeared to be sliding toward a judicial coup, in which judges are moving to oust top officials in the civilian government, but without putting the military, or anyone else, in charge.
Nations:Afghanistan Pakistan People:Benazir Bhutto Activities:Pakistan-U.S. Source:(McClatchy)
2009-12-22
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