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US investigators seek motive for NY, NJ weekend attacks

Reuters News ServiceSeptember 20, 2016November 6, 2016

By Reuters News ServiceSeptember 20, 2016November 6, 20164 61

Investigators were searching on Tuesday for clues to the motive behind the bombings and attempted bombings in New York and New Jersey over the weekend...

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Thailand issues arrest warrant for second suspect in deadly blasts

Reuters News ServiceAugust 16, 2016November 7, 2016

By Reuters News ServiceAugust 16, 2016November 7, 2016042

A Thai military court issued an arrest warrant on Tuesday for a second suspect in connection with a wave of deadly bomb attacks last week...

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Iraqi army storms to edge of Islamic State-held Falluja; fresh bombings hit Baghdad

FORMER STAFFMay 30, 2016November 9, 2016

By FORMER STAFFMay 30, 2016November 9, 2016136

By Maher Nazeh The Iraqi army stormed to the southern edge of Falluja under US air support on Monday and captured a police station inside...

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Multiple bombings hit southern Damascus suburb

FORMER STAFFFebruary 21, 2016

By FORMER STAFFFebruary 21, 2016145

Multiple explosions hit a southern district of Damascus on Sunday where Syria’s holiest Shi’ite shrine is located, pro-government television channels, witnesses and a monitoring group...

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Bomb blast hits Turkish checkpoint near Syrian border, three hurt

FORMER STAFFFebruary 13, 2015

By FORMER STAFFFebruary 13, 201512 91

By Seyhmus Cakan A bomb detonated by remote control rocked an area near a Turkish police checkpoint close to the Syrian border on Friday, wounding...

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Bombs kill at least 10 police in east Afghanistan

CyprusMailNovember 10, 2014

By CyprusMailNovember 10, 2014032

Bombs struck three Afghan cities, including the capital Kabul, in east Afghanistan on Monday, killing at least 10 police, officials said, a day after a...

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On the right side of the fight

FORMER STAFFOctober 5, 2014October 5, 2014

By FORMER STAFFOctober 5, 2014October 5, 201428 154

By Constantinos Psillides IT’S NOT every day that you hear people in traditional Cypriot coffeehouses talk about fire jets, bombing runs and military exercises. That...

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Turkish Cypriots mark Kokkina ‘victory’, as survivors recall bombings

Masis Der ParthoghAugust 9, 2014November 14, 2016

By Masis Der ParthoghAugust 9, 2014November 14, 201629 123

By Stefanos Evripidou OVER 2,100 Turkish Cypriots crossed the Limnitis checkpoint on Friday in the northwest of the island to attend a ceremony marking the...

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