EXPLOSION HITS SUNNI MOSQUE IN IRAQ, KILLING 18
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Map locates Samarra, Iraq mosque bombings; 1c x 3 inches; 46.5 mm x 76 mm; BAGHDAD (AP) — Two bombs hidden inside air conditioners exploded Friday in…
Religious strife
BOMBING IN SUNNI MOSQUE IN IRAQ, ATTACKS KILL 33
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Blood stains the walls and debris is strewn throughout the inside of a Sunni mosque after a suicide bomber struck during Friday prayers in the village of…
PHILIPPINES WARNS REBELS TO END HOSTAGE STANDOFF
By BULLIT MARQUEZ Government troopers aboard an Armored Personnel Carrier fire at Muslim rebels in an operation to rescue scores of hostages being used as human shields by the rebels…
INDIAN TROOPS SENT TO HALT DEADLY COMMUNAL CLASHES
By BISWAJEET BANERJEE In this Saturday, Sept. 9, 2013 photo, people argue with Indian policemen during curfew hours following riots and clashes between two communities in Muzaffarnagar, in the Indian…
EGYPT: INTERIOR MINISTER SURVIVES BOMB ATTACK
By HAMZA HENDAWI Egyptian security officers guard the scene of a bomb attack targeting the convoy of Egypt’s Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim, in Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Sept. 5,…
MINISTER CONVICTED IN SLAYING FOUND HANGED IN CELL
FILE – In this April 18, 2013 file photo, John D. White enters the courtroom of Isabella County Chief Circuit Judge Paul H. Chamberlain, in Mount Pleasant, Mich., for his…
TWIN EXPLOSIONS KILL 29 IN NORTH LEBANESE CITY
By BASSEM MROUE A man recites prayers amid the destruction after a car bomb outside the Al-Taqwa mosque in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Friday, Aug. 23, 2013. The…
ATTACKS IN HEZBOLLAH AREA TEST SUPPORTERS’ RESOLVE
BY ZEINA KARAM and BASSEM MROUE In this picture taken on Thursday August 15, 2013, A Lebanese citizen stand next to burned cars and shops at the site of a…