A protest over electricity shortages in the mainly Shiite southern Iraq turned violent Saturday with troops fatally shooting one demonstrator, police officials said, underscoring rising tension over the country's lack of basic services.
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A Kurdish journalist gunned down in the northern city of Kirkuk was the 136th reporter killed in Iraq since the US-led invasion of Iraq five years ago, a New York-based journalists' group said Saturday.
Col. Taha Al-Din of Kirkuk police said Diyar (...)
More foreign fighters, including Al-Qaeda militants, are operating in Pakistan's tribal areas than in the past, underscoring the need for Pakistan to crack down on insurgent safe havens, the top US military officer said during a visit here.
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