2013年10月20日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Iraq


Iraq attacks including nine suicide bombings kill 49

Posted: 20 Oct 2013 12:41 PM PDT

An Iraqi policeman inspects vehicles at a checkpoint in Baghdad on July 23, 2013Baghdad (AFP) - Twin bomb attacks Sunday on a Baghdad cafe killed dozens of people in one of nine suicide attacks across Iraq, which is suffering its worst violence in five years.


Baghdad cafe bombing kills at least 38

Posted: 20 Oct 2013 11:53 AM PDT

By Kareem Raheem BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber driving a minibus blew himself up outside a cafe in a mainly Shi'ite Muslim district of the Iraqi capital on Sunday, killing at least 38 people, police and medics said. At least 12 people were killed in a spate of suicide bomb attacks on security personnel and government buildings earlier in the day, police said. Violence in Iraq, which had eased after reaching a climax in 2006-07, is now rising again, with more than 7,000 civilians killed this year, according to monitoring group Iraq Body Count. ...

Suicide bombing in Iraq kills 35 in busy cafe

Posted: 20 Oct 2013 11:49 AM PDT

A woman grieves for her sister, who died in a bombing Friday, while inspecting the site of the car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013. Police officials said the Friday night blast took place in the capital's eastern Mashtal neighborhood. Violence in Iraq has escalated sharply since April, 2013, following a deadly crackdown by security forces on a camp for Sunni protesters in the northern town of Hawija. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide bomber slammed his explosive-laden car Sunday night into a busy cafe in Iraq's capital, part of a day of violence across the country that killed 45 people, authorities said.


Suicide bombing in Iraq kills 28 in busy cafe

Posted: 20 Oct 2013 10:50 AM PDT

A woman grieves for her sister, who died in a bombing Friday, while inspecting the site of the car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013. Police officials said the Friday night blast took place in the capital's eastern Mashtal neighborhood. Violence in Iraq has escalated sharply since April, 2013, following a deadly crackdown by security forces on a camp for Sunni protesters in the northern town of Hawija. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say a suicide bombing at a cafe in a Baghdad neighborhood has killed 28 people and wounded 45 others.


Sydney Opera House celebrates 40 years

Posted: 20 Oct 2013 09:54 AM PDT

A giant birthday cup cake is displayed on the steps of the Sydney Opera House as the world heritage-listed building celebrates its 40th birthday, on October 20, 2013Sydney (AFP) - The Sydney Opera House, world heritage-listed as "one of the indisputable masterpieces of human creativity", celebrated its 40th birthday Sunday with a flotilla of lifesavers, Aboriginal dancers and a gigantic cupcake.


Syrian activist in Britain keeps grim toll of civil war

Posted: 20 Oct 2013 09:21 AM PDT

Relatives attend the funeral of four fighters of the Committees for the Protection of the Kurdish People in the Syrian province of Ramelan, on October 18, 2013London (AFP) - The founder of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdel Rahman, rages at the "hypocrisy" of the international community in focusing on chemical weapons and overlooking the "endless bloodbath" in war-ravaged Syria.


Car bomb, assault on local council in Iraq kill 10

Posted: 20 Oct 2013 03:22 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Officials say a car bomb and an assault on a local council building in Iraq have killed at least 10 people.
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