 Gunmen in the Iraqi capital Baghdad have killed at least 40 people at a fake police checkpoint, in an apparent sectarian attack against Sunni Muslims. Police say Shia militants stopped cars in the western Jihad district, separated Sunnis and shot them. Later, at least 17 people died when two car bombs exploded near a Shia mosque in the capital, police said. There has been an upsurge in sectarian violence in Iraq in recent months, raising fears of a civil war. Sunni Arabs say government-backed Shia militias are behind many of the attacks. But officials have denied any involvement. The latest violence began on Sunday morning when Shia militiamen entered Jihad and set up roadblocks. ...
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 5 U.S. soldiers charged in Iraq rape-slay case Military says GIs drank alcohol, changed clothes and attacked victim’s home |
Four more U.S. soldiers have been charged with rape and murder and a fifth with dereliction of duty in the alleged rape-slaying of a young Iraqi woman and the killings of her relatives in Mahmoudiya, the military said Sunday.The five were accused Saturday following an investigation into allegations that American soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division raped the teenager and killed her and three relatives at her home south of Baghdad.Ex-soldier Steven D. Green was arrested last week in North Carolina and has pleaded not guilty to one count of rape and four counts of murder. The U.S. statement said the five soldiers still on active duty will face an Article 32 investigation, similar to a grand jury hearing in civilian law. The Article 32 proceeding will determine whether there is enough evidence to place them on trial....
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| Thousands in east China evacuated in preparation for Typhoon Ewiniar |
Authorities evacuated thousands of residents along east China's coast and recalled ships to harbors as the region braced for the arrival of Typhoon Ewiniar, the official Xinhua News Agency said Sunday.Some 7,600 people have been moved to schools or temporary shelters in the city of Ningbo in Zhejiang province, Xinhua said. It did not say when the evacuations began.Evacuations were also underway in the coastal cities of Taizhou, Zhoushan and Wenzhou, Xinhua said without giving any figures.Additionally, 8,000 ships have been moved to safety in Ningbo and Zhoushan, the agency said.The Zhejiang Provincial Meteorological Observatory said the typhoon would probably not make landfall at Zhejiang but could bring strong winds of up to 110 miles an hour, according to Xinhua....
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| Passenger plane crashes in Russia |
Nearly 150 people, including many children, are feared dead after a Russian airliner crashed in Siberia. The S7 Airlines Airbus was flying from Moscow when it crashed on landing at Irkutsk airport. The plane reportedly slid off the runway and hit a building at about 0800 on Sunday (2300 GMT Saturday). About 55 people were injured, Russian officials said. The plane was carrying 192 passengers and eight crew. All the crew were said to have died. Many of the passengers were reported to be children travelling to the nearby popular holiday destination of Lake Baikal. The A-310 - operated by S7, known until recently as Sibir Airlines - appeared to veer out of control on landing. It overshot the runway then crashed through a concrete wall, before hitting a building close to the airfield. It then broke up and burst into flames. ...
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| Gaza blast kills 6 year-old girl, two others Israel denies responsibility, turns down Hamas offer for truce |
An artillery shell exploded in a house on the outskirts of Gaza City, killing a 6-year-old girl and two others, hospital officials said, but the Israeli military said it did not fire artillery in that area and denied responsibility. Hospital officials said six other people were wounded. They had initially said an Israeli shell struck the house. The little girl was carried inside the hospital, wrapped in a red blanket. The back of her head was sheared open, and her legs dangled lifelessly. Doctors bandaged the head of a trembling, blood-covered young boy, and treated a man whose right arm was almost completely torn off. The explosion occurred hours after the Hamas-led Palestinian government called for a cease-fire in its violent two-week standoff with Israel but stopped short of offering to release an Israeli soldier held by Hamas militants....
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| U.S. Military Deaths in Afghanistan |
As of July 8, 2006, at least 254 members of the U.S. military have died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. Of those, the military reports 153 were killed by hostile action. Outside the Afghan region, the Defense Department reports 56 more members of the U.S. military died in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Of those, two are the result of hostile action. The military lists these other locations as: Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba, Djibouti, Eritrea, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Philippines, Seychelles, Sudan, Tajikistan, Turkey and Yemen. There was also one military civilian death and four CIA officer deaths. The latest death reported by the military: ...
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