Rebel leader 'injured in strike'
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Sri Lanka's military says Tamil Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran was injured in a strike by the air force last month.
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The leader of al-Qaida in Iraq was wounded and an aide was killed in a clash Thursday with Iraqi forces north of Baghdad, the Interior Ministry spokesman said.
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A senior Darfur rebel figure on Sunday  condemned an attack last week by rebel forces in the  neighboring Kordofan region which led to dozens of deaths among  Sudanese security forces.
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The Italian and U.S. ambassadors to Sri Lanka were slightly hurt on Tuesday when Tamil Tiger rebels shelled a delegation of diplomats led by the island's human rights minister to the restive east, officials said.
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Pakistan was on high alert after riots erupted over the killing of a prominent tribal rebel leader in gas-rich Baluchistan province in a major military operation.
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Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was in intensive care with a suspected skull fracture on Wednesday following what he says was a brutal police attack while in custody, his spokesman said.
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Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has a cracked skull and is under intensive care in hospital after being severely injured in police custody, his spokesman said on Wednesday.
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At least 200 are injured as police and protesters clash in the Bangladesh capital, reports say.
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The home of prime minister and the office of the president were attacked today as factional fighting intensified.
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The president of Ethiopia's volatile Somali region was wounded in the leg in a grenade attack on Monday during a ceremony in the regional capital Jijiga, a senior government official said.
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The A-9 connects government and rebel territory. The government closed it Aug. 12 due to fighting.
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Cuban President Fidel Castro tripped and  fractured his left knee and right arm in a tumble captured on  live television, the government said on Thursday.
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Two people were injured as demonstrators attacked United Nations buildings in this western Afghan city in protest at the sacking of governor Ismael Khan, UN and police officials said.
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Ukraine's prime minister was slightly injured Friday after someone threw a rock at him during a campaign stop in western Ukraine, his spokeswoman said Friday.
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A convoy carrying Ahmad Chalabi, the leader of the Iraqi National Congress, was today attacked in an apparent assassination attempt that left two of his bodyguards wounded.
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One of Indian Kashmir's top bureaucrats survived an assassination attempt when suspected rebels fired at his motorcade in south Kashmir, injuring his security guard, police said.
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A strike paralyzed Pakistan's restive Baluchistan province after the controversial burial of a top rebel leader whose killing sparked days of deadly rioting.