Sri Lanka minister killed by roadside blast
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A Sri Lankan minister was killed by a roadside bomb planted by suspected Tamil Tiger rebels north of the capital on Tuesday, a senior hospital official said, the second MP killed in a week as a protracted civil war escalates.
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At least 20 people die as an explosion hits a civilian bus in the central Sri Lankan town of Dambulla.
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A remote-control Beirut car bomb wounded  a prominent Lebanese opposition politician and killed his  driver Friday, weeks after the former minister quit the  government to protest Syria's grip on Lebanon.
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Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels killed a Sri Lankan minister with a roadside bomb north of the capital on Tuesday, officials said, the second MP killed in a week as a protracted civil war escalates.
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A roadside bomb tore through a Sri Lankan bus killing 24 people and wounding dozens on Wednesday, officials said, as a 6-year ceasefire formally expires between the government and Tamil Tiger rebels.
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The intelligence head of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels is killed, as violence continues in the north of the island.
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A bomb blast in the Sri Lankan capital on Friday slightly injured President Mahinda Rajapakse's brother, who is also the country's defense secretary, in what witnesses said appeared to be a rebel suicide bombing.
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Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels set off a powerful roadside bomb in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo on Wednesday, killing five people and wounding 28 others, police and hospital officials said.
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Three people were killed and a former finance minister was critically injured in a blast at a main opposition party rally in northeastern Bangladesh, officials said.
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A prominent Sri Lankan opposition Tamil parliamentarian was shot dead on Tuesday, the military said, as the opposition charged that a lack of security made the government responsible for the death.
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A suicide car bomb attack targeting Iraq&#39;s environment minister killed four of her bodyguards on Tuesday, while a separate blast near the education minister&#39;s convoy killed one bodyguard, police and government officials said.
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Three Tamil Tiger rebels and a policeman were killed in a clash in eastern Sri Lanka on Wednesday, the military said, minutes before a British minister flew in to the area to visit war refugees and aid workers.
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A roadside bomb tore through a Sri Lankan bus killing 26 people and wounding dozens on Wednesday, officials said, as a six-year ceasefire between the government and Tamil Tiger rebels formally expires.
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A bomb ripped through a packed civilian bus Wednesday, killing 23 people in southeastern Sri Lanka as the government officially withdrew from a tattered cease-fire with Tamil Tiger rebels.
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Government minister killed by roadside bomb near Colombo, according to the country's military
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Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels shot dead a military informer near the Sri Lankan capital, police said.
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A Sri Lankan government minister died Tuesday after being wounded by a roadside bomb outside the capital