Sri Lanka minister killed by roadside bomb 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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A bomb planted on a car carrying an Interior Ministry official exploded Sunday, killing the official and wounding two police officers who were accompanying him, a ministry official said.
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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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A powerful Claymore mine exploded in Sri Lanka's northern Jaffna peninsula, killing one soldier and wounding four more, the defence ministry said.
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A bomb in the Sri Lankan capital kills at least four and injures 20, police and military officials say.
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A Sri Lankan minister was admitted to a hospital emergency unit on Tuesday after his car was targeted by a roadside bomb north of the capital, a hospital official said.
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A suspected Tamil Tiger roadside bomb hit a civilian bus in north-central Sri Lanka on Wednesday, bomb squad and military officials said, as a 6-year ceasefire between the state and rebels formally expires.
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An explosion on Tuesday hit the convoy of Sri Lanka's Nation Building Minister, D.M. Dassanayake, wounding him on the road between the capital, Colombo, and the international airport.
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BEIRUT, Lebanon -- A car bomb exploded Friday in central Beirut, wounding a former Lebanese Cabinet minister and killing his driver, officials said.
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A powerful roadside bomb killed at least 10 civilians and wounded several others in northeastern Sri Lanka, the day's second attack against a bus on the island, a military official said.
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A car bomb in Beirut wounded former Lebanese Cabinet minister Marwan Hamadeh and killed his driver early today, security officials said.
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A roadside bomb attack blamed on Tamil Tiger rebels tore through a civilian bus in northeastern Sri Lanka on Monday, killing 12 people and injuring 17, the military 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 car bomb goes off in the south of Baghdad, killing two people, in an apparent attack on a minister.
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A leading Tamil opposition MP is Sri Lankan is shot dead at a Hindu temple in the capital Colombo, officials say.
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A bomb blast near the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, leaves at least five people dead, reports say.
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Tamil rebels kill at least 10 Sri Lankan soldiers in a roadside bomb attack in the north, the military say.