3 die in gun battle over poppy eradication
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Afghanistan KANDAHAR -- Two men opened fire on government troops destroying opium poppy crops in central Afghanistan yesterday, killing one soldier before both gunmen also were fatally shot, an official said. The gunmen attacked a group of 50 militia soldiers as they worked in a poppy field near Deh Rawood in Uruzgan Province, Governor Jan Mohammed Khan said. A second ...
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 12, 2004 -- Three US servicemembers were killed over the weekend as Iraqi and coalition forces battled against continued attacks in Iraq.
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A seven-hour gun battle between suspected Islamic militants and police in northwest Pakistan Saturday left three extremists and two policemen dead, officials said.
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Three people were shot to death in a city park when a family dispute turned violent as a youth baseball game ended, authorities said.
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Gun crime that saw three teenage boys shot dead in London claimed another victim when a man was gunned down in his car in the east of the London while three people were injured elsewhere.
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Gun battles raged between Hamas loyalists and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's forces in Gaza City on Tuesday, killing at least three people and reviving fears the strip was sliding into civil war.
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Three British servicemen have been killed during an "indirect fire attack" in Iraq, according to the Ministry of Defence.
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Three Palestinian militants are killed in clashes with Israeli army forces in the south of the Gaza Strip.
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Three people die in a clash between   Palestinian rivals Fatah and Hamas in Gaza.
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Seven policemen were killed in a gun battle with US soldiers after troops attacked their post in eastern Afghanistan following a &quot;misunderstanding,&quot; government officials said Tuesday.
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Three young Palestinian cousins were killed yesterday in Gaza in what the Israeli Army said was an attack on rocket launchers aiming at southern Israel.
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An aid group in Afghanistan said it was considering pulling out of part of the country after Taliban militants attacked its compound in a southern town yesterday, killing three people and engaging authorities in a gun battle.
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A truce between warring Palestinian factions entered its third day Thursday, marred by sporadic shootings.
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Three soldiers from Fort Hood&#39;s 1st Cavalry Division have died in the fighting in Najaf, Iraq where US troops and supporters of a radical Shiite cleric have clashed for more than a week.
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Fighting between rival factions in western Afghanistan killed three militiamen and injured another seven, officials said Tuesday, despite the presence of government and U.S. troops.
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Three Israeli soldiers and three Palestinian gunmen were killed yesterday in battles near the Gaza Strip settlement of Morag. The clash came a day after a woman suicide bomber killed
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Activists trying to invade a Swiss-owned biotech seed farm clashed with guards and at least two people were shot dead, authorities and the company said Monday.