Assassins attack Somali police chief
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Gunmen threw grenades at the home of the regional police chief in southwestern Somalia, killing two of his grandchildren and a bodyguard but not their target, authorities said Tuesday.
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Somalia's presidential spokesman was shot in the neck while he was stuck in a traffic jam in the latest assassination attempt on a government official in this chaotic nation, authorities said Tuesday.
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Islamic militants seeking to install a Taliban-style regime in northeastern Nigeria attacked a police convoy, killing three officers and abducting a dozen, police said Saturday.
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A suicide car bomber attacks the home of Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Ghedi, though he is not harmed.
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The Nairobi residence of the newly elected Somali president is reportedly attacked by unknown gunmen.
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Gunmen shoot dead two officials appointed by the transitional government in the Somali capital.
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At least 22 officers have been killed in attacks on police targets in the western Iraqi province of al-Anbar.
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Gunmen attacked the home of a police chief north of Baghdad on Friday, killing 14 people including his wife and brothers, and kidnapping his four children, police sources said.
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At least eight civilians are killed after insurgents ambush Ethiopian troops in the Somali capital.
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CAIRO, Egypt -- Militants clashed with Saudi police Friday in a town northeast of the capital Riyadh, killing one officer and wounding three, Al-Arabiya television reported.
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Somali government fighters and Ethiopian troops attack Islamist positions, an Islamist leader says.
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Unidentified gunmen killed a police official in this northern Iraqi city, provincial authorities said.
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Insurgents fire mortars at the Somali president's residence, a few hours after his arrival in the capital.
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Somali government troops backed by Ethiopian soldiers shot a man on Friday, wounding him as they cleared a former defense ministry compound in a crackdown on near-daily attacks in Mogadishu, residents said.
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Gunmen attacked the home of a police chief north of Baghdad on Friday, killing 14 people including his wife and two brothers, and kidnapping his four children, police sources said.
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Gunmen ambushed the head of the Palestinian intelligence service in Gaza City today, seriously wounding him in the chest and killing two bodyguards after opening fire on his convoy, Palestinian officials said.
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The Nairobi residence of the newly elected Somali president is attacked by unknown gunmen.