Militants kidnap 7 Pakistan paramilitary soldiers
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MIRANSHAH, Pakistan  - Pro-Taliban militants in northwest Pakistan attacked a military checkpost on Wednesday and captured seven paramilitary soldiers, security officials said.
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A Sunni Muslim militant group kidnapped 18 Iraqi government employees in response to the alleged rape last month of a Sunni woman by Shiite policemen, according to a statement and photos posted Friday on the Internet.
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WANA, Pakistan  - Hundreds of militants in northwest Pakistan attacked a paramilitary camp and up to 30 soldiers were missing, security officials said on Wednesday.
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Troops guard Pakistan's largest natural gas field after clashes with tribal militants leave at least seven dead.
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Heavily armed gunmen in speedboats kidnapped seven workers, including three foreigners, from an offshore Nigerian oilfield in a major setback to peace in the Niger Delta.
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Hundreds of Islamic militants attacked a paramilitary fort in the restive South Waziristan tribal region, killing 22 soldiers and taking several others hostage.
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Hundreds of militants in north-west Pakistan attack a paramilitary fort, killing or kidnapping many troops, officials say.
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WANA, Pakistan  - Hundreds of militants in northwest Pakistan attacked and captured a paramilitary fort early on Wednesday, and 40 militants and seven soldiers were killed and 20 soldiers missing, the military said.
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Gunmen in speed boats  kidnapped seven foreign oil workers in a raid on an Italian oil  production vessel off the Nigerian coast on Wednesday,  authorities said.
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Pakistani forces pounded suspected Islamic militants with helicopter gunships and mortar fire on Friday, but have failed to find the mastermind of the kidnapping this month of two Chinese engineers.
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Pakistani troops captured 52 suspected Islamist militants Thursday in the restive northwestern valley of Swat, the military said.
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Hundreds have been snatched by Pakistanâs military and intelligence services since 2001, rights activists say.
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Militants attacked Pakistani security forces in the South Waziristan region on the Afghan border on Tuesday, sparking a four-hour battle in which five soldiers were killed and seven wounded, the military said.
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Hundreds of militants overrun an army fort in north-west Pakistan, killing or kidnapping many troops, officials say.
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Pakistani security forces killed 23 Taliban fighters and lost seven of their own men during clashes on Monday, according to an army officer, while a Taliban spokesman said 17 troopers were captured.
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Nigerian militants kidnap seven foreign oil workers from a ship off the coast, Italian oil firm Eni says.
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Islamist militants take children and teachers hostage in a school near the Pakistani district of North Waziristan, officials say.