Iraq Declares Martial Law, 23 Police Killed
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - Iraq's interim government  declared martial law on Sunday after insurgents killed 23 Iraqi  policemen and set off blasts in Baghdad in a fresh show of  force before a planned U.S. offensive on Falluja and Ramadi.
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At least 21 Iraqi policemen were killed by an armed group that stormed a police station Sunday in a small town located 200 kilometres west of Baghdad, a police officer said.
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RAMADI - Twenty-one policemen were shot dead, execution style, when an armed gang stormed a police station Sunday in a small town in the restive Iraqi province of Al-Anbar, a police officer said.
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Insurgents stormed an Iraqi police checkpoint near Baghdad airport on Saturday, killing eight policemen in a bold challenge to a U.S.-backed security crackdown in the capital aimed at halting violence.
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KIRKUK, Iraq  - Thousands of Iraqi police and soldiers launched a major security crackdown in the restive Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk on Saturday, searching homes for weapons after all residents were ordered off the streets.
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Bomb and gun attacks targeting Iraqi police killed at least 59 people Tuesday, marking the deadliest day in Baghdad in six months and continuing an increase of violence across the northern part of the country.
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At least 21 people were killed in Iraq Sunday morning in a series of attacks on Iraqi police stations. The attack was part of escalating violence as US and Iraqi forces prepare a major assault of the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.
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Masked Shiite gunmen stopped cars in western Baghdad Sunday and grabbed people off the streets, singling out the Sunni Arabs among them and killing at least 37, police said.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Armed rebels stormed a police station near the airport road in western Baghdad early Friday, killing six police officers, officials said.
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With car bombs, assassinations and raids on police stations, insurgents killed at least 25 people, including Iraqi policemen
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - Rebels shot dead 21 Iraqi  policemen in cold blood on Sunday, a day after killing 34  people in attacks on security forces, in a clear show of force  ahead of an imminent U.S. offensive on insurgents in Falluja  and Ramadi.
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BEIJING - Martial law was declared in a town in central China after at least four people died in rioting, residents said on Monday.
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China has declared martial law in parts of the central province of Henan after bloody clashes between minority Muslims and the majority Han Chinese.
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Rebels shot dead 21 Iraqi policemen in cold blood on Sunday, a day after killing 34 people in attacks on security forces, in a clear show of force ahead of an
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Gunmen captured 21 Iraqi policemen and shot them in cold blood on Sunday, a day after attacks on security forces that killed 34 people, police said.
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Martial law has reportedly been declared in China&#39;s Henan province following the deaths of at least 20 people in ethnic clashes.
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At least 23 people are killed in a car bomb attack and in an armed raid on a police station in Baghdad.