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31/07/2011 - Afghanistan

Twelve Afghan police and a child killed in suicide attack

Twelve police officers and a child were killed Sunday when a suicide car bomber struck outside police headquarters in the southern Afghanistan town of Lashkar Gah, officials said.

25/07/2011

French press review 25 July 2011

The French press is leading with the killing spree in Norway by a right-wing conservative Christian that left 93 people dead on Friday.

23/07/2011

French press review 23 July 2011

The French papers this Saturday are all about the deadly shooting and bomb attack in the Norwegian capital Oslo. It’s now known that at least 87 people were killed at the youth summer school meeting on an island outside the capital.

15/07/2011 - Libya

Major talks on Libya get underway in Turkey

Top officials from major Western and regional powers gathered in Turkey on Friday to discuss strategies to strengthen the Libyan opposition and force embattled leader Moamer Kadhafi to step ...

Afghans mourn at a grave yard after burying Ahmad Wali Karzai, President Hamid Karzai's brother who was killed by a bodyguard on Tuesday, in Kandahar province 13 July 2011
14/07/2011 - Afghanistan

Bomber kills four at memorial for Karzai's brother

A suicide bomber on Thursday attacked a mosque in Kandahar during a memorial service for the assassinated half-brother of the Afghan president Hamid Karzai, officials said.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy speaking in Kabul on 12 Juillet 2011
13/07/2011 - Afghanistan

Five French soldiers killed in Afghanistan suicide attack

Five French soldiers and one Afghan civilian were killed in a suicide bomb attack in the eastern city of Joybar on Wednesday, says President Nicolas Sarkozy.

The Nigerian army protecting the northeastern city of Maiduguri
13/07/2011 - Nigeria

Nigerians flee Islamic attacks by the thousands

Thousands have fled the Nigerian city of Maiduguri after a week’s worth of Islamic attacks wounded and killed several people.

Ahmed Wali Karzaï
13/07/2011 - Afghanistan

Bomb hits Afghan governor's motorcade en route to funeral

A bomb exploded against the motorcade of an Afghan governor on Wednesday, as he made his way to the funeral of President Hamid Karzai’s brother.

02/07/2011 - Tanzania - Uganda - Kenya

Tanzania allows Kenyan Kampala bomb suspect extradition

A Tanzanian court has given the go-ahead for the extradition of a Kenyan man to Uganda, where he is to stand trial over

29/06/2011 - Afghanistan

Twenty killed in Taliban Kabul hotel attack

Twenty people are reported to have been killed after an overnight Taliban attack on a top Kabul hotel.

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