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Blind date to blindfold: The kidnap business in Iraq

Nineteen-year-old Mehdi was looking forward to meeting the girl who had been calling for days on his cell phone. But ...

US military to shorten soldier tours of duty

The US Army will shorten the length of tours of duty for personnel deployed in combat zones from a year to nine ...

Tikrit twin bombings kill 12, wound 28: Iraq medic

A twin attack involving a car bomb and a suicide bombing in the north Iraq city of Tikrit killed 12 people near a bank ...

British soldier killed in Afghanistan

A British soldier has been shot dead in southern Afghanistan, the 376th British serviceman to die there since 2001, ...

Iraq bombs kill 5, wound 23

A car bomb and improvised explosives killed at least five people and wounded 23 in Baghdad and southern Iraq on ...

US drops charges against Bin Laden

Federal prosecutors dropped charges against Osama bin Laden from attacks spanning more than a decade, officials said ...

1,000 Al-Qaeda fighters still in Iraq: Panetta

CIA chief Leon Panetta told lawmakers Thursday that 1,000 Al-Qaeda fighters are still operating in Iraq and said US ...

Attacks kill five US soldiers, 20 Iraqis

Attacks killed five American soldiers and 20 Iraqis on Monday, the deadliest day for US forces in Iraq in more than ...

Iraq transition `vital` for Middle East, US officials say

The transition from a strong US military presence in Iraq to an expanded diplomatic role is "vital" to ensure security ...

Pakistan pm announces probe into bin Laden raid

Islamabad (ANTARA News/AFP - Pakistan`s prime minister Tuesday ordered an independent commission to investigate the ...

Attacks kill five in Iraq`s disputed Kirkuk

Violence in Iraq`s disputed northern oil province of Kirkuk killed five people on Monday, the latest in a string of ...

Bomb attacks on north Iraq police kill 27

A spate of bomb attacks against police in the disputed northern oil-rich city of Kirkuk on Thursday killed at least 27 ...

36 dead as Taliban attack Afghan road company

Thirty-six people were killed and 20 wounded Thursday when the Taliban stormed an Afghan road construction company, ...

Pakistan to review US anti-teror cooperation

Pakistan said it would review counter-terrorism cooperation with the United States as it came under growing domestic ...

Kadhafi a `legitimate target` for NATO: Libyan rebels

Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi is a "legitimate target" for NATO forces, the head of the rebel National Transitional ...