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2 explosions strike northeast Nigeria city (AP)

AP – A local police commissioner says two explosions have struck a northeast Nigeria city already under siege by a radical Muslim sect amid church explosions elsewhere in the country that have left 25 dead.

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12 explosions rock Baghdad

A wave of violence ripped across Baghdad on Thursday morning, killing at least 49 people and injuring nearly 200 in a coordinated attack designed to wreak havoc in the Iraqi capital just days after American forces left the country.

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38 killed as explosions rock Iraqi cities (AP)

Residents inspect the site of a bomb attack in central Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad August 15, 2011.  At least one person was killed and 14 wounded in a bomb attack in Kirkuk, police sources said on Monday. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed (IRAQ - Tags: CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST) CRIME LAW)AP – Bomb blasts ripped through three Iraqi cities Monday morning, killing 38 people, including 34 who were gathered at a market in the southern city of Kut and shattering what had been a relatively peaceful holy month of Ramadan.


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Anti-aircraft fire, explosions echo in Tripoli (AP)

Libyans stand on the wreckage of a US  F15 fighter jet after it crashed in an open field in the village of  Bu Mariem, east of Benghazi, eastern Libya, Tuesday, March 22, 2011, with both crew ejecting safely. The U.S. Africa Command said both crew members were safe after what was believed to be a mechanical failure of the Air Force F-15. The aircraft, based out of Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, was flying out of Italy's Aviano Air Base in support of Operation Odyssey Dawn.(AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)AP – Heavy anti-aircraft fire is lighting up the skies over Tripoli and the sound of loud explosions is echoing through the Libyan capital after nightfall.


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Swedish police: Explosions were terrorism (AP)

Police forensics expert  at the scene of an explosion in  Stockholm on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010. Two explosions in central Stockholm killed one person and injured two on Saturday, causing panic among Christmas shoppers.  Police spokeswoman Petra Sjolander said a car exploded near Drottninggatan, a busy shopping street in the center of the city.  (AP Photo/Fredrik Persson)   SWEDEN OUTAP – Swedish police say that two explosions in central Stockholm were an act of terrorism by what appeared to be a suicide bomber, who killed himself and lightly wounded two people.


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Explosions kill at least 7 near Nigeria ceremony (AP)

Destroyed vehicles are pictured after a bomb blast in Abuja. Explosions rocked an area near Nigeria's independence celebrations on Friday and killed at least seven people following threats from oil militants, witnesses and a police source said.(AFP)AP – Two car bombs blew up on Friday as Nigeria celebrated its 50th independence anniversary, killing at least seven people in an unprecedented attack on the capital by suspected militants from the country’s oil region.


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Bangkok battles: 16 dead in clashes, explosions (AP)

Anti-government demonstrators are arrested by Thai soldiers in downtown Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 14, 2010. Thai troops fired bullets and tear gas at anti-government protesters rioting near the U.S. and Japanese embassies Friday as an army push to clear the streets sparked deadly clashes and turned central Bangkok into a virtual war zone.  (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)AP – Soldiers opened fire on anti-government protesters who battled them with firebombs and homemade rockets Friday in a second straight day of escalating violence as troops tried to clear the rioters from the streets of downtown Bangkok.


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