Explosion and Fire Kill Dozen in Mexican Crash
A dynamite laden truck collided on a northern Mexico highway killing at least 34 people including three reporters. Over 150 injured as crowd gathered before a massive blast created a 10 by 40 foot crater. In Veracruz another wave of pipeline attacks caused fires and evacuations with two elderly women dying of heart attacks. Local and federal officials pursued suspects as Pemex protections were pledged.
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Mexico
Maximo Alberto Neri Lopez
Veracruz
Gulf Coast
Associated Press
Nine U S soldiers die in Iraq amid election-year appeals
Nine U S soldiers were killed in Iraq on Monday including seven in a western Baghdad vehicle accident. Prime Minister al Maliki urged patience as Washington prepared hearings on strategy while saying Iraqi forces need more time and American help to assume security.
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Ryan Crocker
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Scott Bleichwehr
Saddam Hussein
al- Maliki
Fatal blast in Gereshk marketplace kills civilians and police
A bomber on a motorized rickshaw detonated a hazardous device in Gereshk Helmand, targeting a police commander. Twenty eight people died and sixty were injured, including thirteen police and fifteen civilians. NATO reported casualties and hospital transfers as authorities warned the toll may rise.
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Afghanistan
Gereshk
Helmand
Abdul Manaf Khan
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International Security Assistance Force
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