Obama condemns suicide attack in Russian Caucasus

October 8th, 2009 NEW YORK - The UN Security Council Thursday joined Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in condemning "in the strongest terms" the suicide attack on the Indian embassy that killed 17 people earlier in the day. The council said in a statement that it was concerned by the "serious threats posed by the Taliban, Al Qaeda and illegal armed groups" to the Afghan society.

October 8th, 2009 STOCKHOLM - The European Union (EU) has condemned a suicide car bomb attack that killed 17 people outside the Indian Embassy in Kabul Thursday. "The presidency is appalled by this atrocious form of terrorism, taking place in the close vicinity of a diplomatic mission which enjoys protection under international law," Sweden, which holds the presidency of the EU, said in a statement.

October 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Condemning the suicide bombing outside the Indian embassy in Kabul, the Congress party Thursday said such incidents would hamper the reconstruction process in strife-torn Afghanistan. Such attacks are unfortunate, they should be condemned by the international community, Congress spokesperson Shakeel Ahmad told IANS.

October 8th, 2009 TORONTO - Canada Thursday condemned the suicide attack at the Indian embassy in Kabul. Seventeen people were killed and nearly 80 injured when a suicide bomber blew up his explosive-laden vehicle near the embassy Thursday morning.

September 18th, 2009 NEW YORK - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Friday condemned the suicide bomb attack in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province that the UN said killed more than 30 people. Ban reiterated his "rejection of such indiscriminate and reprehensible acts of violence" and sent his condolences to the families of the victims and to the government of Pakistan.

September 12th, 2009 Russian officials: 7 die in Caucasus violenceGROZNY, Russia — Militant attacks and gunbattles across Russia's violence-plagued North Caucasus left seven people dead Saturday, including the second suicide bomber to strike in less than 24 hours, law enforcement and emergency officials said. The bomber blew himself up after approaching police on patrol near a school in Grozny, the capital of the war-scarred Chechnya province, said Marat Prokopenkov, a spokesman for the Emergency Situations Ministry in southern Russia.

September 12th, 2009 MAKHACHKALA - Four militants were killed Saturday in a counter-terrorist operation on the outskirts of Makhachkala, the capital of Russias North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, a police spokesman said. According to the official, the militants were suspected of involvement in Fridays murder of a deputy prosecutor in Makhachkala, as well as an attack on police in the city of Kizilyurt.

September 11th, 2009 Rostov-on-DON - A suicide bomber was killed and five people were injured in an attack on a police checkpoint in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia Friday, a police source said. The source said that the driver of the Lada vehicle died when his car blew up near the checkpoint, not far from the republic's largest city of Nazran.

August 25th, 2009 4 police killed in Chechnya suicide bombingROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia — A suicide bombing in Chechnya killed four police officers Tuesday, authorities in the restive Russian region said. Magomed Diniyev, a spokesman for the Chechen Interior Ministry, said the blast took place about midday in a gas station-carwash complex in the town of Mesker-Yurt, about 20 kilometers (12 miles) southeast of the capital Grozny.

August 25th, 2009 3 police killed in Chechnya suicide bombingROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia — A suicide bombing in Chechnya killed three police officers Tuesday, authorities in the restive Russian region said. Magomed Diniyev, a spokesman for the Chechen Interior Ministry, said the blast took place about midday in a gas station-carwash complex in the town of Mesker-Yurt, about 20 kilometers (12 miles) southeast of the capital Grozny.

August 13th, 2009 MOSCOW - Suspected Muslim rebels killed 11 people in an attack on a police post in the Russian region of Dagestan Thursday evening, local officials said. Some 15 masked gunmen sprayed bullets at the building, killing four policemen and seven young women who were in an adjacent sauna, Dagestan's Interior Ministry said in the capital, Makhachkala.

July 26th, 2009 GROZNY - Five people, including four police officers, were killed Sunday in a suicide bomb attack in the Chechen capital of Grozny, the interior ministry said. The blast took place near a concert hall at 13:00 GMT in Grozny.

July 26th, 2009 GRONZY - Three police officers were killed Sunday in a suicide blast in this capital of Russia's Chechnya republic, a police source said. "According to preliminary information, an explosive device was set off by a suicide bomber.

July 17th, 2009 Obama condemns 'outrageous attacks' on IndonesiaWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is condemning a pair of suicide bombings at American hotels in Indonesia on Friday. Investigators say the attacks at two hotels in Jakarta killed eight people and wounded more than 50.

June 10th, 2009 Gunmen assassinate top judge in Russian regionNAZRAN, Russia — Officials say a top judge in Russia's violent North Caucasus was killed by gunmen who attacked her as she was dropping her children off at school. Ingushetia's Interior Ministry says Aza Gazgireeva died at a hospital in the regional center, Nazran, hours later.