Police say bomb blast rips through market in northwest Pakistani city, wounding 20

October 5th, 2009 World Food Program office in Pakistan bombedISLAMABAD — A suicide bomber blew himself up in the lobby of the World Food Program in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad on Monday, killing three people and wounding several others, police and witnesses said. The blast in the lobby of the heavily fortified and guarded building left victims lying on the ground in pools of blood and shattered windows, witnesses said.

October 5th, 2009 Blast at WFP office in PakistanISLAMABAD — A suicide bomber blew himself up in the lobby of the World Food Program in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad on Monday, killing three people and wounding several others, police and witnesses said. The blast in the lobby of the heavily fortified and guarded building left victims lying on the ground in pools of blood and shattered windows, witnesses said.

October 1st, 2009 13 wounded in explosion in Sri LankaCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka's military says a bomb has exploded inside a car transporting schoolchildren in the country's northwest province, wounding 13. Military spokesman Brig.

September 26th, 2009 2 car bombs kill 12, wound scores in PakistanPESHAWAR, Pakistan — Two car bombs killed at least 12 people and wounded dozens in separate attacks in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, just days after the Taliban warned more suicide strikes were coming if the military pressed forward with an army offensive. A car bomb detonated outside a bank affiliated with the army in Peshawar, the capital of North West Frontier Province, killing at least six people and wounding dozens more, police official Shaukat Khan said.

September 23rd, 2009 Bombs kill policeman, 4 Iraqi soldiers in IraqBAGHDAD — Two roadside bombings in and around the restive northern Iraq city of Mosul and a third in Baghdad killed four Iraqi soldiers and a policeman on Wednesday. The policeman was killed around 9 a.m.

September 12th, 2009 Police: Bomb blast in Indian Kashmir kills 3SRINAGAR, India — Suspected Islamic militants set off a powerful bomb blast Saturday in Indian-administered Kashmir, killing three people and wounding at least seven others, police said. The explosives were packed in a car parked near the central jail in the main city of Srinagar and detonated by remote control as a police bus drove past, said senior police official Hemant Lohia.

August 27th, 2009 Iraqi police: Car bomb kills 1 near US baseBAGHDAD — Iraqi police officials say a string of car bombs have targeted Iraqi security forces in and around Baghdad, killing one and wounding 19 people. The blasts come as security has tightened throughout Iraq ahead of the funeral of Iraqi Shiite leader Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim.

August 20th, 2009 Bomb wounds 7 close to Pakistan capitalRAWALPINDI, Pakistan — A bomb exploded at a security checkpoint close to the Pakistani capital late Thursday, wounding seven people. Pakistan is battling Islamist militants blamed for scores of bloody bombings over the last two years.

August 19th, 2009 BAGHDAD — Hospital and medical officials say a series of explosions targeting government and commercial buildings in Baghdad killed at least 75 people and wounded more than 300. The attacks started shortly after 10 a.m.

July 29th, 2009 Police: Bomb kills 2, wounds 4 in PakistanDERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Police say a bomb has ripped through the parking area at a court in northwest Pakistan, killing two men guarding a Shiite Muslim lawyer and wounding four people. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack Wednesday in Dera Ismail Khan, but the city has witnessed both Taliban-related violence and sectarian fighting between Sunni and Shiite Muslims.

July 2nd, 2009 Pakistan police say 5 dead in suicide blastRAWALPINDI, Pakistan — A senior police official says at least five people have been killed in a suicide attack on a government bus near the Pakistani capital. Rawalpindi police chief Nasir Durrani said the attacker was on a motorcycle.

June 14th, 2009 Police: 8 dead in market bomb blast in PakistanDERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Police say eight people have died in a bomb blast at a market in northwest Pakistan. Government official Mohsin Shah said the blast Sunday in Dera Ismail Khan appeared to have been caused by a planted explosive device.

June 9th, 2009 Recent attacks in or linked to PakistanA look at some recent major attacks in Pakistan or blamed on Pakistan-based militants: — Oct. 12, 2009: A suicide car bomb explodes near an army vehicle in a market in the northwest Shangla district, killing 41, including six security officers, and wounding 45.

June 9th, 2009 Pakistani officials: Huge bomb at Peshawar hotelPESHAWAR, Pakistan — Officials says a huge bomb has exploded at a luxury hotel in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at least five people and wounding 25 others. Police official Liaqat Ali says gunmen stormed into the Pearl Continental Hotel in the northwestern city on Tuesday night just before "a big bomb went off." Sahibzada Anis, a top government official in Peshawar, says at least five people were killed and 25 wounded.

June 1st, 2009 Police: Bomb explodes at Baghdad market, kills 4BAGHDAD — An Iraqi police official says a bomb exploded at a Baghdad fruit and vegetable market, killing four people and wounding 14. The official says the blast occurred shortly before 8 a.m.