Sri Lanka’s military says bomb blast in a car transporting schoolchildren wounds 13

October 2nd, 2009 1 killed, 12 hurt in Sri Lanka bomb blastCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A schoolgirl was killed by a car bomb in northwestern Sri Lanka that also wounded 12 others Friday, mostly students who were about to travel in the vehicle, officials said. It was the first major bomb blast in the country since government troops crushed the Tamil Tiger rebels in May after a 25-year insurgency.

October 1st, 2009 13 hurt as bomb-rigged car explodes in Sri LankaCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A car bomb exploded in northwest Sri Lanka on Friday and wounded 13 people, most of them schoolchildren about to travel in the van, the military said. It was the first major bomb blast reported in the country since government troops crushed the Tamil Tiger rebels in May, after a 25-year insurgency for an independent homeland.

September 7th, 2009 Car bomb explodes near military airport in KabulKABUL — A car bomb exploded near the entrance to the military airport in Afghanistan's capital early Tuesday, police said. The blast rattled windows more than a mile (1.6 kilometers) away.

September 4th, 2009 3 police killed in southern Russia blastNAZRAN, Russia — A roadside bomb blast ripped through a police car in Russia's violence-plagued southern Ingushetia province on Friday, killing three officers and wounding two others, authorities said. Five policemen were in the car hit by the explosive device near the village of Dattykh, provincial Interior Ministry spokeswoman Madina Khadziyeva said.

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 18th, 2009 2 US troops killed in eastern AfghanistanKABUL — The U.S. military says two American service members have been killed and three others wounded in a bomb blast in eastern Afghanistan.

August 18th, 2009 Injured AP photographer in Baltimore hospitalBALTIMORE — An Associated Press photographer wounded in a bomb blast in southern Afghanistan was in a Baltimore hospital Monday to be treated for severe leg injuries. Emilio Morenatti's left foot was amputated because of the injury.

July 29th, 2009 Bomb outside court kills 2, wounds 4 in PakistanDERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — A bomb ripped through the parking area at a court in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing two men guarding a Shiite Muslim lawyer, authorities said. Troops waging an offensive elsewhere in the region killed at least four suspected Taliban fighters, the military said.

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.

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 2nd, 2009 US: roadside bomb kills American soldier in IraqBAGHDAD — The U.S. military says an American soldier has died in a roadside bombing in Baghdad.

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.

May 10th, 2009 Afghan double suicide attack kills 7, wounds 20KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A double suicide bomb attack killed seven people and wounded 20 in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, an official said. The majority of casualties were police and army units responding to the initial attack.

May 10th, 2009 Afghan double suicide attack kills, wounds 20KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A double suicide bomb attack killed and wounded at least 20 people in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, an official said. The majority of casualties were police and army units responding to the initial attack.

January 20th, 2009 COLOMBO - At least two people, including a policeman, were killed and 10 people, including four schoolchildren, were wounded in a powerful blast by suspected LTTE cadres in Sri Lanka's eastern Batticaloa district, an official said Wednesday. Military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said that a claymore bomb fixed to a bicycle and kept at a petrol pump opposite the Batticaloa police station exploded around 7.30 a.m.