Suspected car bomb explodes in northern Spanish city, Interior Ministry says

September 10th, 2009 Truck bomb kills at least 18 in northern IraqBAGHDAD — Officials say a truck bomb has exploded in a village in northern Iraq, killing at least 18 people and injuring 19 others. A police officer and a health official in Mosul say the bomb went off before dawn Thursday about 35 miles (55 kilometers) southeast of the city in the village of Wardek.

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 9th, 2009 Spanish media: small bomb explodes in MallorcaMADRID —Spanish media say a small bomb has exploded in a restaurant on the island of Mallorca after a telephone warning from Basque separatist group ETA, and that no one was hurt in the blast. The attack was staged just hours after ETA published a statement claiming responsibly for four other bombings that killed three people and injured dozens this summer.

August 9th, 2009 Bomb explodes on Spanish island of MallorcaMADRID —A small bomb exploded Sunday in a restaurant on the Spanish island of Mallorca, hurting no one, and a second device was deactivated by police, the government said. The attack happened just over a week after the Basque separatist group ETA killed two police officers on the island.

August 9th, 2009 Bomb explodes on Spain's Mallorca islandMADRID —A small bomb exploded Sunday in a restaurant on the Spanish island of Mallorca, causing minor damage and no injuries, just over a week after Basque separatist group ETA killed two police officers there, the government said. The attack was staged just hours after ETA published a statement claiming responsibly for four other bombings that killed three people and injured dozens this summer.

July 30th, 2009 Spanish island's airport reopened after bombingPALMA DE MALLORCA, Balearic Islands — Spanish authorities say Mallorca airport has been reopened to outgoing flights after a bomb on the island killed two police officers. The airport was closed to outgoing flights earlier Thursday after police launched a manhunt for suspects in the attack blamed on Basque separatist group ETA.

July 30th, 2009 2 Spanish officers killed in blast on MallorcaMADRID — An explosion near a police station on the Spanish island of Mallorca killed two officers Thursday — a day after a car-bomb attack blamed on Basque separatists left scores injured in northern Spain. A Civil Guard spokesman in Madrid said it was still too early to say what caused Thursday's blast in the Palmanova beach resort area, southwest of the resort island's capital of Palma de Mallorca.

July 29th, 2009 Suspected car bomb in Spanish cityMADRID — The Interior Ministry says a suspected car bomb has exploded near a Civil Guard barracks in the northern city of Burgos. Authorities did not have any immediate details available on injuries or damage.

July 29th, 2009 Car bomb explodes in Spain, dozens injuredBURGOS, Spain — A powerful car bomb exploded early Wednesday outside a barracks housing police officers and their families in this northern Spanish city, slightly injuring 46 people and causing major damage in the area. The attack was blamed on Basque separatist group ETA.

July 24th, 2009 Spanish police arrest ex-Argentine police officialMADRID — Spanish police have arrested a former Argentine police official suspected of committing human rights abuses during the South American country's dirty war, the Interior Ministry said in a statement Friday. Jorge Alberto Soza was arrested July 7 in the eastern town of Ontinyent but details were not released immediately "for operational reasons," a police spokeswoman told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity in keeping with force rules.

July 6th, 2009 6 killed in Iraq attacksBAGHDAD — Iraqi authorities say gunmen have killed five people in an attack on a security checkpoint in Baghdad, and a car bomb killed a man in the northern city of Mosul. An army officer and an interior ministry official say the attack on the checkpoint in western Baghdad on Sunday night killed two Iraqi police officers and three soldiers.

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May 10th, 2009 MOSCOW - A natural gas pipeline exploded in southwest Moscow early Sunday, sending flames up to 300 meters in the air, the emergencies ministry said. At least five people were treated for burns, an official said adding that the fire was visible for many kilometers but no damage was caused to the residential buildings.

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