Three killed in bomb blast in the Philippines

October 5th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A bomb explosion outside the UN's World Food Programme offices in Islamabad on Monday killed one person and injures two others, police say. "There was a blast in the street where a UN office is located.

October 5th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - In the wake of Monday's bomb blast outside the UN's World Food Programme offices in Islamabad, all the United Nations offices will remain closed in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi until further orders. The blast left two Pakistani women and a foreigner killed and eight others injured.

September 29th, 2009 MANILA - Two US servicemen and Filipino marine soldier in southern Philippines were killed Tuesday when their Hummer jeep hit a landmine, an official said. Two people were wounded in the blast near a marine detachment in Indanan town of Sulu province Tuesday morning, chief military spokesperson Lt.

September 17th, 2009 LONDON - At least six persons have died and 38 injured in a bomb attack on Thursday in the centre of Kabul amid rising tension in Afghanistan. The blast occurred near the U.S embassy.

September 12th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Two policemen and a woman were killed and nine policemen injured in a powerful car bomb blast outside the central jail here Saturday evening, officials said. Police officials, who rushed to the spot in Kathi Darwaza area, said the bomb targeted a police bus that was returning after dropping detainees at the jail.

September 6th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Three people were killed and seven others injured Sunday in a bomb blast in western Nepal, a media report said. The blast took place in Malakheti village in Dhangadhi area of Nepal's western Kailali district, Nepalnews.com reported.

August 3rd, 2009 HERAT - At least 12 people were killed and another 20 were injured in a remote controlled bomb blast in the western Afghanistan city of Herat on Monday, just weeks before the presidential elections. Provincial police chief Esmatullah Alizai said the blast was caused by a bomb planted in a roadside rubbish bin and remotely detonated.

July 30th, 2009 MADRID - At least two people were killed and several injured in an explosion on Spain's resort island Mallorca, according to media reports Thursday. The explosion was caused by a car bomb outside the Palmanova civil guard barracks, close to the Marivent palace where Spain's royal family is spending its traditional summer holiday, the El Pais newspaper reported.

July 29th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least one person was killed and three others wounded in a car bomb blast in North West Frontier Frontier Province's Dera Ismail Khan on Wednesday. Officials said the car was parked inside a parking lot of the district courts, and a remote control device was used to trigger off the blast.

July 5th, 2009 MANILA - Four people were killed and several wounded when a homemade bomb exploded outside a Catholic cathedral in a southern Philippine city Sunday, police said. The blast occurred as churchgoers were coming out of the cathedral in Cotabato City, 960 km south of Manila, said police Chief Inspector Alexander Sarabia.

July 2nd, 2009 RAWALPINDI - At least six persons were killed and over 15 injured in a suicide bomb attack here on Thursday. The attack which took place in the Chur Chowk area of the city was earlier referred to as a bomb blast, but later senior police officials confirmed that it was a suicide attack.

June 14th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least eight people were killed and 15 others were injured in a powerful bomb blast which rocked Dera Ismail Khan in Pakistan on Sunday. he blast took place in the Tijarat Ganj Market area of DI Khan and was so powerful that it destroyed several vehicles and shops.

June 11th, 2009 QUETTA - One person has reportedly been killed and 35 others injured in a bomb blast that took place in a local train traveling from Karachi to Quetta, the capital of Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province. According to the sources, the bomb was hidden in a toilet, and exploded when the train was about 45 kilometres away from its destination (Quetta).

June 9th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least five people were killed and 35 injured Tuesday evening in a bomb blast at a five-star hotel in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, according to local TV reports. The blast occurred at the Pearl Continental Hotel, a heavily guarded five-star hotel in Peshawar, capital of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), the Express TV quoted police sources as saying.

May 16th, 2009 PESHAWAR - At least ten persons including women and children were killed and twenty others were injured in a powerful car bomb blast in Peshawar on Saturday. The blast occurred on the busy Circular Road in the densely populated Berisco area at Kashkal.