International Business News - Violence http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Taliban militants launched a surprise attack on a key southern Afghan town, sparking a battle that killed some 60 insurgents, an Afghan official said Sunday. A second clash in the same region killed another 40 militants. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/150568-afghanistan-us.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081012/more-than-100-taliban-killed-in-afghan-clashes.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081012/more-than-100-taliban-killed-in-afghan-clashes.htm Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:44:32 EDT Gunmen opened fire in a bar in northern Mexico, killing 11 people, and the body of a newspaper editor was found shot dead on the side of a highway in two separate attacks, police said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081011/gunmen-kill-11-in-northern-mexican-bar.htm Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:17:05 EDT Gunmen opened fire at a bar in the northern Mexican city of Chihuahua, killing 11 people, officials said Friday. Also Friday, Miguel Angel Villagomez, the 40-year-old owner and editor of La Noticia newspaper in Lazaro Cardenas, was found shot dead near a highway in western Michoacan state. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/gunmen-kill-11-in-northern-mexican-bar.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:51:14 EDT U.S.-led coalition troops killed 21 militants in two separate clashes in southern Afghanistan, while insurgents killed 10 civilians in the same area, the U.S. military said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/us-9-militants-killed-in-southern-afghanistan.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:48:07 EDT Five state police officers were killed in the western Mexican state of Jalisco by grenade-lobbing gunmen who fired more than 800 bullets in the attack, authorities said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/148425-mexico-violence.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/mexico-16-killed-in-rough-border-state.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/mexico-16-killed-in-rough-border-state.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:10:47 EDT U.S. and Afghan troops clashed and called airstrikes on a group of insurgents in southern Afghanistan, killing 43 militants, the U.S. military said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/us-43-militants-killed-in-southern-afghanistan.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:08:51 EDT Five state police officers were arrested in southern Mexico on Sunday in connection with a deadly raid to dislodge protesters from a Mayan archaeological site. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/146169-mexico-ruins-violence.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/5-police-held-in-deadly-clash-at-mexican-ruins.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/5-police-held-in-deadly-clash-at-mexican-ruins.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:15:00 EDT Ann Burke saw signs of trouble with her daughter's boyfriend. He'd incessantly call her at night, keep her from her family, and, ultimately, physically abuse her during a tumultuous relationship that ended with her death three years ago. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/ri-schools-required-to-teach-about-dating-violence.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:50:06 EDT Five state police officers were arrested Sunday in connection with the deaths of four villagers during a raid on protesters who had seized the entrance of a Mayan archaeological site. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081005/5-police-held-in-deadly-clash-at-mexican-ruins.htm Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:21:13 EDT Ann Burke saw signs of trouble with her daughter's boyfriend. He'd incessantly call her at night, keep her from her family, and, ultimately, physically abuse her during a tumultuous relationship that ended with her death three years ago. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081005/ri-schools-required-to-teach-about-dating-violence.htm Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:18:29 EDT Maoist rebels say they murdered a hard-line Hindu leader whose death triggered violence between Hindus and Christians that left dozens dead, a television news channel reported Sunday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081005/report-maoists-say-they-murdered-hindu-leader.htm Sun, 05 Oct 2008 09:50:50 EDT Police clashed with hundreds of villagers who seized the entrance to a Mayan archaeological site and six protesters were killed, state officials said Saturday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/145402-mexico-ruins-violence.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081004/6-villagers-killed-in-clash-at-mexico-ruins.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081004/6-villagers-killed-in-clash-at-mexico-ruins.htm Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:59:24 EDT Police have found nine more bodies dumped around the Mexican border city of Tijuana, where nearly 50 people have been killed in a week of violence related to the drug trade. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/145409-mexico-violence.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081004/mexican-police-find-9-bodies-dumped-in-tijuana.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081004/mexican-police-find-9-bodies-dumped-in-tijuana.htm Sat, 04 Oct 2008 23:45:05 EDT More than 40 percent of Mexicans say they feel less secure since the start of a government crackdown on the drug trade, according to a poll published Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/poll-mexico-feels-less-secure-amid-drug-crackdown.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:13:30 EDT An Afghan police chief says French NATO troops have wounded four Afghan civilians on a road outside capital. Kabul's police chief Ayub Salangi said the civilians were inside a minibus which got in between a French military convoy as it was traveling outside the capital on Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081002/official-french-troops-wound-4-civilians-in-kabul.htm Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:03:08 EDT A suicide bomber killed three people and injured six as he blew up his explosives-laden car at a military checkpoint east of Algeria's capital, a local security official said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/141829-algeria-violence.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080929/suicide-bomber-kills-3-near-algerian-capital.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080929/suicide-bomber-kills-3-near-algerian-capital.htm Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:17:45 EDT Taliban militants on Saturday released the last of approximately 150 Afghan laborers they had abducted for almost a week after suspecting the workers of being Afghan soldiers, officials said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/140137-bush-us-afghanistan.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080927/militants-release-150-kidnapped-afghan-laborers.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080927/militants-release-150-kidnapped-afghan-laborers.htm Sat, 27 Sep 2008 04:02:52 EDT About 50 Christians armed with knives, sticks and stones hacked a Hindu man to death in the eastern Indian state of Orissa in the latest outburst of sectarian violence that has left 27 people dead, police said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080926/hindu-christian-clashes-kill-1-in-eastern-india.htm Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:53:28 EDT A police chief says a suicide bomber has killed five people, and wounded seven others in eastern Afghanistan. Khost province's police chief, Abdul Qayum Bakizoy, says the bomber targeted a militia commander working for the U.S. forces in the province. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080926/suicide-bomber-kills-5-in-afghanistan.htm Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:58:09 EDT Police raided a militant hide-out in southern Pakistan, triggering a gunbattle during which three suicide bombers blew themselves up along with a handcuffed prisoner, officials said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080926/pakistan-karachi-clash-kills-suspected-militant.htm Fri, 26 Sep 2008 07:14:28 EDT