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Bombings, beheadings? Stats show a peaceful world

Bombings, beheadings? Stats show a peaceful world

It seems as if violence is everywhere, but it's really on the run. Yes, thousands of people have died in bloody unrest from Africa to Pakistan, while terrorists plot bombings and kidnappings. Wars drag on in Iraq and Afghanistan. In peaceful Norway, a man massacred 69 youths in July. In Mexico, headless bodies turn up, victims of drug cartels. This month eight people died in a shooting in a California hair salon.

Senh: As usual, the numbers don't lie. The news media, on the other hand, make it unbelievable.

 

Afghan policeman kills NATO soldiers, protests continue

Afghan policeman kills NATO soldiers, protests continue

A "rogue" Afghan border policeman shot dead two foreign soldiers on a training mission on Monday, and hundreds of people turned out on the streets for a fourth day of protests against the burning of a Koran by a fundamentalist U.S. pastor.

 

'Libyan rebels killed in NATO air strike'

'Libyan rebels killed in NATO air strike'

NATO investigating reports that coalition jet struck pro-democracy forces in country's east, killing at least seven. Pro-democracy forces in Libya say at least seven of their fighters have been killed in a NATO air strike on the outskirts of the ...

 

Libyan Rebels Advance on Key Oil Refinery at Ras Lanuf

Libyan Rebels Advance on Key Oil Refinery at Ras Lanuf

Libyan rebels pushed past the oil town of Brega on Sunday, moving toward the major refinery at Ras Lanuf in the second day of a counterattack aided by allied airstrikes against Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s forces.

 

Libyan Woman Struggles to Tell Media of Her Rape

A woman burst into the hotel housing the foreign press in Tripoli Saturday and fought off security forces as she told journalists that she had been raped and beaten by Qaddafi militia members.

 

Rebel forces claim victory in key Libyan city

Rebel forces claim victory in key Libyan city

Opposition fighters took control of Ajdabiya overnight after allied fighter jets bombed Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's tanks that were entrenched at the city's gates, according to an opposition spokesman.

 

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