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(6 stories) US airstrikes kill 15 al-Qaida militants in Yemen

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US airstrikes kill 15 al-Qaida militants in Yemen
US airstrikes kill 15 al-Qaida militants in Yemen (WHDH)
U.S. airstrikes targeting leaders from Yemen's active al-Qaida branch killed 15 suspected militants, Yemeni officials said on Tuesday.

Clashes over Pakistani mountaintop kill nearly 60 (Washington Examiner)
Members of lashkar , or local peace force, stand guard at the site of a suicide attack in Peshawar, Pakistan on Monday, Jan 30, 2012.

Car bomb north of Baghdad kills 3 Iraqi soldiers (WBOC-TV Salisbury)
An Iraqi official says a bomb blast north of Baghdad has killed three Iraqi soldiers, hours before the nation's parliament is to reconvene after Sunni-backed lawmakers ended their boycott to protest persecution of Sunni officials.

2 Libyans suing MI6 ex-director over rendition (WSVN-TV Miami Beach)
Two Libyans who claim that British spies were involved in their torture and rendition are launching legal action against the former director of counterterrorism at the U.K.'s foreign spy agency, lawyers representing them said Tuesday.

Man says Nigeria kidnapping like 'an action movie' (Athens Banner-Herald)
Two men came out of nowhere as Greg Ock's car idled in traffic in a remote Nigerian town.

What does the Shafia guilty verdict mean for Canada's legal system (Toronto News.Net)
Mohammad Shafia , his son Hamed Shafia and wife Tooba Mohammad Yahya arrive at the Frontenac County Courthouse in Kingston, Ontario January 23, 2012.

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