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2008
Blind jazz guitarist Jeff Healey
2008
Amaro da Costa, a senior East Timorese rebel soldier, surrendered. He was accused of being involved in last month's attacks on the country's president and prime minister.
2008
Ayman al-Zawahri, Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader, published "Exonerations," with al-Sahab, al-Qaida's media wing, on militant Islamic Web sites. The book slams radical militants who have disavowed armed struggle and turned their backs on violence.
2008
In northern Honduras 8 people were shot dead at a billiards hall by gunmen disguised as policemen in San Pedro Sula, a city plagued by violent gangs and drug traffickers. Honduras last month began a nationwide effort to halt a rising wave of violence and stem the flow of guns on the street.
2008
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said his landmark visit to Iraq opened a new chapter in "brotherly" relations between the two countries, which were once bitter enemies. 13 gunmen were killed and eight were injured in clashes with American and Iraqi forces in the town of Tal Afar. 2 police officers were also killed and four were injured. In two other separate attacks in Diyala, police reported that five people were killed when a roadside bomb hit a bus, while another assault killed a patrolling police officer. The US military found a grave in Samarra with 14 bodies, believed to be members of the Iraqi security forces executed by al-Qaida in Iraq. A car bomb in Samarra had killed four people, including one child. Police in Samarra, however, reported that at least seven people were killed and 10 people were injured. In central and northern Iraq US and Iraqi forces killed 9 suspected insurgents and detained 44 others in raids targeting al-Qaida. 3 Iraqi troops were killed in one of the operations. During the operation, the SWAT teams found bomb-making materials, a rocket-propelled grenade launcher, rifles, grenades, a landmine and ammunition.
2008
Israeli aircraft sent missiles slamming into the office of the prime minister of Hamas-ruled Gaza before dawn, pressing forward with an offensive that has killed nearly 70 Palestinians in two days of fighting. A 21-month-old girl was among the dead in new violence. The Israeli onslaught failed to stop rockets from battering southern Israel. 9 were fired at southern Israel by midday, including one that struck a house in Sderot.
2008
In northwestern Pakistan a suicide bomber blew himself up at a large meeting called by tribal elders pushing for peace, killing at least 40 people and injuring more than 100 in Darra Adam Khel in North West Frontier Province about 25 miles south of Peshawar.
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