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                    [ArticleID] => 1387940
                    [Title] => Islamic State mass killings now target Iraqi tribe
                    [Summary] => 

Islamic State group militants publicly shot dead 36 Sunni tribesmen, women and children yesterday, an Iraqi official and a tribal leader said, pushing the total number of members slain by the extremists in recent days to more than 200.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-04 07:05:22 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1732471 [AuthorName] => Sameer N. Yacoub [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 873639 [Title] => Pakistani Shiite procession hit by bombing, 6 dead [Summary] =>

A bombing claimed by the Taliban killed at least six people and wounded some 90 others at a Shiite religious procession in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, police said, as the minority Muslim sect observes the annual Ashoura holiday.

[DatePublished] => 2012-11-25 17:59:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 872563 [Title] => Bomb at Pakistan Shiite procession kills 3 [Summary] =>

Police say a bomb blast has killed three children and wounded 18 people at a Shiite Muslim procession in northwestern Pakistan.

[DatePublished] => 2012-11-24 15:18:37 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 755654 [Title] => Rare attacks on Afghan Shiites kill 60 [Summary] =>

A suicide bomber struck a crowd of Shiite worshippers who packed a Kabul mosque yesterday to mark a holy day, killing at least 56 people, and a second bombing in another city killed four more Shiites. They were the first major sectarian assaults since the fall of the Taliban a decade ago.

[DatePublished] => 2011-12-07 03:20:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 755376 [Title] => Hezbollah leader makes rare public appearance [Summary] =>

Hezbollah's leader has made his first public appearance in years at a Beirut rally to mark the Muslim holy day of Ashoura.

[DatePublished] => 2011-12-06 17:52:28 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 536231 [Title] => Suicide attack on Pakistani Shiites kills 30 [Summary] =>

A suicide bomber struck a procession marking a key Shiite Muslim holy day in Pakistani's biggest city yesterday, killing 30 people in an attack blamed on extremists trying to hamper the country's fight against militancy by sparking a sectarian war.

[DatePublished] => 2009-12-29 04:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 536079 [Title] => Suicide bombing in Karachi kills 20 [Summary] =>

A suicide bombing targeting a Shiite Muslim procession in Pakistan's largest city of Karachi killed at least 20 people and wounded 60 more Monday, as Shiites across the country marked the key holy day of Ashoura.

[DatePublished] => 2009-12-28 21:26:18 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 535975 [Title] => Iran: Opposition leader condemns protester deaths [Summary] =>

An Iranian opposition leader on Monday condemned the killing of protesters during Shiite Islam's most important observance, saying the government was even more brutal than the cruel regime that was ousted by the Islamic Revolution three decades ago.

[DatePublished] => 2009-12-28 15:28:27 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 535948 [Title] => At least 5 killed in Iran protests [Summary] =>

Iranian security forces fired on stone-throwing protesters in the center of the capital yesterday in one of the bloodiest confrontations in months, opposition Web sites and witnesses said. At least five people were killed.

[DatePublished] => 2009-12-28 04:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 535712 [Title] => Explosion rocks Hezbollah stronghold near Beirut [Summary] =>

Three bombs planted under a car exploded south of Beirut on yesterday, wounding two people in an attack that apparently targeted an official from the Palestinian militant group Hamas, the state-run news agency said.

[DatePublished] => 2009-12-27 05:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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