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Climates of fear lead to 'shoot-downs'
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 15/01/2020
» One of the main causes of death for airline passengers in recent decades is being shot down by somebody's military. Not the very biggest, of course: accidents account for nine-tenths of all deaths in civilian airline crashes, and terrorist attacks and hijackings cause most of the rest. But a solid 2.5% of the deaths are due to trigger-happy people in military uniforms.
At least 18 civilians killed in Syria air strikes: monitor
AFP, Published on 29/11/2015
» BEIRUT - At least 18 civilians were killed and 40 wounded in "probably Russian" air strikes on a rebel-held town in northwestern Syria on Sunday, a monitoring group said.
Chinese peacekeeper, 3 civilians killed in Mali attacks
AFP, Published on 01/06/2016
» BAMAKO - A Chinese peacekeeper serving with the UN's Mali mission and three civilians working with an explosives unit have been killed in separate attacks, multiple sources confirmed Wednesday.
Eleven Ukraine civilians killed when rocket hits bus
AFP, Published on 13/01/2015
» Eleven Ukrainian civilians were killed and nearly 20 injured on Tuesday when a long-range Grad rocket apparently fired by pro-Russian insurgents hit an intercity bus in the separatist east.
23 militants, seven civilians killed in NW Pakistan unrest
AFP, Published on 28/09/2014
» At least 23 militants and seven civilians have been killed in northwest Pakistan in attacks on rebel hideouts, a checkpoint clash and a motorcycle bombing, officials said Sunday.
Five civilians killed in fresh east Ukraine violence
AFP, Published on 07/12/2014
» KIEV - Five civilians have been killed in fresh violence in eastern Ukraine, where more explosions and gunfire rang out on Sunday, two days before the start of a planned truce, officials said.
Five civilians killed in Ukraine's Donetsk
AFP, Published on 09/10/2014
» KIEV - Five civilians were killed during intensified shelling in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, local authorities said Thursday.
Five civilians killed around Damascus Palestinian camp
AFP, Published on 09/01/2013
» Five civilians were killed in heavy fighting around a Palestinian refugee camp in the Syrian capital on Tuesday as rebels withdrew from a northwestern town after a night of clashes, a watchdog said.
At least 19 civilians killed in Syria: monitors
AFP, Published on 09/03/2012
» At least 19 civilians were killed on Friday in violence across Syria as tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets after weekly Friday prayers, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Syrian forces pound Homs, '31 civilians killed'
AFP, Published on 22/02/2012
» Syrian forces killed at least 31 civilians on Tuesday, including 16 in shelling of neighbourhoods in Homs, monitors said, as regime forces massed around the flashpoint city.