Local military said, 45 hostages have been killed beheaded to deat at present, most women were raped and murdered.

Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo expressed strong anger, ordered to hunt down the murderer at all costs.

A suicide bomber killed at least 35 people Monday by detonating explosives outside a bank where people had lined up to pick up their monthly checks, police said.

The blast, in the Cannt area of the city, also wounded more than 65 others, said Imdad Ullah Bosal, a district coordination officer. Two women were among the dead, he said.

Meanwhile, another suicide bomber detonated his explosives at a police checkpoint in Lahore hours after the Rawalpindi attack,  police said.

The bombers, believed to be wearing suicide vests, blew themselves up as police inspected their vehicle at the Babu Sabu checkpoint, according to Lahore police chief Pervez Rethore. The blast injured at least 17 police and civilians, a local rescue services spokesman said. At least three people sustained serious injuries, Rethore said.

There are 9 soliders who may have plunged into the Pacific Ocean off southern California after a Coast Guard C-130 plane and a Marine AH-1 Cobra helicopter collided Thursday night.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger offered his condolences to family members of the missing Sunday.

Searchers had scoured the ocean for 60 hours without finding any sign of survivors. They reported Saturday that the search had covered 644 square miles. The Navy, Marine Corps and Customs Border Protection helped in the search.

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An Afghan civilian working with NATO troops also was killed in the attacks in southern Afghanistan, the military said. The officials said that, according to initial reports, one blast took place just outside Kandahar and the other was in neighboring Zabul province.

Seven of the soldiers who died were traveling together in one vehicle, said Sgt. Jerome Baysmore with the International Security Assistance Force Joint Command.

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs issued a statement of condolence: “As always our prayers go out to those who have lost a loved one and for those who sacrificed so much to serve our country.”

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10 Americans including three DEA agents were killed in a Taliban attacking. As report, a U.S. military helicopter crashed Monday while returning from the scene of a firefight  in western Afghanistan.

Another 4 troops were killed when two helicopters collided over southern Afghanistan.

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“We don’t believe that either one of them were due to enemy fire or hostile intent we are still investigating the cause of it,” Col. Wayne Shanks said to media.

Taliban commander’s claim that the helicopter was hit with heavy machine gun fire and a rocket propelled grenade while it was low to the ground seems to be consistent with what happened.

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Enemy action was not suspected in the crash, the U.S. military said.

“The incident is currently being investigated, but it is confirmed that hostile fire was not involved,” ISAF said in an earlier news release.

A recovery operation was launched.

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A U.S. statement said the American was killed Saturday in southern Afghanistan but gave no further details.

At least 34 U.S. service members have died in Afghanistan this month.

This has been the deadliest year for international and U.S. forces since the 2001 invasion to oust the Taliban. Fighting spiked around the presidential vote in August, and 51 U.S. soldiers died that month – the deadliest for American forces in the eight-year war.

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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki vowed to punish “the enemies of the Iraqi people who want to spread chaos in the country and derail the political process and prevent the parliamentary elections from taking place as planned.”

“The cowardly attack that took place today should not affect the determination of the Iraqi people from continuing their battle against the deposed regime and the gangs of criminal Baath party and the terrorist al Qaeda organization, who have committed the most heinous crimes against the civilians,’ ” al-Maliki said in a statement after car bombs attack.

President Obama condemned the “outrageous attacks against the Iraqi people.” In a statement, Obama called the bombings an attempt to “derail Iraq’s progress” and pledged that the United States would be a “close friend and partner” as Iraq prepares for elections.

According to the statement, Obama spoke Sunday with al-Maliki and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani to express his condolences and reiterate U.S. support.

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