Suicide bomber attack, Iraq's Shiite city of Karbala

Karbala, Iraq (Reuters)-a Suicide Bombing took place in the Shiite Holy City of Karbala, Iraq, on Sunday, injuring 10 people, while other attacks killed five people, officials said.

Jamal al-Din Shahristani family, an official at the Imam Hussein shrine, said, a technician who works on a project between that location and the shrine of Imam Abbas herself up, raises a number of victims, the AFP report.

A policeman and an employee of the Hospital of Karbala say, 10 people injured in the bombing in the City South of Baghdad.

The second grandson of Muhammad's tomb is among the holiest places for Shiites, residents and is visited by hundreds of thousands of pilgrims from Iraq and abroad every year.

There is no party that claimed responsibility for the attacks, but Sunni guerrillas often launch such attacks in an attempt to destabilize the Government and encourage the return of sectarian violence like in 2005-2008.

Also Sunday, three roadside bombs exploded next to the northeast of Baghdad, killing two people and injuring nine others, said some medical and security officials, while a bomb killed a soldier in a magnetic patch in Utayfiyah, North of Baghdad.

A number of armed men also attacked the checkpoint west of the northern city of Mosul, Iraq, killing two soldiers, said an army officer and a doctor.

Violence is the last of a wave of bombings and suicide attacks in the middle of a political crisis between Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and his Government partners and protest marches over the past few weeks demanding his resignation.

Throughout February, 220 people were killed in violence in Iraq, according to the data, based on AFP information from security sources and medical.

Iraq is engulfed in political chaos and violence that killed thousands of people since u.s. forces completed a withdrawal from the country on 18 December 2011, leaving security responsibilities to Iraq troops.

In addition to having problems with the Kurds, Iraq's Government is also at odds with Sunni groups.

Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (Shiite) since December 2011 sought the arrest of Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi on charges of terrorism and attempting to dismiss Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-absolute. Both are Sunni leaders.

Iraq officials issued an arrest warrant for Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi on December 19, 2011 after they gain recognition that connect him with terrorist activity.

Dozens of guards of Hashemi, a Sunni Arab leader, was arrested in a few weeks after the announcement, but it is not clear how many people were now on hold.

Hashemi, who denied the allegations, was hiding in the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq, and Kurdish leaders refused to pass them to Baghdad.

The Kurdish government even allowed the regional visit to Hashemi did Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey. (M014)

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Suicide bombing kills three policemen in Mosul, Iraq

Mosul, Iraq (Reuters)-Three suicide bomb attacks against checkpoints in Mosul, Northern Iraq, killing three police on Thursday night, police sources said.

The violence was part of a wave of attacks that fueled concerns about the return of violence between groups of people after the withdrawal of u.s. troops from Iraq by December 2011.

According to police sources, two of the three suspects crashed their car into the checkpoint.

On 14 February, which generally attacks aimed at security forces in northern Iraq, including Mosul, killing seven people.

There is no party that claimed responsibility for the attacks, but Sunni guerrillas often launch such attacks in an attempt to destabilize the Government and encourage the return of sectarian violence like in 2005-2008.

Violence is the last of a wave of bombings and suicide attacks in the middle of a political crisis between Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and his Government partners and protest marches over the past few weeks demanding his resignation.

Iraq is engulfed in political chaos and violence that killed thousands of people since u.s. forces completed a withdrawal from the country on 18 December 2011, leaving security responsibilities to Iraq troops.

In addition to having problems with the Kurds, Iraq's Government is also at odds with Sunni groups.

Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (Shiite) since December 2011 sought the arrest of Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi on charges of terrorism and attempting to dismiss Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-absolute. Both are Sunni leaders.

The scholars warn that Maliki is encouraging sectarian divisions, and protestors gathered in the streets of Iraq by carrying banners in support of the Government and criticized Hashemi.

Iraq officials issued an arrest warrant for Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi on December 19, 2011 after they gain recognition that connect him with terrorist activity.

Dozens of guards of Hashemi, a Sunni Arab leader, was arrested in a few weeks after the announcement, but it is not clear how many people were now on hold.

Hashemi, who denied the allegations, was hiding in the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq, and Kurdish leaders refused to pass them to Baghdad.

The Kurdish government even allowed the regional visit to Hashemi did Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, according to Reuters.
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Suicide bombing kills eight people in northern Iraq

Mosul, Iraq (Reuters)-a suicide car bomb Attack killed eight people at a military checkpoint in the northern city of Mosul, Iraq, Monday, said police and hospital sources.

The attack, which took place in Mosul, 390 kilometers north of Baghdad, also wounding eight people, including six soldiers, Reuters reported.

"An explosion that destroys everything. It seems like there isn't anything here before the explosion, "said a policeman at the scene who declined to be named because he was not authorized to speak to the media.

There is no party that claimed responsibility for the attack, but Sunni guerrillas often launch such attacks in an attempt to destabilize the Government and encourage the return of sectarian violence like in 2005-2008.

The bombing showed an increase in attacks in the midst of a political crisis between Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and his Government partners and protest marches over the past few weeks demanding his resignation.

Iraq is engulfed in political chaos and violence that killed thousands of people since u.s. forces completed a withdrawal from the country on 18 December 2011, leaving security responsibilities to Iraq troops.

In addition to having problems with the Kurds, Iraq's Government is also at odds with Sunni groups.

Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (Shiite) since December 2011 sought the arrest of Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi on charges of terrorism and attempting to dismiss Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-absolute. Both are Sunni leaders.

The scholars warn that Maliki is encouraging sectarian divisions, and protestors gathered in the streets of Iraq by carrying banners in support of the Government and criticized Hashemi.

Iraq officials issued an arrest warrant for Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi on December 19, 2011 after they gain recognition that connect him with terrorist activity.

Dozens of guards of Hashemi, a Sunni Arab leader, was arrested in a few weeks after the announcement, but it is not clear how many people were now on hold.

Hashemi, who denied the allegations, was hiding in the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq, and Kurdish leaders refused to pass them to Baghdad.

The Kurdish government even allowed the regional visit to Hashemi did Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey. (M014)

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Tackling South Korea's suicide rates

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8 November 2011 Last updated at 01:09 GMT The head of a savings bank jumped from his Seoul offices in an apparent suicide last month More than 40 South Koreans a day are taking their lives and the government in Seoul has recognised it is a problem that needs tackling. But, as the BBC's Lucy Williamson finds out, the reasons for such a high suicide rate are complicated and not easy to solve.

The call-centre for Seoul's emergency services is a windowless bunker, buried alongside the forested slopes of Namsan hill.

It used to be the home of South Korea's spy agency. Now it is where the city's emergency calls come in: reports of traffic accidents, crimes, and - increasingly - suicides.

According to the government, more than 40 South Koreans a day are taking their own lives - five times as many as in their parents' day.

Unsurprisingly, the operators here say calls from people wanting to commit suicide - or witnesses to it - are increasing.

Giant screens flash details of all the calls coming in to the rows of operators. They sit surrounded by dashboards of coloured lights and communications equipment. There is a constant blur of noise.

It does not take long before the first suicide call flashes up.

"There's a person trying to jump off a building," the caller says, "and he has a knife in his hand."

One of the team, Ki-jong Gwan, says the operators have had no formal training in handling these kinds of calls, but that staff often share tips amongst themselves.

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End Quote Dr Kang-ee Hong Child psychologist "I think there's a limit to what we can do," he said. "Some of the calls I remember were from people who'd already decided to take their lives and just wanted to ask that their bodies be taken care of.

"Others call up seeking advice on the best way to commit suicide. There are some situations where we've intervened and helped stop the person taking their life. But I think there needs to be a more fundamental solution."

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Across the city, in a small psychiatric hospital, Jong-sun Woo is starting another day in the ward she shares with five other women.

Jong-sun is 21 years old. She has tried to commit suicide many times over the past 10 years, and now chooses to live here in the hospital, where she is receiving support and counselling.

"I can't think how many times I've tried to kill myself," she told me. "It must now be over 20 times, it's been so many I've lost count."

She told me that she had kept her feelings of depression from those around her, and that when they had discovered her attempts at suicide, her family and friends blamed her for her depression.

"They said my mind was weak, and that if I could boost my spirits, I could make myself better. I felt a real sense of despair," she said. "I didn't think it was my fault but when people acted like that I began to wonder if perhaps it was. And the feeling lingered."

Jong-sun believes there is little real understanding of mental illness in South Korea, despite the spiralling suicide rate. Only here, after 10 years, has she managed to find the counselling she needed, she says, and is starting to feel better. Awareness was starting to improve, she said, but "I think it's a bit late".

Jong-sun Woo (left) is helping to raise awareness of mental health issues in street campaigns

But the real question is why this is happening at all in a country that is richer, more stable and more influential than at any time in its history?

South Korea is now the world's 12th largest economy. A place where you can surf the internet on the underground, dance the night away in a salsa club, and buy a decent cappuccino on your way to work. And yet people here seem less happy than during the years of hardship after the Korean War.

Kang-ee Hong, a child psychologist, says that over the past 40 years, South Korean parents have abandoned traditional values in favour of one single goal.

"From the beginning of childhood, the importance of money and achievement are emphasised by their parents, so they feel that unless you are successful in school grades and a good job, good prestigious college, you're not successful, and the parents behave as if 'you're not my child'," Dr Hong said.

Even young children typically work from early morning until late at night, and often at weekends too, to get into the best university they can and eventually secure a well-paying job. The pressure is intense, and the routine relentless - for years on end.

Dr Hong says that, for parents, the pressure to push their children even harder has led to them overcoming the stigma of going to a psychiatrist. But, he says, they often come for the wrong reasons.

They come to me to help their child work harder, he says, "to have better grades by being treated for ADHD (Attention-Deficit-Hyperactivity-Disorder) - because the school performance is so important".

On a pier a couple of hours' drive outside Seoul, Jong-sun Woo is helping to set up games and quizzes near some fairground rides.

This is a prime spot for suicides and the local police have asked her activist group to run a street campaign to raise awareness about mental health.

The stall is attracting a sizeable crowd. Suicide is still largely a taboo subject here, but there is also a real curiosity amongst the public to find out what is causing it.

Parliament recently told the government to do more to tackle the problem - raising national awareness in a way that has not been seen until now. And money has started to flow.

But this is a deep-rooted problem that has grown rapidly throughout the country - some of the highest rates are in the rural areas - and activists say it will not be anything like as quick to fix.

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Bernie Madoff and Wife Ruth Attempted Suicide In 'Impulsive' Move

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"I don't know whose idea it was, but we decided to kill ourselves because it was so horrendous what was happening."

— RUTH MADOFF, telling 60 Minutes' Morley Safer that she and her husband, convicted Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff, attempted suicide in an "impulsive" response to hate mail and harassment (via CBS)

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Suicide bomber attacks church in Indonesia

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A policeman stands guard as residents watch the site of an explosion in front of a church in Solo, Central Java September 25, 2011. An explosion caused by a suspected suicide bomber outside a church in the Indonesian city of Solo killed one person on Sunday, local media reported.

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JAKARTA | Sun Sep 25, 2011 4:41am EDT

JAKARTA (Reuters) - A suspected suicide bomber attacked a church on Indonesia's Java island on Sunday, killing himself and one other person, a police officer and a government minister said.

Seventeen people were wounded in the explosion outside a Protestant church just after Sunday service in the city of Solo, local police spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Djihartono told Reuters.

"The one killed in front of the church is highly suspected as the suicide bomber. A total of 17 people are wounded and treated," he said.

The coordinating minister for political, legal and security affairs, Djoko Suyanto, said authorities wold examine closed circuit footage from the church to identify the suicide bomber.

Solo is the hometown of radical Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, considered the spiritual leaders behind the group that killed more than 200 people in Bali in 2002.

Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim Country, has been the scene of some major attacks by militants and radical groups over the past decade, but there have been few attacks recently.

Religious tensions still bubble near the surface in the officially secular nation. Religious conflicts flared up between Muslims and Christians in Maluku and Sulawesi, in the eastern part of the sprawling archipelago, following the overthrow of former President Suharto in 1998.

(Reporting by Christianto Nusatya; Editing by Sugita Katyal)

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