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Two consoles, both alike in resolution,In fair America, where we lay our scene,From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,Where electronic blood makes civil hands unclean… After a protracted battle that lasted seven years and resulted in what can best be described as a dull stalemate, a new act in the Console War has finally begun with the release of the ...

HALLDOR KOLBEINS/AFP/Getty Images It was the first-ever armed police operation, officials said. With a population of only 322,000 and one of the lowest crime rates in the world, police rarely draw their weapons in the island nation. LONDON — Police in Iceland said Monday they shot dead a gunman — the first time armed police have killed someone in the ...

Wissm al-Okili/Reuters A woman looks at the site of a bomb attack in Baghdad’s Sadr City on Monday. The attacks have continued through Tuesday. BAGHDAD — A wave of attacks, mostly by car bombs, hit mainly Shiite and commercial areas of Baghdad on Wednesday morning, killing at least 24 people and wounding 87, Iraqi officials said. The bombings were part ...

Hussein Malla Lebanese men remove a body from a burned car at the scene where two explosions struck near the Iranian Embassy. Iran’s ambassador to Lebanon says his country’s cultural attaché has died from wounds sustained in twin explosions that struck near the Iranian Embassy in Beirut, killing 23 people. Ambassador Ghazanfar Roknabadi identified the diplomat as Sheikh Ibrahim Ansari. ...