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Suspected US missile attacks rock NW Pakistan (AP)

AP – Two suspected U.S. missile strikes hit militant targets in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, officials said, bringing to six the number of such attacks in the region in less than a week. Continue reading

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Ten million without shelter in Pakistan floods: UN (AFP)

AFP – Pakistan’s devastating floods have left 10 million people without shelter, the United Nations said Tuesday, as authorities rushed to bolster river defences to save two towns from catastrophe. Continue reading

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Women, kids among 12 dead in NW Pakistani bombing (AP)

AP – A car bomb ripped through a police compound in a northwestern Pakistani city on Tuesday, killing 11 women and children and one officer, the latest in a string of attacks proving that Islamist militants remain a potent force in the country. Continue reading

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Suicide car bomber kills 17 in northwest Pakistan (AFP)

AFP – At least 17 people were killed and 45 wounded when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a police station in northwest Pakistan on Monday, destroying the building, police said. Continue reading

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Police say suicide attack in NW Pakistan kills 17 (AP)

AP – A suicide bomber detonated a car in an alley behind a police station in a strategically vital town in northwest Pakistan on Monday, killing at least 17 police and civilians in an explosion that shattered the station and neighboring homes, police said. Continue reading

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