Pakistan market blast kills 30: officials
AFP - 54 minutes agoA suicide car bomb tore through a crowded shopping street in Pakistan on Tuesday, killing 30 people in the third militant attack to strike the nuclear-armed country in as many days.
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Suicide bombing kills 12 in Pakistan
Washington Post - Mon Nov 9, 12:00 am ETPESHAWAR, PAKISTAN -- A suicide bomber set off a blast Sunday in a northwest Pakistan market crowded with shoppers ahead of a Muslim holiday, killing 12 people, including a mayor who once supported but turned against the Taliban, officials said.
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Pakistan rejects unsecured nukes report
CNN - Sun Nov 8, 10:39 pm ETPakistan angrily defended the security of its nuclear arsenal Sunday after a U.S. magazine reported that the Obama administration wants Pakistan to let Washington help secure its weapons in a crisis.
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Pakistan rejects nuclear weapons article
UPI - Mon Nov 9, 8:59 am ETISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- The Pakistani Foreign Ministry dismissed as "totally baseless" a report in The New Yorker about the United States offering to protect its nuclear weapons.
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Pakistan suicide bombing kills mayor, 11 others
CNN - Sun Nov 8, 8:01 pm ETA suicide car bomber struck in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, killing 12 people, including a local mayor, authorities said.
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Pakistan suicide bomb kills anti-Taliban mayor, 11 others
Chicago Sun-Times - Mon Nov 9, 5:53 am ETPESHAWAR, Pakistan -- A suicide bomber blew himself up Sunday in a market in northwest Pakistan crowded with shoppers ahead of a Muslim holiday, killing 12 people, including a mayor who once supported but had turned against the Taliban, officials said. In the heavily guarded capital, police shot and killed another suicide bomber before he was able to detonate his explosives at a checkpoint ...
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Obama mulling five options for Afghanistan
UPI - 1 hour 14 minutes agoWASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. President Obama and his senior advisers will consider five strategies for Afghanistan and Pakistan at their next meeting, administration officials said.
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Iraq touts for tourists at London fair
AFP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 57 minutes agoBabylon, Sinbad, the Garden of Eden -- war-scarred Iraq touted its attractions for tourists Tuesday, as it sent a delegation to a major industry fair for the first time in decade.
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Prices take shine off Pakistan weddings
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 8, 6:53 pm ETPakistan's traditionally lavish weddings have lost their sparkle this matrimonial season thanks to rising prices of gold and festive essentials in a limping economy overshadowed by Taliban attacks.
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Japan plans additional $5 billion for Afghanistan
AP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours 23 minutes agoJapan on Tuesday announced $5 billion in fresh aid to Afghanistan even as it plans to bring home refueling ships supporting U.S.-led forces there. The pledge comes just days before President Barack Obama arrives in Tokyo for talks that are sure to focus on the countries' military alliance.
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Bomber Kills 3 Near Group of Police in Pakistan
Fox News - Mon Nov 9, 4:52 am ETA homicide bomber in a rickshaw detonated his explosives near a group of police constables in northwest Pakistan's main city of Peshawar on Monday, killing three people, police said.
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Pakistani Taliban vow tough guerrilla war
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 10, 8:37 am ETPakistani Taliban militants vowed to fight a tough, protracted guerrilla war against the army on Tuesday as a suicide car-bomber killed up to 20 people in a northwestern town, police said.
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The Starting Point: Pirates, poker champs and dress codes
The Yahoo! Newsroom via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 10, 8:26 am ETThe Starting Point is a snapshot of the news stories that occurred overnight. Look for updates throughout the day on Yahoo! News and in the news box on Yahoo.com.
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US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 836
AP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 9:10 pm ETAs of Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, at least 836 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Monday at 10 a.m. EST.
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North Sider's videos linked to death plot
Chicago Sun-Times - Tue Nov 10, 6:41 am ETTwo al-Qaida DVDs found at the home of a North Side man are evidence of his involvement in a plot to kill a Danish newspaper cartoonist, federal prosecutors say. One of the DVDs found at Tahawwur Rana's home features Osama bin Laden and is a testimonial to four jihadi "martyrs," according to a new prosecution court filing. "It is quite clear that the planned Copenhagen attack involved and was ...
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At Least Five People Killed, 12 Injured in Charsadda Explosion
Bloomberg - Tue Nov 10, 7:36 am ETNov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- At least five people were killed and 12 were injured in an explosion in Pakistan’s northwestern town of Charsadda, according to the nation’s biggest ambulance service.
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Blast hits busy Pakistan market
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