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Pakistan launches
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistani
investigators on Sunday hunted for clues to a suspected suicide
bombing that killed 14 people including two top police
officers—the second such attack in the country in two days.
The
blast late Saturday in Peshawar, the main city in northwest
Pakistan, targeted police guarding a Shiite Muslim procession,
Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao told AFP.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Politics spoils
airport opening
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BANGKOK:
Cracks on the runway, corruption claims and now safety
issues—Bangkok’s new airport has suffered blow after blow since
its swanky opening, but analysts say the public hammering could be a
ploy to discredit the ousted premier.
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Roadside bombings
kill seven US soldiers in Iraq
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BAGHDAD:
Roadside bombings killed seven more US soldiers across Iraq, and two
suicide car bombs in Baghdad left 15 people dead as US protestors
told Congress to cut funds for a new Baghdad security plan.
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INBRIEF
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TAIWAN:
Taiwan’s independence-minded President Chen Shui-bian has accused
China of “provoking” his government by targeting the island with
nearly 1,000 missiles, stepping up the rhetoric against Beijing.
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