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UPDATE:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7291444.stm

Last Updated: Wednesday, 12 March 2008, 10:22 GMT

“Pakistan buries victims of blasts”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Funerals have been held in Pakistan for the victims of two bomb attacks on Tuesday in the eastern city of Lahore.

At least 24 people were killed and 100 injured in the attacks by bombers using vehicles packed with explosives.

Most of the victims were killed in the attack on a building housing a federal police agency. The other blast, in a suburb, killed three people.

Meanwhile, two police officers and at least two suspected militants have died in incidents in the district of Swat.

The police officers were killed while trying to defuse a roadside bomb near the village of Charbagh, officials said.

The two suspected militants were killed in an explosion at a property in the Kabal district. It is unclear what caused the blast.

The Swat region’s beautiful scenery and ancient relics were once a major draw for tourists.

Recently however, the area has seen intense fighting between government forces and local militants keen to impose Islamic laws.”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Pakistan has been hit by a wave of suicide bombings in the past year, most against security targets, says the BBC’s Barbara Plett in Islamabad.”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “More than 500 people have been killed in the country since the beginning of the year in a campaign of attacks and bombings blamed on Islamist militants.”


369 posted on 03/12/2008 4:43:25 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: MamaDearest; All

FOX News....

Capitol Hill being evacuated.........security threat.


370 posted on 03/12/2008 9:26:43 AM PDT by Rushmore Rocks
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BREAKING PER FOX

Unidentified aircraft strays into no-fly zone over
Capitol. North lawn is being evacuated.

Fox is saying this is the 2nd time this week.

Obviously we haven’t heard of this because they think
we care about the New York Governor more.


372 posted on 03/12/2008 9:29:26 AM PDT by drymans wife (They is nothing like the mind of a TM;'er)
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