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1 article now says 45 dead; and this one 43 dead.

Note: Video included.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8329244.stm

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” Many dead in Peshawar explosion”

SNIPPET: “At least 43 people have died and dozens were hurt by a large blast in a market in Peshawar, Pakistan, doctors say.”

SNIPPET: “Pakistani television showed footage of burning shops in the Peepal Mandi area of Peshawar and crowds digging through rubble to rescue people.
The market mostly sells products for women, and most of the dead were reported to be women.

Hamid Afridi, head of the Lady Reading hospital in Peshawar, told the AFP news agency more than 80 people had been wounded.”

SNIPPET: “Police official Anwar Shah told AFP the blast had been caused by a car bomb.”