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Five killed in blast in Pakistan

Pakistan News.Net
Thursday 20th November, 2008 (IANS)

Islamabad, Nov 20 (Xinhua) At least five people were killed Thursday in a blast in Bajaur, a tribal town in northwest Pakistan, Geo TV channel reported.

Another TV channel Ajj described the blast as a suicide bomb explosion near a mosque and put the number of killed at seven. It reported that Rehman Ullah, the head of Mamond tribal lashkar (militia), was among the killed.

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