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June 2, 2009

Kidnapped Pakistani Students Rescued
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Pakistani soldiers have rescued scores of students and staff from a
military-run college who were abducted by Taliban militants in the
northwest of the country on Monday. Pakistani officials said seventy-one
students and nine staff members had been rescued. Meanwhile, a court in
Pakistan has ordered the release of Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, the leader of
an Islamic charity accused of being a front for a group tied to the
Mumbai attacks that killed more than 170 people.



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