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Suicide Bomber Kills 23 in Pakistan's Northwest

   VOA News 19 April 2010

   Police  in  Pakistan  say a suicide bomber has struck a busy market in
   the northwestern city of Peshawar, killing at least 23 people.
   Officials  say the attacker targeted police watching a protest against
   power  cuts in the city.  The rally was organized by Jamaat-e-Islami,
   a hardline Islamist party.
   Police  officers  and  protesters  were among those killed in Monday's
   suicide blast.  At least 30 people were wounded.
   Hours  before,  a  bomb  exploded  outside the Police Public School in
   Peshawar, killing a boy and wounding 10 other people. Â
   Elsewhere  in Pakistan's northwest, officials say a bomb destroyed two
   tankers carrying fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan.
   The  fire  caused by the blast also destroyed a truck and nearby shops
   in (the Takhtabeg area in) the Khyber tribal district.  Â
   Khyber  is  on  the main supply route for NATO troops in Afghanistan.Â
   Militants  are  blamed  for frequent attacks on NATO convoys traveling
   through the region.

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   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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