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Suspected US Missile Strike Kills 4 in Pakistan

   VOA News 03 May 2010

   Pakistani  officials say a suspected U.S. missile strike has killed at
   least four militants in the country's northwestern tribal region.
   Officials  say  a  pilotless drone aircraft fired missiles at a moving
   vehicle in the Marsi Khel area of North Waziristan on Monday.
   Elsewhere  in  the  tribal region, officials say Pakistani troops used
   mortars and artillery to target militant hide-outs near Khar, the main
   town in Bajaur.  They say at least 18 militants were killed.
   In  Orakzai  tribal  agency,  local officials say 11 militants and two
   soldiers were killed during clashes Monday.

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

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