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    December 30, 2011

Bomb Blast Kills 8 in SW Pakistan

   VOA News

   At least eight people have been killed and 18 others injured by a car
   bomb in Pakistan's Baluchistan province.
   Police said the bomb went off outside a house in Quetta used by the
   family of former provincial minister Naseer Mengal in Quetta. It is
   unclear whether the driver was inside the vehicle at the time of the
   blast.
   So far, there has been no word whether Mengal or any members of his
   family were among the victims. And there was no immediate claim of
   responsibility.
   Baluchistan has been in the grip of a regional insurgency for years as
   separatist militants fight for more autonomy and greater control over
   natural resources.
   The province bordering Iran and Afghanistan also is home to pro-Taliban
   militants.

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