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    July 23, 2011

Anti-Taliban Tribesmen Kill Militants in Pakistan

   VOA News

   Pakistani officials say anti-Taliban tribesmen have killed at least
   seven militants in the volatile northwestern part of the country near
   the Afghan border.
   Several tribesmen were wounded in the gunbattles, which took place in
   the Kurram tribal region.
   Also Saturday, gunmen on at least one motorcycle shot and killed five
   workers at a construction site for a mosque in southwestern Pakistan.
   The incident occurred in Baluchistan province, which has faced an
   Islamist militancy, a local insurgency and sectarian violence between
   majority Sunnis and minority Shi'ite Muslims.

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

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