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Suicide Bomber Kills 10 in Northwestern Pakistan

   VOA News  March 30, 2011

   Police in northwestern Pakistan say a suicide bomber has struck near a
   police checkpoint, killing at least 10 people.
   Authorities  said the bomber was riding a motorcycle and detonated the
   blast  in  the  town  of  Swabi,  about 70 kilometers northwest of the
   capital, Islamabad.
   The  blast  came  around  the  time  a hardline politician was passing
   through  the  area.   Maulana Fazlur Rehman of the Jamiat Ulema Islam
   party  was  not harmed, and authorities said it is not clear if he was
   targeted in the attack.
   The bombing killed at least one police officer and wounded at least 15
   other people.
   No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

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

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