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    May 04, 2012

20 Killed in Pakistan Suicide Bomb Blast

   Authorities say suicide bomber detonated explosives Friday as he
   approached police checkpoint, near market in Khar, main town of Bajaur
   tribal district


   Officials say a suicide bomber in Pakistan's restive northwest tribal
   region, along the Afghan border, has killed 20 people and wounded at
   least 40. Five policemen are among the dead.
   Authorities say the bomber detonated his explosives Friday as he
   approached a police checkpoint, near a market in Khar, the main town of
   the Bajaur tribal district.
   Officials say no group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but
   the Pakistani Taliban has carried out similar attacks in the past.

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

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