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                        Bomb Blast Kills 11 in Pakistan

   by VOA News

   Pakistani officials say a bomb attack in the city of Quetta has killed
   11 people and wounded dozens more.
   Quetta senior police officer Zubair Mehmood told reporters the
   explosion in a crowded area of the city also injured 27 people.  It was
   not immediately clear what kind of a device it was.  Reports said the
   explosion may have targeted paramilitary soldiers.
   ''Quetta is the capital of Baluchistan province, which has grappled
   with a decades-long separatist insurgency.  It is also home to Islamic
   militants.
   Earlier, Pakistan officials said U.S. drone-fired missiles hit a house
   in the northwest tribal region, killing at least five militants.
   The Pakistani government has long publicly condemned the drone strikes
   as a violation of its sovereignty, but the attacks are believed to be
   carried out with help from Pakistan's intelligence agency.
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