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                         7 Killed in Southwest Pakistan

   by VOA News

   Officials in southwestern Pakistan say gunmen have shot dead seven
   laborers.

   Authorities say the victims were from eastern Punjab province, and were
   kidnapped from a poultry farm in the restive Baluchistan province.

   Baluchistan has been in the grip of a low-level separatist insurgency
   for years.  Nationalist Baluch groups in the poverty-stricken region
   have long accused the federal government of extracting Baluchistan's
   natural resources, but paying no attention to the plight of the local
   population.

   The rebels routinely attack security forces, government installations
   and civilian targets in Baluchistan, and target Pakistanis from other
   ethnic groups that have settled in the province.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP.
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