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At least 11 killed in truck-bomb attack on Pakistan hotel

Jun. 9, 2009
Reporting from Islamabad, Pakistan, and Peshawar, Pakistan -- A suicide truck-bomb attack at a five-star hotel today in the city of Peshawar killed at least 11 people and injured 50 others, the latest in a series of powerful attacks in Pakistan as troops seek to drive Taliban militants out of...
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