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Death toll rises as blasts rock Pakistan cities

May. 28, 2009
At least eight people were killed today as a series of explosions rocked northwest Pakistan. Blasts hit the cities of Peshawar and Dera Ismail Khan, police said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the explosions, but hours earlier the Taliban had claimed responsibility for a...
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