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Suspected U.S. drone attack kills 9 in Pakistan

May. 12, 2009
A suspected U.S. drone attack on a village in Pakistan's tribal region killed nine people and wounded four others Tuesday morning, a Pakistani intelligence source and a regional official said.
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