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Mother said Josh Powell threatened her
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, April 4 (UPI) -- Rockets fired from a U.S. drone killed 13 people at an alleged militant hideout in Pakistan's tribal region Saturday, sources say.
Unnamed intelligence officials and residents told Pakistan's English language newspaper Dawn the attack by the unmanned aircraft in North Waziristan killed local and foreign militants, as well as women and children.
Meanwhile, a suicide truck bomb blast at a security checkpoint in Pakistan's tribal region killed at least 10 people Saturday, an official said.
An unnamed Pakistani military official told CNN that security forces fired at a truck packed with explosives as it approached a checkpoint in North Waziristan Saturday afternoon. The truck reportedly rammed the checkpoint and exploded, killing bystanders and pedestrians, including five children.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 9 (UPI) --
A man who made his young son run around and do pushups in the New York City snow in his underwear has incited outrage from people who say he is cruel.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 9 (UPI) --
Macaulay Culkin is in "perfectly good health," his publicist said after the former child star was photographed looking gaunt and disheveled in New York.
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ATHENS, Greece, Feb. 10 (UPI) --
Greece grappled with dire new demands after eurozone finance ministers rebuked its $4.4 billion in budget cuts as not enough to warrant a $173 billion bailout.
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