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23 soldiers killed in suicide truck bombing in northwest Pakistan

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23 soldiers killed in suicide truck bombing in northwest Pakistan

At least 23 Pakistani soldiers were killed and dozens were injured early Tuesday in a suicide bombing after a truck loaded with explosives was driven into the perimeter wall of a police compound near the border with Afgh

Dozens killed as heavy rain, floods inundate northwestern Pakistan

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Dozens killed as heavy rain, floods inundate northwestern Pakistan

Dozens of people are dead as torrential rains and flooding inundated parts of northwestern Pakistan on Saturday.

Martial artist breaks pushup Guinness record while wearing 60 pounds

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Martial artist breaks pushup Guinness record while wearing 60 pounds

A Pakistani athlete achieved his 34th Guinness World Record when he completed 49 pushups with his finger tips while carrying 60 pounds on his back.

At least eight killed in pair of attacks in northwestern Pakistan

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At least eight killed in pair of attacks in northwestern Pakistan

At least eight people were killed and 30 more were injured in a pair of attacks in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday.

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Pakistani officials fear attempt to free jailed militants

Pakistani officials worry there may be an attempt to free militants from Central Prison Peshawar after jailbreaks elsewhere in Khyber Pakhtunkhawa province.

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Sit-ins staged along NATO supply roads in Pakistan

Members of a Pakistani political party said they staged sit-in protests Sunday along roads used to haul NATO supplies into Afghanistan.

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Pakistani law minister killed in suicide bomber attack

At least 10 people, including a provincial law minister, were killed Wednesday when a suicide bomber struck a gathering in northwest Pakistan, police said.

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Gunmen stage prison breakout in Pakistan; at least 11 deaths

Gunmen disguised as police attacked a jail in Pakistan, killing 11 people and freeing nearly 250 inmates, including high-profile militants, officials said.

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Pakistan blast kills 5, injures 70

For a second day, a bomb targeted Shiite Muslims at a religious parade Sunday in northwestern Pakistan, killing five people and injuring 70 others, police said.

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18 die at Pakistani religious procession

Pakistan police confirmed the explosion that ripped through a religious procession in Khanpur city killing at least 18 people was caused by a bomb.

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Pakistan claims Taliban arrest Oct 04, 2005

Dera Ismail Khan (Pashto: ډیرہ اسماعیل خان) is a city in North West Frontier Province, Pakistan. The town, the headquarters of Dera Ismail Khan District, is situated on the west bank of the Indus River and lies 200 miles west of Lahore and 120 miles north-west of Multan. The city is the headquarters of the district and tehsil of the same name, in Pakistan, it is often abbreviated to D.I.Khan.

Dera Ismail Khan was founded towards the end of the fifteenth century by Ismail Khan, a son of the Baloch adventurer Malik Sohrab, who named the town after himself. Dera means settlement or abode. The original town was swept away by a flood in 1823, and the existing buildings are all of quite modern construction, the present town stands four miles back from the permanent channel of the river.

The descendants of Malik Sohrab, who settled there after migrating from Iraq, ruled the city for 300 years.

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