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Women and children die in Pakistan bus attack
Eighteen people killed after gunmen riding on two motorbikes set ablaze a bus at a petrol station in southwest Pakistan.
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Pakistan parents arrested for acid killing
Couple allegedly beat and poured acid on their 15-year-old daughter after seeing her talking to a boy.
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Pakistan seeks 3 in Malala shooting
Pakistani police are searching for two youths suspected of shooting a teenage activist for girls’ education and the man they believe drove them to the scene, the country’s interior minister said Sunday.
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Malala to return to Pakistan despite threats
Father of 15-year-old girl shot by Taliban gunman rules out asylum as he arrives in the UK to see her daughter.
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Shot Pakistan teenager ‘standing’
The Pakistani girl shot in the head by the Taliban stands up for the first time since the shooting, UK doctors treating her say.
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UK doctors hopeful for Pakistan girl recovery
Malala Yousafzai, getting treatment in UK after shot by Taliban, has chance for “good recovery”, British doctors say.
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Pakistan prays for Malala’s fragile health
Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf calls shooting of teenage activist an “attack on our national and social values”.
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Suicide bomb kills 15 in Pakistan
A suicide blast killed at least 10 people in a tribal area in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, authorities said.
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Pakistan market bomb ‘kills 14′
At least 14 people are killed in a market bombing apparently aimed at an anti-Taliban group in north-west Pakistan, security officials say.
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Deadly car bomb rocks Pakistan town
Ten dead and dozens injured by bomb targeting pro-government militia in Darra Adam Khel town in northwest Pakistan.
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Pakistan teen activist in critical condition
Malala Yousafzai, a 14-year-old girl who was shot in the head by the Taliban, has been airlifted to Rawalpindi.
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Bounty offered in Pakistan activist shooting
Provincial government offers over 0,000 for capture of Pakistani Taliban attackers who shot teenage activist in Swat.
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Pakistan girl surgery ‘a success’
Surgeons in Pakistan say they have removed a bullet from the body of a campaigning 14-year-old schoolgirl shot by Taliban gunmen in the Swat Valley.
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Fury over attack on Pakistan girl
Politicians in Pakistan condemn a Taliban attack that wounded a schoolgirl of 14 who has campaigned for girls’ education in the north.
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Teenage rights activist shot in Pakistan
Malalai Yusufzai, a 14-year-old who campaigned for girls’ education, attacked on way home from school in Swat Valley.
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Anti-drone march halted in Pakistan
A protest march against U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan, led by former cricket star turned politician Imran Khan, came to a halt on Sunday when authorities blocked access to the demonstration’s final destination in the tribal region, officials told CNN.…
Anti-drone protest held in Pakistan
Dozens of US activists join hundreds of Pakistanis led by Imran Khan as they attempted to march to restive tribal areas.
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Anti-drone protesters start march in Pakistan
Dozens of US activists join hundreds of Pakistanis led by Imran Khan on a march to restive tribal areas.
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Pakistan temple attack prompts blasphemy case
Nine Muslims to face blasphemy case after they allegedly attacked Hindu temple in Karachi during anti-US protests.
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