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Obama signs controversial Pakistan aid package

Source: Press TV
Islamabad : Pakistan | about 1 month ago  
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The package, recently approved by US Congress, is worth one-point-five billion dollars annually over five years -- totaling 7-point-5 billion dollars. Obama signed the bill into law just hours after a spate of violent attacks on police facilities across Pakistan left at least 40 people dead.
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