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Blast Rocks Crowded Market in Northwest Pakistan

A suicide bomber apparently targeting an anti- Taliban mayor struck a crowded market Sunday in northwest Pakistan, killing the mayor and 11 other people and injuring dozens, police said. The morning attack took place in the town of Adazai, about 10 miles (16 kilometers) south of the main northwest...

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