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Thursday, 2 July 2009A suicide bombing in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi killed at least five people Thursday and wounded about 15 others.
Local officials say the bomb was carried on a motorcycle and exploded when the cyclist pulled up close to a government bus.
Rawalpindi is a garrison city just south of Islamabad.
Pakistani officials collect evidence at scene of explosion in Peshawar, 2 Jul 2009Elsewhere,a roadside bomb in northwest Pakistan exploded just outside the city ofPeshawar Thursday, killing two police officers and wounding at leastfour.
The blast struck a police vehicle on patrol. Talibanmilitants and pro-government forces have been locked in a battle forcontrol of the region.
A statement from the paramilitaryFrontier Corps says security forces killed 28 militants late Wednesdayin the Khyber region near Afghanistan.
Pakistan's army continuesto battle Taliban militants in the greater Swat valley, some two monthsafter starting a major offensive.
Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.
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Thursday, 2 July 2009
VOA News
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