Pakistan says no deal for US missile strikes (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Pakistan denied Monday that it had struck a deal allowing US missile strikes against militants on its soil, after a report quoted the country’s president as saying there was an “understanding”.

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Wave of violence worsens Pakistan’s security, economic crisis (McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News)

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A wave of violence from Islamic extremists against politicians in Pakistan intensified Monday with a suicide bombing at the home of an opposition lawmaker that left at least 18 dead.

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Pakistan to deport all Afghans from tribal region (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News)

Pakistan ordered the deportation of about 50,000 Afghan refugees in an insurgency-wracked tribal region amid a major military offensive against al-Qaida and Taliban fighters. The government said it was expelling all Afghan refugees in the Bajur tribal region, alleging many of them have links to militant groups. Police in the town of Khar in Bajur arrested 25 Afghans and said they would …

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Pakistan suicide bomber kills 10 (CNN)

A suicide bomber detonated at the home of a lawmaker in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province Monday, killing at least 10 people and wounding more than 30 others, a police spokesman said.

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Suicide bomber kills at least 20 in Pakistan (Los Angeles Times)

More than 60 others are injured during a holiday celebration. Police said the attack was aimed at lawmaker Rashid Akbar Khan Nawani, who was injured but survived. A suicide bomber set off his explosives Monday while trying to force his way into an opposition politician’s home in eastern Pakistan, killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 60 others during a holiday celebration.

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Suicide blast at Pakistan MP’s house kills 12: police (AFP via Yahoo! News)

A suicide bomber blew himself up at the house of an opposition politician in Pakistan Monday, killing 12 people and wounding more than 50, including the legislator himself, officials said.

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Pakistan to Deport Afghan Refugees (New York Times)

Pakistan ordered the deportation of about 50,000 Afghan refugees in a violent tribal region amid a military offensive against fighters from Al Qaeda and the Taliban.

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Pakistan ousting 50,000 Afghan refugees in al-Qaeda crackdown (Boston Herald)

KHAR, Pakistan - Pakistan ordered the deportation of about 50,000 Afghan refugees in an insurgency-wracked tribal region amid a major military offensive against al-Qaeda and…

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Lawmaker’s home bombed in Pakistan; 15 dead (Washington Post)

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A suicide bomber attacked a lawmaker’s house in eastern Pakistan on Monday, killing at least 15 people and wounding more than 50, officials and a witness said.

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Pakistan to deport all Afghans from tribal region (AP via Yahoo! News)

Pakistan ordered the deportation of about 50,000 Afghan refugees in an insurgency-wracked tribal region amid a major military offensive against al-Qaida and Taliban fighters.

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