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Pakistan luxury hotel blast

Pakistani investigators seek clues in hotel blast

Investigators searched a wrecked luxury hotel in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday for clues after a bold suicide bombing that killed 11 people, including aid workers, in what the U.N. condemned as a "heinous terrorist attack." Full story

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Bomb at luxury hotel in Pakistan kills at least 11

The blast came a week after Taliban leaders warned they would carry out major attacks in large cities.

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