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Militants kill 6 soldiers in northwest Pakistan

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A senior police official says militants attacked a military convoy with rocket-propelled grenades and other heavy weapons in northwest Pakistan, killing six soldiers.

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Officials: Bomb kills 12 in northwest Pakistan

Pakistanis carry the casket of a victim of a suicide bombing at a hospital in Mardan, Pakistan, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. A suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd of hundreds of mourners attending a funeral in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing tens of people. Among the dead was a newly elected lawmaker who may have been the target, authorities said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd of hundreds of mourners attending a funeral in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing 29 people. Among the dead was a newly elected lawmaker who may have been the target, authorities said.

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Pakistan _ Nuclear-armed but short of electricity

A worker uses a sewing machine at a textile factory that is partially powered by privately-produced electricity in Faisalabad, Pakistan on Friday, June 7, 2013. Faisalabad, the third-largest city in Pakistan with a population of about 2.6 million, is known for its textiles. But from the low-end workshops that produce for the domestic market to the warehouse-sized factories that export sheets and pillowcases to international chains, that industry is hurting badly as a result of the electricity crisis, say workers and factory owners. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

GUJAR KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — A woman named Rehana Yasmin struggles to keep her sick 2-year-old granddaughter cool in a sweltering hospital where working air conditioners are rare and electric fans are idle for much of the day.

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