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May 18, 2011

Pakistan: Militants Attack Security Checkpoint Killing 17 
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In other news from Pakistan, at least 17 people have died after a group
of some 100 militants attacked a security checkpoint near the Pakistani
city of Peshawar. The attack sparked a three-hour gun battle.



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