A Pakistani court formally charged Wednesday five young Americans of plotting terrorism in the country, their lawyer said, in a case that has raised alarm over the danger posed by militants using the Internet.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100317/ts_nm/us_pakistan_usa_detainees
State broadcaster PTV reported that Hakimullah Mehsud, the Taliban commander in Pakistan, was wounded in a drone attack this month, and that he died and was buried last week.
PTV cited local sources and its correspondent in North Waziristan.
A Taliban source denied the report.
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http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/01/31/pakistan.taliban.leader/index.html
One of five Americans detained in Pakistan said their aim was to go to Afghanistan to wage jihad against Western forces, defending their intention as justified under Islam.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100104/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_us_arrests
A suicide bomber detonated his explosives-packed vehicle in a crowd of people watching a volleyball tournament Friday in northwest Pakistan, killing 75 people in the deadliest attack in the country in more than two months.
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http://slon.im/Np8lMK
